Who said events dear boy

In the United States, will be the year Donald Trump either survives Democratic investigations in the House of Representatives into a myriad of his actions as president. If he does not survive the inquiries, he will be left a lame duck at best, or impeached under the worst-case scenario.

Just as threatening will be the fallout from the report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller into whether there was collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians during the election campaign that made him the 45th president. This means American politicians and officials are going to be preoccupied with internal political issues. Things important to Canada, such as the ratification of the U. Any other bilateral or multilateral issues where Canada has a stake could also get short shrift.

Politics in Britain will also impact Canada. As Canadians and Mexicans recently found out, negotiating a trade deal with the Trump administration is no walk in the park. Plus, Glenn Beck attacked it on his show last night, which virtually guarantees that M. Stephen M. Shusha was the key to the recent war between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Now Baku wants to turn the fabled fortress town into a resort.

By Stephen M. June 4, , PM. Foreign Policy. November 11, , PM. Blame Brussels. Trending 1. Fiona Hill: U. In my younger days, I and perhaps others of your Lordships had friends, good friends, very good fellows indeed too, who failed to make this distinction. For a few years everything went on very well, and then at last the crash came, and they were forced to retire out to some dingy lodging-house in Boulogne, or if the estate were larger and the trustees more generous, to a decent accommodation at Baden-Baden.

Disputed [ edit ] Events, dear boy, events. Response to a journalist when asked what is most likely to blow governments off course. The quote is also given as "Events, my dear boy, events", with the word "my", but it may never have been uttered at all. Knowles, Elizabeth M.