Topic: How To Invest

What is Pat’s commentary for the week of August 15, 2017

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Dear Inner Circle member, When Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un lie awake in the middle of the night, both may contemplate roughly the same question, which begins, “Is this guy crazy enough”. Kim wonders, “Is this guy crazy enough to call my bluff? As soon as my father and I put on our madman hats and began spewing war threats, Obama and the two guys before him all backed off and gave us free money. Is Trump any different?” Trump wonders, “Is this guy crazy enough to think that he’ll wind up any different than Saddam?” My own view is that Trump is different from Obama and his two predecessors. Of course, all four of these gentlemen learned what they know about war indirectly. But Obama, Bush and Clinton had to worry more than Trump does about media and public opinion, and about maintaining campaign contributions from big economic interests. Trump is self-financing, up to a point. So he is less concerned about the…