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22 The Virgin Islands Daily News ST. CROIX ST. JOHN Gerry Yandel, Executive Editor Ken E. Ryan, Production Director Onneka Challenger, Circulation Director Che Virgin Islands DAILY ®NEWS A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Newspaper Founded Aug. 1, 1930, by J. Antonio Jarvis and Ariel Melchior Sr. Published by Daily News Publishing Co., Inc. Archie Nahigian, President EDITORIAL BOARD What's the speed limit ST. THOMAS TORTOLA J. Lowe Davis, Editor At Large Lisa Jamil, Advertising Director Juanita Young, Controller on Magens Bay Road? Is it how fast you can run? What do the new Magen Bay signs mean? Public Works installed four of these signs on Magens Bay Road in November in response to the speed- ing problem. According to the Merriam-Web- ster dictionary the abbreviation of miles per hour is “mph” and there should be a number in front of mph designating the speed. On these signs, the number is omitted, so Lori Emery drivers have no idea what the speed limit is. St. Thomas is an international destination, and we have contem- porary street signs that use symbols for walkers, joggers, bicycles etc. I know we can do better in the signage department on Magens Bay Road. — Lori Emery, St. Thomas See Your Views In Print The Daily News is always interested in publishing local views on topics of general interest, and we especially welcome commentary on issues affecting the Virgin Islands and its people, culture, businesses and government. Send Letters, Essays, Halos and Pitchforks, Cartoons or other original material about local issues of general interest to letters@dailynews.vi The Daily News’ opinions are expressed only in its editorials. The opinions expressed in columns, letters, cartoons and guest editorials are those of the particular author or artist. OPINIONS Tuesday, December 13, 2016 Where will Trump venture for his first state visit? Barbara Streisand and Lena Dun- ham may be some of the higher profile Trumpfugees leaving the country and heading to Justin Trudeau’s Canada. What is less certain is if a President Donald Trump will make Ottawa his first foreign port of call — a long- standing presidential and foreign policy tradition. Post-election, Trudeau quickly called to congratulate PEOTUS Trump on his victory and the Canadian tweet- ed, “(W)e agreed to meet soon to keep building the Canada-US relationship.” Trump may want to use the high- visibility first trip to do something other than affirm tradition and reflect the importance and strength of US.- Canadian ties. He may want to make a grand strategy statement, letting the world know that he is going to shake- up the global status quo. Calls to Taiwan, support for the Phil- ippines President Rodrigo Duterte and meeting with Japan’s Shinzo Abe have already shaken up the foreign policy establishment's rules for protocol, as well as approaches to human rights and global power relations. All this well- before Trump has even been sworn-in. Once in office, Ronald Reagan be- gan the tradition of new U.S. presidents making Canada the first foreign presi- dential visit. George W. Bush notably broke from this tradition, making his first stop Mexico, a country he knew well. He also hoped his trip and Cinco de Mayo parties on the White House lawn would attract Latino voters to the Republican Party. Trump has already been to Mexico, met with President Pena Nieto, got- ten a great presidential photo-op and made his talking points. It is unlikely he will be heading south of the border first. Making a splash abroad will likely require a large rally — similar or bigger than candidate Barack Obama’s visit to Berlin in the summer of 2008 — and may be chosen based on the right mix of pomp, circumstance, strategy and significance. If two big border nations are knocked REMEMBER WHEN WE REVERED AMERICANS WHo HAD THE RIGHT STUFF? Markos Kounalakis out of the running for the primary re- ception of America’s new head of state, where might he go first? There are any number of early sup- porters in other countries who could be rewarded and elevated by a presidential visit. The scramble to send invitations to Trump Tower has already begun. UK. Prime Minister Theresa May is considering an invitation on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II. Trump’s friend- ship with and preference for Brexit leader Nigel Farage as Britain’s next diplomatic envoy will require Trump to balance Buckingham Palace pageantry, the “special relationship,” Brexit forces and a potentially restive urban populace before deciding to touch down in Lon- don Town. Numerous foreign leaders supported Trump’s candidacy early on, mostly opposition politicians. A few, however, are running countries. They include Hungary’s Viktor Orban, North Ko- rea’s Kim Jong Un, Zimbabwe’s Rob- ert Mugabe and, of course, Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Rewarding them with an American inaugural visit would be revolutionary and could set in motion dramatic changes in how America’s global relations, alliances and power balancing is perceived and conducted. Big, bold, groundbreaking unprec- edented moves were the hallmark of Trump’s campaign: Is there a reason to believe he would take a different ap- proach to governing? Trump’s brand of politics is proudly unconventional — from his brand management business to his Fifth Avenue transition tower to his tweet-centric campaign. Where will he go? Japan, Russia, China, Italy, Germany, France — may- be even India, Australia or Argentina? Tipping favor toward any of the G8 member countries other than Canada for a “first visit” would create both new foreign policy opportunities and challenges. To avoid granting any nation the favor of a first foray, however, he may decide never to leave the country at all, requiring all foreign leaders visit him at Trump Tower, Mar-a-Lago, the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster ... or maybe even the White House. — Markos Kounalakis is a senior fellow at Central European University and visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. Contact him at markos@stanford.edu Employers should not impose religious views on employees In my opinion, Philadelphia Arch- bishop Charles Chaput is wrong in his view that religious liberty in the United States is under attack (Phila- delphia Inquirer and Philly.com, Dec. 8, 2016). Religious institutions are free to believe and preach whatever they want. I think that what they are not free to do is impose those beliefs on their employees. For example, a Catholic-affiliated Richard Carroll organization may believe that contra- ception is immoral, but I don’t think that organization should be allowed to block its female employees, who may or may not be Catholic, from access to contraception through its medical insurance plans. I worked for a Catholic organiza- tion (the Knights of Columbus) for HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014509 30 years. Its 600 employees — most of whom were non-Catholic women — had access to contraceptive cover- age through the employer-provided health plan. Freedom of religion means free- dom not to have your employer’s religious views imposed on you. — Richard Carroll, a part-time St. Thomas resident, is the former Associate General Counsel of the Knights of Columbus