PRESIDENT TRUMP RETURNS FROM OVERSEAS TRIP.

ICHEOKU says what a successful foreign trip it was as every country and President and King and Prime Minister received him with warmth and great enthusiasm. He also brought home the bacon and jobs will be created, all geared towards Making America Great Again. ICHEOKU says welcome back Mr President.

ROGER MOORE: JAMES BOND 007, DEAD AT 89.

ICHEOKU says for those of us who were lucky to have grown up during the good old days of less distractions that is totally different from today's world of handheld devices and other distracting gadgets, James Bond meant virtually the whole world of our entertainment and Sir Roger Moore helped bring it down into our living rooms. Yes, ICHEOKU says it was indeed an exciting era to have been alive and there is no regrets whatsoever. 

However, as with everything mortal, Roger Moore has ran his race, a good race it was and has now died, of old age related cancer. Sir Roger Moore was 89 years. Among the many roles he played in his acting career spanning several decades, including many award winning roles, nothing brought him more fame and fortune and into millions of homes as his role in James Bond as an M15 spy on Her Majesty secret service. ICHEOKU's most favorite of all his James Bond movies is "The Spy who loved me"; admitted others including "Live and Let Die", The Man with the Golden Gun", "Moonraker", "For Your Eyes Only", "Octopussy" and "A View to Kill" are all great acts which were all spectacular as of their own right. ICHEOKU equally enjoyed his Simon Templar role in "The Saint." May his soul now rest and his memory will live forever in many of his great works. Adieu Mr Bond.

PA CHRISTIAN C. UBA: DEATH OF A MAN WHO TRULY LIVED.

ICHEOKU joins the family of Pa Christian C. Uba of Otolo Nnewi Anambra State Nigeria in celebrating the transition of a man who lived well and to a very ripe good old age of two years short of a century. Pa C.C. Uba rightfully earned his peaceful rest and ICHEOKU prays that the heavenly Lord admits him into his celestial abode. 

If to die is to live in the minds of those who love you, then Pa C.C. Uba is not dead as he lives in the minds of several children, grand children, great grand children, relatives and friends whose lives he touched and who will forever treasure his memory. Please join the family in giving their departed patriarch a befitting send-off aka burial ceremony on Friday May 26th 2017 by 10.00am at the family's compound. Adieu C.C.

MANCHESTER TERRORIST BOMBING, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO RESIGN.

ICHEOKU says American music superstar Ariana Grande's concert in Manchester England was bombed by what apparently is a terrorist attack, although yet unconfirmed. So far 19 people are reported killed with over sixty others wounded. That such a high profile public event could be so easily penetrated by whoever the terrorist or terrorists are, without being detected, is to say the least,  simply mind boggling. Not after all the attacks which has been going on in both Britain and Europe in general, would someone transport a bomb into or near a concert venue without being caught and now the politicians, as usual, are mouthing off for people to "forget about it" and soldier on. ICHEOKU says how about whoever is in charge of security in the city of Manchester resigning for incompetence and his or her inability to safeguard an ordinary concert venue by frisking and searching everyone entering therein the venue. Who made the bomb, where were the materials sourced and purchased from; who transported the bomb to the venue and in was manner was it conveyed from the place of manufacture to the place of carnage.

ICHEOKU says it is about time someone is held responsible for all these senseless murders in addition to those terrorists who are always having their way with us and taking innocent lives. Someone is being paid for providing security in Manchester and security was not provided, so his office let another take. Hopefully a new thinking would be brought into protecting the citizens and seriously tackling the plague that is terrorism, particularly radical Islamist terrorism. ICHEOKU says admitted the incident would eventually be solved, but how about proactively preventing it from happening in the first place or is there any way those killed could be brought back to life. ICHEOKU's heart goes  out to the killed and wounded; but it is about time the political correctness that is leg-shackling security agents from doing the needful, be removed so that they can go to work and have things like this prevented before they happen. 

PRESIDENT DONALD JOHN TRUMP SPEAKS TO MUSLIM LEADERS: THE SPEECH.

Thank you. I would like to thank King Salman for his extraordinary words, and the magnificent Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for hosting today's summit. I am honored to be received by such gracious hosts. I have always heard about the splendor of your country and the kindness of your citizens, but words do not do justice to the grandeur of this remarkable place and the incredible hospitality you have shown us from the moment we arrived. 

You also hosted me in the treasured home of King Abdul Aziz, the founder of the kingdom who united your great people. Working alongside of another beloved leader, American President Franklin Roosevelt, King Abdul Aziz began the enduring partnership between our two countries. King Salman, your father would be very, very proud to see that you are continuing his legacy. And just as he opened the first chapter of our partnership, today we begin a new chapter that will bring lasting benefits to all of our citizens. 

Let me now also extend my deep and heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of the distinguished heads of state who made this journey here today. You greatly honor us with your presence and I send the warmest regards from my country to yours. Thank you. I know that our time together will bring many blessings to both your people and to mine. 

I stand before you as a representative of the American people to deliver a message of friendship and hope and love. That is why I chose to make my first foreign visit a trip to the heart of the Muslim world, to the nation that serves as custodian of the two holiest sites in the Islamic faith. In my inaugural address to the American people, I pledged to strengthen America's oldest friendships and to build new partnerships in pursuit of peace. I also promised that America will not seek to impose our way of life on others, but to outstretch our hands in the spirit of cooperation and trust. 

Our vision is one of peace, security, and prosperity in this region and all throughout the world. Our goal is a coalition of nations who share the aim of stamping out extremism and providing our children a hopeful future that does honor to god. 

And so this historic and unprecedented gathering of leaders, unique in the history of nations, is a symbol to the world of our shared resolved (sic), and our military that will protect the safety of our people and enhance the security of and made record investments in our military that will protect the safety of our people and enhance the security of our wonderful friends and allies, many of whom are here -- closer bonds of friendship, security, culture and commerce. 

For Americans, this is a very exciting time. A new spirit of optimism is sweeping our country. In just a few months, we have created almost a million new jobs, added over $3 trillion in new value, lifted the burdens on American industry, and made record investments in our military that will protect the safety of our people and enhance the security of our wonderful friends and allies, many of whom are here today. 

Now there is even more blessed news that I am pleased to share with you. My meetings with King Salman, the crown prince, and the deputy crown prince, have been filled with great warmth, good will, and tremendous cooperation. Yesterday, we signed historic agreements with the kingdom that will invest almost $400 billion in our two countries and create many hundreds of thousands of jobs in America and Saudi Arabia. 

This landmark agreement includes the announcement of a $110 billion Saudi-funded defense purchase. And we will be sure to help our Saudi friends to get a good deal from our great American defense companies, the greatest anywhere in the world. This agreement will help the Saudi military to take a far greater role in security and operations having to do with security. 

We've also started discussions with many of the countries present today on strengthening partnerships and forming new ones to advance security and stability across the Middle East and far beyond. 

Later today, we will make history again with the opening of the new global center for combating extremist ideology located right here in the central part of the Islamic world. This ground-breaking new center represents a clear declaration that Muslim-majority countries must take the lead in combating radicalization, and I want to express our gratitude to King Salman for his strong demonstration and his absolutely incredible and powerful leadership. 

I have had the pleasure of welcoming several of the leaders present today to the White House, and I look forward to working with all of you. America is a sovereign nation and our first priority is always the safety and security of our citizens. We are not here to lecture. We are not here to tell other people how to live, what to do, who to be, or how to worship. Instead, we are here to offer partnership based on shared interests and values to pursue a better future. 

Here at this summit, we will discuss. But above all, we must be united in pursuing the one goal that transcends every other consideration. That goal is to meet history's great test, to conquer extremism and vanquish the forces terrorism brings with it every single time. 

Young Muslim boys and girls should be able to grow up free from fear, safe from violence, and innocent of hatred. When young Muslim men and women should have the chance to build a new era of prosperity for themselves, it has to be done and we have to let them do it. With God's help, this summit will mark the beginning of the end for those who practice terror and spread its vile creed. At the same time, we pray this special gathering may someday be remembered as the beginning of peace in the Middle East and maybe even all over the world. But this future can only be achieved through defeating terrorism and the ideology that drives it. 

Few nations have been spared the violent reach of terrorism. America has suffered repeated barbaric attacks from the atrocities of September 11 to the devastation of the Boston bombings to the horrible killings in San Bernardino and Orlando. The nations of Europe have also endured unspeakable horror. So too have the nations of Africa and South America. India, Russia, China, and Australia have all been victims. But in sheer numbers, the deadliest toll has been exacted on the innocent people of Arab, Muslim, and Middle Eastern nations. They have borne the brunt of the killings and the worst of destruction in this wave of fanatical violence. Some estimates hold that more than 95 percent of the victims of terrorism are themselves Muslim. We now face a humanitarian and security disaster in this region that is spreading across the planet. 

It is a tragedy of epic proportions. No description of the suffering and depravity can begin to capture its full measure. The .. of ISIS, if you look at what's happening, al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, and so many others must be counted not only in the number of dead; it also must be counted in generations of vanished dreams. 

The Middle East is rich with natural beauty, vibrant cultures, and massive amounts of historic treasures. It should increasingly become one of the great global centers of commerce and opportunity. This region should not be a place from which refugees flee but to which newcomers flock. Saudi Arabia is home to the holiest sites in one of the world's great faiths. Each year millions of Muslims come from around the world to Saudi Arabia to take part in the Hajj. In addition to ancient wonders, this country is also home to modern ones, including soaring achievements in architecture. 

Egypt was a thriving center of learning and achievement thousands of years before other parts of the world. The wonders of Giza (ph), Luxor, and Alexandria are proud monuments to that ancient heritage. All over the world people dream of walking through the ruins of Petra in Jordan. Iraq was the cradle of civilization and is a land of natural beauty. And the United Arab Emirates has reached incredible heights with glass and steel, and turned earth and water into spectacular works of art. 

The entire region is at the center of the key shipping lanes of the Suez Canal, the Red Se, and the Straits (sic) of Hormuz. The potential of this region has never, ever been greater. Sixty-five percent of its population is under the age of 30. Like all young men and women, they seek great futures to build, great national projects to join, and a place for their families to call home. 

But this untapped potential, this tremendous cause of optimism, is held at bay by bloodshed and terror. There can be no coexistence with this violence. There can be no tolerating it, no accepting it, no excusing it, and no ignoring it. Every time a terrorist murders an innocent person and falsely invokes the name of God, it should be an insult to every person of faith. Terrorists do not worship God; they worship death. If we do not act against this organized terror, then we know what will happen and what will be the end result. Terrorism's devastation of life will continue to spread, peaceful societies will become engulfed by violence, and the futures of many generations will be sadly squandered. If we do not stand in uniform condemnation of this killing, then not only will we be judged by our people, not only will we be judged by history, but we will be judged by God. 

This is not a battle between different faiths, different sects, or different civilizations. This is a battle between barbaric criminals who seek to obliterate human life and decent people, all in the name of religion. People that want to protect life and want to protect their religion. This is a battle between good and evil. When we see the scenes of destruction in the wake of terror, we see no signs that those murdered were Jewish or Christian, Shia or Sunni. When we look upon the strains (sic) of innocent blood soaked into the ancient ground, we cannot see the faith or sect or tribe of the victims. We see only that they were children of God whose deaths are an insult to all that is holy. 

But we can only overcome this evil if the forces of good are united and strong, and if everyone in this room does their fair share and fulfills their part of the burden. 

Terrorism has spread all across the world, but the path to peace begins right here on this ancient soil in this sacred land. America is prepared to stand with you in pursuit of shared interests and common security, but the nations of the Middle East cannot wait for American power to crush this enemy for them. The nations of the Middle East will have to decide what kind of future they want for themselves, for their country, and frankly for their families, for their children. It's a choice between two futures, and it is a choice America cannot make for you. A better future is only possible if your nations drive out the terrorists and drive out the extremists. 

Drive them out. Drive them out of your places of worship. Drive them out of your communities. Drive them out of your holy land. And drive them out of this earth. 

For our part, America is committed to adjusting our strategies to meet evolving threats and new facts. We will discard those strategies that have not worked and will apply new approaches, informed by experience, talent, and judgment. We are adopting a principled realism rooted in common values, shared interests, and common sense. Our friends will never question our support and our enemies will never doubt our determination. Our partnerships will advance security through stability, not through radical disruption. We will make decisions based on real world outcomes, not inflexible ideology. We will be guided by the lessons of experience, not the confines of rigid thinking. And wherever possible, we will seek gradual reforms, not sudden intervention. We must seek partners, not perfection. And to make allies of all who share our goals. 

Above all, America seeks peace, not war. Muslim nations must be willing to take on the burden if we are going to defeat terrorism and send its wicked ideology into oblivion. The first task in this joint effort is for your nations to deny all territory to the foot soldiers of evil. Every country in the region has an absolute duty to ensure that terrorists find no sanctuary on their soil. 

Many are already making significant contributions to regional security. Jordanian pilots are crucial partners against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Saudi Arabia and a regional coalition have taken strong action against Houthi militants in Yemen. The Lebanese army is hunting ISIS operatives who try to infiltrate their territory. Emirati troops are supporting our Afghan partners and supporting them strongly. In Mosul, American troops are supporting Kurds, Sunnis and Shias fighting together for their homeland. Qatar, which hosts the U.S. Central Command, is a crucial strategic partner. Our long- standing partnership with Kuwait and Bahrain continue to enhance security in the region. Our courageous Afghan soldiers are making tremendous sacrifices in the fight against the Taliban and others in the fight for their country. 

As we deny terrorist organizations control of territory and populations, we must also strip them of their access to funds. We must cut off the financial channels that let ISIS sell oil, let extremists pay their fighters, and help terrorists smuggle their reinforcements. 

I am proud to announce that the nations here today will be signing an agreement to prevent the financing of terrorism called the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center, co-chaired by the United States and Saudi Arabia, and joined by every member of the Gulf Cooperation Council. It is another historic step in a day that will be long remembered. 

I also applaud the Gulf Cooperation Council for blocking funders from using their countries as a financial base for terror and for designating Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, which they certainly are, last year. Saudi Arabia also joined us this week in placing sanctions on one of the most senior leaders of Hezbollah. 

Of course, there is still much work to be done. That means honestly confronting the crisis of Islamic extremism and the Islamists and Islamic terror of all kinds. We must stop what they're doing to inspire, because they do nothing to inspire but kill. And we are having a very profound effect if you look at what's happened recently. 

And it means standing together against the murder of innocent Muslims, the oppression of women, the persecution of Jews, and the slaughter of Christians. Religious leaders must make this absolutely clear -- barbarism will deliver you no glory. Piety to evil will bring you no dignity. If you choose the path of terror, your life will be empty, your life will be brief, and your soul will be fully condemned. And political leaders must speak out to affirm the same idea. Heroes don't kill innocents; they save them. 

Many nations here today have taken important steps to raise up that message. Saudi Arabia's vision for 2030 is an important and encouraging statement of tolerance, respect, empowering women, and economic development. The United Arab Emirates has also engaged in the battle for the hearts and souls, and with the United States launched a center to counter the online spread of hate. Bahrain too is working to undermine recruitment and radicalism. 

I also applaud Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon for their role in hosting refugees. The surge of migrants and refugees living, and just living so poorly, that they're forced to leave the Middle East depletes the human capital needed to build stable societies and economies. Instead of depriving this region of so much human potential, Middle Eastern countries can give young people hope for a brighter future in their home nations and regions. That means promoting the aspirations and dreams of all citizens who seek a better life, including women, children, and the followers of all faiths. 

Numerous Arab and Islamic scholars have eloquently argued that protecting equality strengthens Arab and Muslim communities. For many centuries, the Middle East has been home to Christians, Muslims, and Jews living side by side. We must practice tolerance and respect for each other once again, and make this region a place where every man and woman, no matter their faith or ethnicity, can enjoy a life of dignity and hope. 

In that spirit, after concluding my visit in a fabulous place that we're at today, Riyadh, which I've gotten to know so well in so short a time, I will travel to Jerusalem and Bethlehem, and then to the Vatican, visiting many of the holiest places in the three Abrahamic faiths. If these three faiths can join together in cooperation, then peace in this world is possible, including peace between Israelis and Palestinians. I will be meeting with both Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Abbas. 

Starving terrorists of their territory, of their funding, and the false allure of the craven ideology will be the basis for easily defeating them. But no discussion of stamping out this threat would be complete without mentioning the government that gives terrorists all three -- safe harbor, financial backing, and the social standing needed for recruitment. It is a regime that is responsible for so much instability in that region. I am speaking, of course, of Iran. 

From Lebanon to Iraq to Yemen, Iran funds arms and trains terrorists, militias, and other extremist groups that spread destruction and chaos across the region. For decades, Iran has fueled the fires of sectarian conflict and terror. It is a government that speaks openly of mass murder, vowing the destruction of Israel, death to America, and ruin for many leaders and nations in this very room. 

Among Iran's most tragic and destabilizing interventions, you've seen it in Syria. Bolstered by Iran, Assad has committed unspeakable crimes, and the United States has taken firm action in response to the use of banned chemical weapons by the Assad regime, launching 59 missiles at the Syrian air base from where that murderous attack originated. Responsible nations must work together to end the humanitarian crisis in Syria, eradicate ISIS, and restore stability to the region and as quickly as possible. 

The Iranian regime's longest suffering victims are its own people. Iran has a rich history and culture, but the people of Iran have endured hardship and despair under their leader's reckless pursuit of conflict and terror. Until the Iranian regime is willing to be a partner for peace, all nations of conscience must work together to isolate it, deny it, funding for terrorism, cannot do it, and pray for the day when the Iranian people have the just and righteous government they so richly deserve. 

The decisions we make will affect countless lives. King Salman, I thank you for the creation of this great moment in history and for your massive investments in America and its industries and its jobs. I also thank you for investing in the future of this part of the world, the fertile region -- and it is so fertile -- has all of the ingredients for extraordinary success: A rich history and culture, a young and vibrant people, a thriving spirit of enterprise. You can only unlock this future if the citizens of the Middle East are freed from extremism, terror, and violence. 

We in this room are the leaders of our peoples. They look to us for answers and for action. And when we look back at their faces, behind every pair of eyes is a soul that yearns for justice and yearns for peace. Today, billions of faces are now looking at us, waiting for us to act on the great question of our time. Will we be indifferent in the presence of evil? Will we protect our citizens from its violent ideology? Will we let its venom spread through our societies? Will we let it destroy the most holy sites on earth? 

If we do not confront this deadly terror, we know what the future will bring -- more suffering, more death, and more despair. But if we act, if we leave this magnificent room unified and determined to do what it takes to destroy the terror that threatens the world, then there is no limit to the great future our citizens will have. 

The birthplace of civilization is waiting to begin a new renaissance. Just imagine what tomorrow could bring, glorious wonders of science, art, medicine, and commerce to inspire mankind. Great cities built on the ruins of shattered towns. New jobs and industries that will lift up millions and millions of people. Parents who no longer worry for their children, their families, and who no longer mourn for their loved ones. And the faithful who finally worship without fear. 

These are the blessings of prosperity and peace. These are the desires that burn with a righteous flame in every single human heart. And these are the just demands of our beloved people. I ask you to join me, to join together, to work together, and to fight together, because united we will not fail. We cannot fail. Nobody, absolutely nobody, can beat us. 

Thank you. God bless you, God bless your countries, and God bless the United States of America. Thank you very much. Thank you.

PRESIDENT DONALD JOHN TRUMP SPEAKS TO MUSLIM LEADERS IN RIYADH

PRESIDENT DONALD JOHN TRUMP, FETED LIKE A ROYALTY IN RIYADH

ICHEOKU says it is obvious that his charm offensive is working as an excited world, so eagerly awaiting his foray into the world, beginning with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia threw him a welcome party befitting of a royalty. Such was the reception accorded visiting United States President Donald Trump that even the King of Saudi Arabia personally came to the airport to receive him. 

ICHEOKU says it is good to once again have a president in the White House who the world is enthusiastic about. Hate him or love him, provided you respect of fear him, it is all good as no one is ever universally loved; not even Jesus Christ who was killed for doing nothing. ICHEOKU says President Donald John Trump is already Making America Great Again, visiting one country at a time and in Saudi Arabia, it showed with the multi billion dollar contract he inked in Riyadh. ICHEOKU wishes the president well and prays his first foreign trip as sitting president of the United States of America goes smoothly and bring to America, added opportunities and new friendships. Bravo President Donald John Trump and together we irredeemable deplorables will join hands with him in Making America Great Again.  God's speed and God's protection to the now Messiah of America, PDJT.

NEW YORK TERRORIST ATTACK AS MAN DRIVES VEHICLE INTO CROWD.

ICHEOKU says it is not only and should not be only when a Muslim or Arab-looking person strikes that the act aggregates to terrorism. Nope, it also includes and should include any infliction of harm and fear on the public psyche by any individual regardless of race or religion which is meant to cause panic and unmitigated alarm. The driving of a car into a crowd in Times Square New York City is such instant and yes, ICHEOKU is emphatic that not only Muslims commit terrorist acts and therefore the loony who drove his car into the crowd in New York City is a terrorist and should be treated as one, at least as a domestic terrorist and dealt accordingly as one. 

Just listen to some account of witnesses who beheld the nightmare unfold before their eyes: "Pandemonium erupted when the vehicle barreled through the prime tourist location as 26-year-old Richard Rojas made a quick U-turn onto 42nd Street and then drove up the sidewalk for three blocks and was just mowing people down. He didn't stop; he just kept going for some more people to mow down until slamming into a pole; before being tackled and arrested." Richard Rojas has now been charged, but not for terrorism but for murder one person who was killed and attempted murders of twenty two other victims who were injured but did not succumb to their injuries.

There is nothing different from the fellow who drove his car into a crowd in Times Square New York from those truck drivers who drove their vehicles into a Christmas market in Germany or into a Bastille revelers in France or unto River Thames bridge near the Parliament in London. They are all the same and they were all geared at inflicting maximum casualties, causing fear and panic among the citizenry. In New York. one person was killed and twenty two more others were wounded and such cannot be swept under the rug as just a drugged out man who was freaking out and mistakenly drove on the wrong direction. ICHEOKU says no, as his act were premeditated, calculated and methodically carried out; otherwise why did he drive on the wrong side of the road and intentionally plowed his car into a lot of tourists and people who were just going about their daily routine, killing one person and injuring twenty two others. 

It is therefore unacceptable for anyone to try and spin it any differently from those other attacks in Europe or Britain, because they all achieved the same result - they caused panic and terror amongst the public, regardless of how temporary the duration. ICHEOKU therefore calls on the authorities to throw the book at the driver and treat him as they would treat any other enemy combatant including any ISIS terrorist operative caught or captured on the battle field. Those foreign terrorists are not any more dangerous or worse than the demented man who killed one person and wounded twenty two others in Times Square New York City. He is evil and he is a terrorist. Yes, ICHEOKU is emphatic that Richard Rojas is a terrorist and should be treated as such and tried under the terrorist laws of both New York and the United States of America. That will be the only acceptable option here and the dead and the injured will agree with ICHEOKU that such a dastardly act requires a commensurate deterrent in order to scare away possible copy-cats from trying. 

ICHEOKU says may the soul of the victim rest and may those injured twenty two power through a quick speedy recovery. What a murder of innocence that people can no longer freely and leisurely walk around without looking over their shoulders to make sure that no truck or car is barreling down the pavement or on the wrong side of the road to mow them down. Richard Rojas just did that and ICHEOKU strongly believes that so many other copycats are lying in wait to see how his case is treated before similarly attempting their own criminal stunt. ICHEOKU wonders how people have become so degenerated that they do not care any more about human lives, which do not seem to mean a thing to them any more. ICHEOKU says tired of living, just go jump off but please leave other people alone and not be a facilitator of their untimely exit. 

PRESIDENT DONALD JOHN TRUMP IN SAUDI ARABIA.

ICHEOKU says simply put, a charmer extraordinaire and it shows,

PRESIDENT DONALD JOHN TRUMP GOES ON FIRST FOREIGN TRIP.

ICHEOKU says as the peoples president of America, President Donald John Trump, embarks on his first ever official overseas trip, wishes him all the best and God's speed, protection and guidance. A trip which will take him through Saudi Arabia, Israel, Vatican, Belgium for a NATO summit and then Sicily Italy for a G7 meeting; what a nine day swing through continents. 

ICHEOKU says he has captured the attention of the world and if the current trajectory of things is any barometer, he will succeed in wowing his host countries and winning their hearts and minds, that finally a president with authority and guts and presence of mind to clearly and unequivocally articulate what his visions are, is finally back in the White House. 

ICHEOKU loves this man and ICHEOKU has not seen anything yet to persuade ICHEOKU to have a change of mind. Success begets enmity and this is what all the present hullabaloo about Russian connection is all about. Sore losers who has refused to look in the mirror to see the damaged goods candidate who they fielded and who is both irreparable and irredeemable, are beating about the bush in search of a none existent bogey man who cost them the last election. ICHEOKU wishes President Donald John Trump success and affirms that he will succeed and will be in the White House for eight long years to transform America and indeed MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. Bravo.

ROGER AILES: FOUNDER OF FOX-NEWS, DEAD AT 77.

ICHEOKU says a broken hearted man who saw his baby FoxNews yanked out from underneath him by lecherous ever scheming women and their accomplices; he slipped and fell and ruptured an artery in his brain, leading to brain hemorrhage from which he did not recover. Roger Ailes who founded FoxNews and took it to the pedestal it is occupying today and until recently its Chairman and CEO died at his Florida home; he was 77 years old. ICHEOKU says a steely steady voice for conservative values who is hated by the far left liberal anarchists; he would be greatly missed by conservatives as a fearless voice and  advocate extraordinaire of conservative values. 

In his tribute to Roger Ailes, Bill O'Reilly who used to work for him at FoxNews before himself was similarly fired has to this to say about his departed former boss: “The list of legendary Americans whom Roger helped is long and impressive. From Ronald Reagan to George Bush, the elder, to Rush Limbaugh, Ailes gave them all blunt advice that led them to success. And it was that bluntness that made his life difficult, as enemies accumulated — some armed with a brutal hatred. When stuff hit the fan… Roger had my back. Roger Ailes experienced that hatred and it killed him. That is the truth. But he would not want to be remembered that way. He did both good and bad in his life and in that, he has something in common with every human being." 

ICHEOKU says he had a wonderful run on life and left an indelible mark on the sands of time and the product he created, FoxNews, endures. Overall, his a very productive life was well lived and he fed a lot of people through meaningful jobs. May his soul now rest, freed from sexual allegations and innuendos from some daughters of Eve and you wonder who used them to take the man down and out of a news network he tireless built and groomed and nurtured to the citadel it is today. But hey, life happens; and the history of television and news in America can never be written without reserving a prominent place for Roger Ailes. Yes, he came, he saw and he conquered on the stage and he empowered voice of conservatism in America and gave them their rightful place in the society. Yes, he made conservatism great again. Adieu Roger.

HEALTHCARE IS A PRIVILEGE - MISS USA 2017

ICHEOKU says yes you heard it right, Miss USA 2017 said that not everyone deserves to have health coverage and that if you want one, go get a job. She emphatically stated that having medical coverage is not a right but a mere privilege which comes with having a job. 25 year old Kara McCullough, former Miss South Carolina State University 2012 and also Miss District of Columbia 2016 won Miss USA 2017 amongst 51 other contestants; and will represent the United States of America in Miss Universe Contest 2017. 

In a question and answer session on Healthcare: is it a right or privilege, the beauty queen answered "I’m definitely going to say it’s a privilege. As a government employee, I'm granted health care and I see firsthand that for one to have health care, you need to have jobs. We need to continue to cultivate this environment that we’re given the opportunity to have health care as well as jobs to all American citizens worldwide.” Miss USA 2017 also redefined feminism to mean "Equalism"; saying “So as a woman scientist in the government, I’d like to lately transpose the word feminism to equalism. I don’t really want to consider myself—try not to consider myself like this die-hard, you know, like, ‘Oh, I don’t really care about men.’ But one thing I’m gonna say, though, is women, we are just as equal as men when it comes to opportunity in the workplace.” Miss USA 2017 has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry. ICHEOKU says congratulations to Kara. 

FRANCE SWEARS IN ITS BOY PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON

ICHEOKU says President Emmanuel Macron, 39, the youngest president of France since Bonaparte Napoleon, 40, who was sworn in today May 14, 2017 as the eighth president of the Fifth French Republic, as established in 1958. President Macron said he is neither right-winged nor left-winged, but will strive to give the French people back their self-confidence. He also pledged to protect 'the French men and women who feel forgotten by the vast movement of the world' and also to free up France's economy. The President assured that the "power of France is not declining and that the French hold in their hands all the strengths of a power of the 21st century. In his own words, the president said: “We will take all our responsibilities to provide, every time it’s needed, a relevant response to big contemporary crises. We will need a more efficient, democratic and political Europe, because it is the instrument of our power and sovereignty." 

ICHEOKU says provided the new president has the resolve and resources to mission accomplish on his pledges, particularly reinventing the French and giving them back their self confidence; and also push for a more politically fused Europe instead of the current disjointed aberration called EU, then he would have validated the confidence of the millions of French men and women reposed on him; people who invested their trust in him, despite his youth and weird marital story, by electing him president. ICHEOKU says for purposes of full disclosure, supported Mademoiselle Marine Le Pen; but accepts the decision of the French people on who should be their president. Therefore, ICHEOKU wishes President Emmanuel Macron a successful presidency and prays that France reaps the harvest of their cultivated president. Viva France. 

HILLARY CLINTON'S EMAIL-GATE SCANDAL: NEED TO REOPEN INVESTIGATION.

ICHEOKU says now that the former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, James Comey, has been relieved of his duties and is no longer in charge of the bureau; and the principal reason for his removal was his conduct during the last election, particularly his inexplicable exoneration of Hillary Clinton from the email-gate scandal, a need has arisen to revisit that unsure chapter of American prosecutorial justice. 

To this end therefore, the FBI needs to reopen the files therein to  see if there was somewhat a cover-up and why the former director recommended that "no reasonable prosecutor would prosecute" a case which he made a glaring argument for its prosecution. How anyone would reach that conclusion of no prosecution after the lengthy argument he presented for a prosecution leaves a lot to be admired of a justice system that is supposedly impartial and blind. In his own exact words, then director James Comey said: "Although there is evidence of potential violations regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case." 

ICHEOKU says this is the fork on the road in this convoluted matter, the director having admitted that there is evidence of violations, yet went forth to make a counter recommendation that no reasonable prosecutor would bring the case. ICHEOKU says how about letting an unreasonable prosecutor to bring the case and let the jury of her peers determine whether or not what she did was a crime and/or arises to the level of culpable criminal misbehavior. 

Therefore, ICHEOKU says this matter needs to be revisited; not necessarily to find Hillary Clinton guilty or not guilty, but that the law be followed to its last letters logical conclusions without the overt favoritism being showed to her. This and only this would satisfy the many people who are aghast that Hillary Clinton was not prosecuted for her obvious mishandling of classified information. Many other people have been prosecuted for less, so why not her? It is both fair and in the interest of justice that the case be revisited and conclusively get to the bottom of the matter. President Donald John Trump will therefore be doing the law a great service if he orders a reinvestigation of the Hillary Clinton's email-gate scandal and let the tree fall wherever they may. 

SOUTH KOREA ELECTS A NEW PRESIDENT, MOON JAE-IN

ICHEOKU says a mass movement protest forced out former President Park Geun-hye who has since been arrested and is now facing prosecution for corruption. In her stead a new president has been elected to lead South Korea through this turbulent times; a time of serious face off with their brothers in North Korea, whose nuclear threat has got the whole world once again wary and angst and seriously paying attention to the little humanoid in Pyongyang, Kim Jung Un. 

President Moon Jae-in, 64, a lawyer and himself technically a North Korean born of North Korean parents, who migrated from the North Korea to South Korea following the Korea war was elected with 41% votes. What a dream come through, a South Korean dream, that is. Like the American dream, it would appear that South Korea also has dreamers as well as the rise from grass to grace of President Moon Jae-in now proves. ICHEOKU says if ever there was a time to seriously advance peace between the two Koreans, now is the time. With a North Korean South Korean born President Moon Jae-in of South Korea occupying  the South Korean government's Blue House, it will be much easier to facilitate any process between the Koreans. Possibly the newly elected president has telegraphed his intention to pursue a unification of the two brother Koreans when he said "Today is the day to open a door for a new Republic of Korea. Icheoku says there is nothing wrong with pursuing a unification policy between the two brothers and like West and East Germany did, it is about time the two Koreans are united. It will save a lot of rhetoric as well as remove the over half a century tension of the Korean peninsular.  

ICHEOKU is glad the new president said that dialoguing with the North is possible and as far as ICHEOKU is concerned they should go as far as uniting the two brother Korea. In his remarks, the newly elected and sworn in president said that he will be a president for all the people. That he would work with political rivals to create a country where “justice rules and common sense prevails." Stating further, I will quickly move to solve the crisis in national security. I am willing to go anywhere for the peace of the Korean Peninsula — if needed, I will fly immediately to Washington. I will go to Beijing and I will go to Tokyo. If the conditions shape up, I will go to Pyongyang." ICHEOKU says has nothing more to add to such an incontrovertible truth, except to say congratulations to the new president. 

FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMY, FIRED !

ICHEOKU says in his usual characteristics trademark, the man who somewhat invented the words "You're Fired", has again read the riot act to another top government official and told the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, James Comes, "You're fired! With those words, the former director who was looking forward to spending out the next six years remainder of his ten year term as director of the FBI, has been thrown to the wolves of the jobless market, admitted he will land a good job somewhere else either consulting or working full time in security or law. 

Recall that the no nonsense President Donald John Trump, who leaves no one in doubt about who is in charge and runs the show, similarly fired his former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and former acting Attorney General Sandra Yates and now the director of the FBI.  While ICHEOKU sees nothing wrong in the president exercising his powers to hire and fire any federal government official, says what even took him this long as it would have come much sooner, what the former director did during the last election, interjecting himself in the campaign, considered. 

ICHEOKU says to those who are questioning why now, why not now or is there a specifically earmarked time to fire a disgruntled errant employee. Those snowflakes and cooled drinkers as well as their feminists agitators who are now shouting blue murder over the fire, if it may sooth their ego, should remember that former President Bill Clinton also similarly fired a sitting FBI director William Sessions in 1993. James Comes was fired without notice and with immediate effect while he was traveling to far away Los Angeles on the FBI's business and got the news just like every other American did, through the media. It shows that the divorce was not amicable otherwise they would have accorded th=him the respect of at least returning back to Washington or asked him to tender his resignation or even discussed it prior. 

Recall that Queen Hillary Clinton has accused the former director of being complicit in her loss of the last election and would see this as a good riddance. Also Harry Reid had previously called for the former FBI director to resign his office and Charles Schumer also had said that that he has lost confidence in the director and that he should resign. So, now that their wish has come to pass, what else do they or any of their minions want to achieve by talking about timing of the firing? An action president who is full of surprises has just granted them their heart's desires and they should be happy about the firing of the former director, instead of continuing with their whining. 

The job of any investigating arm of the government is to seek out evidence of a crime or charge and then table same to the Attorney General, whose prerogative it is to then make the final determination on whether or not the furnished evidence is sufficient to prosecute the crime. But no, the former director decided otherwise, arrogated to himself the right thereunto; assuming both the duty of an investigator as well as that of his boss, the Attorney General. How any investigator could arrive at a conclusion that evidence of a crime presented itself and by the same token went ahead to advise or rather recommend non prosecution of the said crime, baffled many observers during the last election cycle. 

How could any rational investigator have concluded as the former director did, concerning the investigation of Hillary Clinton but turned around to recommend that no reasonable prosecutor would prosecute the case, which evidence exists to so prosecute. The reason investigators gather evidence is for prosecutors to use it to establish a charge at trial. So how does any sane person explain that an investigation unearthed some evidence with which a charge could be prosecuted, yet recommended that no reasonable prosecutor would prosecute the charge, leading to the shouts of cover-up. 

ICHEOKU had written an article previously condemning the inserting of self by the former director into the matter of Hillary Clinton and somewhat shielded her from prosecution. By usurping the former Attorney General Loretta Lynch office, whose duty it is to make the final determination, by personally announcing a determination which was not his place to make, the former director indeed crossed the line. ICHEOKU says but unbeknownst to James Comey, any "unreasonable" prosecutor would have prosecuted and secured conviction of Hillary Clinton based on the unearthed evidence; except that James Comey preempted that opportunity and foreclosed the possibility from ever seeing the light of the day. It is also instructive that the Attorney General had recused herself from the investigation but added that whatever the FBI recommends, she would be bound by; and the FBI recommend non prosecution and Hillary Clinton walked away from what many saw as murder which no other lesser mortal would nor should have survived. 

ICHEOKU says making that judgment call on not prosecuting Hillary Clinton for her email-gate scandal was the lowest of the low points on the former FBI director's career and hopefully he has learnt his lesson.  Why he overstepped his boundaries and delivered an apparent slap on the face of the former Attorney General to whom he is supposed to report to, only James Comey knows. ICHEOKU says did James Comey deserve to be fired? Yes, admitted why not sooner. Hopefully with him now out of the way, may be the FBI can reopen the Hillary Clinton's emailgate investigation and let justice be finally served. 

FRANCE ELECTS A BOY-PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON.

ICHEOKU says French people have settled on a boy president over an accomplished Lady who would have delivered France from the clutches of Islamist extremists and the world including ICHEOKU will now sit back and watch how their decision will impact everything French. 

That ICHEOKU preferred Mademoiselle Marine Le Pen to Emmanuel Macron is without a doubt and we campaigned for her but have come short of our expectation as the French people decided and voted otherwise. 

Life will go on as usual and ICHEOKU hereby wishes the new president and his French people all the best. Congratulations Emmanuel Macron and may God guide your presidency to do what is best for France and the French people. To Marine Le Pen, take solace in that you gave it your best shot and if not today, may be someday in the future when the French people would have realized that what they voted for is not actually what would make France safe and great again. Vive France.