On January 23, 2018, Mahathir Mohamad insisted he will never return to the Malay-based party he once led.
“It is no longer UMNO. It is Najib Razak’s party”, the former party president and prime minister said.
He had made the remarks in response to somebody who had posted on his Facebook page, calling on Mahathir to remember second prime minister Abdul Razak’s legacy and return to UMNO.
That somebody was Nazifuddin Najib, the eldest son of Najib.
“Razak brought Mahathir back into UMNO’s fold to strengthen, defend, and raise UMNO (and) leading Malaysia to the global stage. Not to destroy UMNO”, said the nosy parker named Nazifuddin, who was referring to his grandfather. This buttinsky didn't know how to mind his own business.
In any case, Mahathir is right.
At an assembly of national silat practitioners in Gombak, KL on Sunday, Najib (left) declared that victory in GE14 can only be achieved by those who hold to the principle of being loyal to their leader.
You and I know he was referring to himself.
Ptui! It is not about loyalty to UMNO anymore, but loyalty to Najib Razak.
Long live Najib Razak! May he reign forever and ever. If he wins.
On Monday, The Sun newspaper screamed "Don't upset China" on its front page.
It was Najib warning the Opposition that to question the mega projects we have with China would damage Malaysia-China ties. He was fixated on the idea that the other 'party' plans to cancel contracts with China.
(Psst, Najib wanted to tell Malaysian Chinese that he is pro-China and the other side isn't – so don't waste our votes in GE14 on the Opposition lah).
I think Donald Trump needs Najib's advice more than the other side does.
After all, the US of A seems to want to spark a trade conflict and China is not going to sit still and be hammered. So, this may just start a trade war, if both countries go overboard.
Anyway, if you don't know, Trump (left) loves conflicts.
One fine day, he decided to call China an "economic enemy" and accused the country of "unfair trading practices which are harming US national security and distorting global markets".
On March 08, 2018, the Americans backed Trump's rhetoric by imposing tariffs on steel and aluminium, saying the measures were necessary to protect domestic producers and critical to national security. (However, some allies such as Canada, Mexico and the European Union, are in line for exemptions, pending talks).
The White House also said they intend to impose additional tariffs on as much as $60 billion in Chinese imports over intellectual property violations.
They screamed that China condones practices that put American companies at a disadvantage and unfairly pressure them to share technology, especially in fields such as robotics and telecommunications.
It so happens Trump is a strong advocate of using tariffs to slash the US trade deficit with China and which he has repeatedly vowed to do.
In the face of these Trump-inspired attacks, China could not sit quietly and so, it challenged the "national security" excuse used to justify the said tariffs.
It announced retaliatory tariffs on $3 billion worth of US products. Those tariffs went into effect on Monday, targeting 128 goods including frozen pork, nuts, fresh and dried fruit, ginseng and wine.
And both sides will suffer.
Methinks, this is not the best way to fix problems relating to business and trade.
Hopefully, both sides will still sit down and find ways to amicably resolve the issues – before they really get out of hand.
On Monday, The Sun newspaper screamed "Don't upset China" on its front page.
It was Najib warning the Opposition that to question the mega projects we have with China would damage Malaysia-China ties. He was fixated on the idea that the other 'party' plans to cancel contracts with China.
(Psst, Najib wanted to tell Malaysian Chinese that he is pro-China and the other side isn't – so don't waste our votes in GE14 on the Opposition lah).
I think Donald Trump needs Najib's advice more than the other side does.
After all, the US of A seems to want to spark a trade conflict and China is not going to sit still and be hammered. So, this may just start a trade war, if both countries go overboard.
One fine day, he decided to call China an "economic enemy" and accused the country of "unfair trading practices which are harming US national security and distorting global markets".
On March 08, 2018, the Americans backed Trump's rhetoric by imposing tariffs on steel and aluminium, saying the measures were necessary to protect domestic producers and critical to national security. (However, some allies such as Canada, Mexico and the European Union, are in line for exemptions, pending talks).
The White House also said they intend to impose additional tariffs on as much as $60 billion in Chinese imports over intellectual property violations.
They screamed that China condones practices that put American companies at a disadvantage and unfairly pressure them to share technology, especially in fields such as robotics and telecommunications.
It so happens Trump is a strong advocate of using tariffs to slash the US trade deficit with China and which he has repeatedly vowed to do.
In the face of these Trump-inspired attacks, China could not sit quietly and so, it challenged the "national security" excuse used to justify the said tariffs.
It announced retaliatory tariffs on $3 billion worth of US products. Those tariffs went into effect on Monday, targeting 128 goods including frozen pork, nuts, fresh and dried fruit, ginseng and wine.
And both sides will suffer.
Methinks, this is not the best way to fix problems relating to business and trade.
Hopefully, both sides will still sit down and find ways to amicably resolve the issues – before they really get out of hand.
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