I'm a bit of a 'News Nut' I guess and my TV is often tuned to the BBC News Channel. However, I have watched less since the BBC teamed up with CBS in the USA. Since then the proportion of US news reported on the BBC has been simply ridiculous. I don't think the BBC realises that most English people (certainly those who I talk to) are not really that interested in what goes on in the USA. Europe is more important to us.

 

However, things just got worse - Trump's back.  During his last term, there wasn't a day that went by without his name being on the news.  Today it begins again - I switched on my TV and there he is - spouting complete rubbish during his inauguration speech.

 

I listened for 15 minutes and had to switch off............ Apparently the Biden administration have failed to deal with the Los Angeles fires and the Hurricanes that hit the USA in recent months.  Events which were almost certainly exacebated by climate change - yet Trump then goes on to say that he's going to 'Drill Baby Drill' and he's going to roll back vehicle emmisions laws!  Then we move on to the millions of foreign criminals and mentally ill people that are flooding over the US borders. He was"saved by god to make America great again" when a bullet grazed his ear in Pennsylvania.........bla bla bla. I'm surprised he didn't claim that immigrants were eating cats and dogs again.

 

All the stuff he going to do - end wars etc, well let's see what he does actually achieve.  I note that he failed to mention that only 80 miles of his wall got built and that Mexico didn't pay for any of it. The clock is ticking Donald, don't forget that you only have 23 hours left to end the war in Ukraine.

 

I can listen to politicians I don't agree with - in fact I believe its good to listen to other points of view but I cannot listen to this 9 year old in an old man's body spout his rubbish for the next 4 years.  That so many Americans voted for this child beggars belief but I hope it goes well for them, I really do.

 

Funny how he was anti Tik Tok in 2020 and told reporters he would ban the App - today he vowed to save it.  Anything to do with votes perhaps?

 

Think I'll go over to Al Jazeera - I doubt they'll be covering this lunatic so much.

 

The only thing I'm interested in following about Trump is just how long it takes for him to fall out of love with his new boyfriend Musk. That will be interesting.

 

 

Please keep up posted about what you decide to watch frequently.

I've turned off the news and have a huge library of shows like Brooklynn Nine-Nine and Superstore. They're basically light background noise I have on while preparing lessons.