Online Public Relations Thoughts

During times of crisis when dissent emerges, leaders and staff tend to circle the wagons and to stop listening to negative news.  It's happening now.  

A Federal judge schooled the Trump administration on the meaning of words in the law.  

 Aaron Judge, the star baseball player, said the World Baseball Classic, which pits international teams against one another is better than the World Series.  That's not what Major League Baseball wants to hear.  MLB wants to preserve the World Series as the premier playoff of the sport.  I know this because I attended early discussions over creating the WBC.  MLB may have been far more successful than it intended. 

Forgotten war.  The White House bears much responsibility for what happens in Ukraine. 

No surprise.  Trump and his advisers underestimated Iran's military capability and desire to fight.  Now, Iran has shut down the Strait of Hormuz, a choke point for much of the world's energy supplies.    Trump can bluster all he wants and Hegseth can continue to cite statistics but if the tankers don't go through, the world suffers.