Dear President Trump: Does this lack of interest mean you would return Venezuelan opposition leader Mara Corina Machado's Nobel Peace Prize medal?

To celebrate Pi Day, I'm going to have TWO pieces of pie to increase my circumference.

Once again, the old lesson: "Never get involved in a land war in Asia" is going to painfully school the US. Sure, the US (and other countries) will temporarily put a band-aid (tourniquet?) on the petroleum squeeze by tapping into their strategic petroleum reserves, but it's temporary and places the entire world economy at risk of completely imploding once those reserves are gone. The silver lining might (MIGHT!) be that this will accelerate the development/expansion of renewal alternative energy sources, but I suspect it'll prove to be too little too late. The US (yes, I know who is REALLY to blame but for now I'll stick to referring to collective blame over all the US) options are bleak. I fear the present administration will choose to do something (ANYTHING!) to avoid being shamefully ejected from power. President Trump has rarely (if EVER!) been involved in anything that could be described as the Art of the Deal. His negotiation tactics are more accurately referred to as Art of the Steal. President Trump is a bully both in personal and financial dealings. It was mostly "tolerable" as long as he was isolated in his own little enclave. However, the US electorate as seen fit to supply Mr. Trump with a large "box of matches". We, literally, have hoisted ourselves on our own petard.