In America, on this day we see Trump's world crashing once again as a US judge has rejected a request by Trump to stop the publication of a memoir by his former National Security Adviser, John Bolton. The justice department argued that the book had not been properly vetted, but Washington DC District Court Judge Royce Lamberth said the government had "failed to establish that an injunction would prevent irreparable harm as Mr Bolton had "gambled" with US national security and already "exposed his country to harm". All this and more as Trump held his first campaign rally since the US coronavirus lockdown began, in front of a smaller than expected crowd. Trump had boasted earlier in the week that almost a million people had requested tickets for the event at Tulsa's Bank of Oklahoma Centre, but the 19,000-seat arena was far from full and plans for him to address an outside "overflow" area were abandoned as people stayed away in droves due to concerns over the pandemic which was one issue Trump touched on in his wide-ranging, almost two-hour-long speech to cheering supporters in Oklahoma, a Republican heartland where boasted about how he told officials to slow down COVID-19 testing because so many cases were being detected, which was later played down as a joke.
So again we see the extremists who believe this man is god in reincarnate turn up and chant like idiots, but the rally was a bomb which Trump blamed on protesters blocking metal detectors, but maybe it was just the fact people are beginning to understand this idiot is wrong for the country or maybe they got scared off by the clear use of a military force with the national guard prowling the streets in numbers with gigantic scary vehicles. What I hope is it's down to the American people coming to there senses over giving a mad man the keys to nation.
So let's look at dear old Blighty as well today. As ministers will announce in the coming week whether the two metre social distancing rule in England will be relaxed, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said. The government has been reviewing the advice, amid warnings many businesses will not survive under current rules. Mr Sunak said the outcome of the review will "make an enormous difference" to businesses "keen to see a change". It has yet to give a definitive date for the hospitality sector, but ministers are preparing to ease more coronavirus lockdown restrictions on 4 July. There is very little to talk or rant about from the UK headlines today, so I am not even going to try.
Rant you tomorrow!
