Everything is Coming up Roses


President Xi Jinping  gifted seeds of imperial roses from the  Zhongnanhai Gardens to our POTUS as a symbolic gesture at the end of the two day plummet/summit in Beijing.

Because I have a great sense of humor: "Blight or listening devices?"  I mean,  the Chinese can be devious.

Actually, a quick check at the Department of Agriculture show seeds as an item which require strict import guidelines.  Most seeds require a  PPQ 587 import permit.  Naturally, this has to be obtained prior to bringing these things onto U.S. soil.  Other restrictions apply.   So if you visit China and pack seeds in your luggage - you can expect the same fate as the researcher who tried to surreptitiously bring in frog embryos.  (To be equitable, when I went to China, customs agents were busy squeezing out our toothpaste tubes and checking our lotion as they rifled through our undergarments.  You can never be too careful...)

Where are the seeds now?

It really does not matter.  Because "Everything is Coming up Roses"  - if it is the daily propaganda blitz from the current administration.   There will be nothing but fake/positive intelligence regarding Iran and a bold, new America takes the world by the horns.   I secretly think that the "firm" or is it "the farm" have a complete floor dedicated to decorators.  It is their job to make things comfy... nice-looking... farmhouse pretty for the American taxpayers.  Their hair is probably on fire.  But what they present is always nicely coiffed.  This is why I travel to the dark side to get my news. smile

My gut tells me that President Xi really gifted our President with a horse crippler cactus.  We are somewhat hobbled on the world stage already.  But in the morning, the news will once again be great.

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