The JSE looked ready to slide for its fourth trading day on Friday as jittery markets braced themselves for more turmoil from US President Donald Trump’s White House. "Trump has decided to remove HR McMaster as his national security adviser and is actively discussing potential replacements, according to five people with knowledge of the plans, preparing to deliver yet another jolt to the senior ranks of his administration," the Washington Post reported on Thursday. "McMaster is not the only senior official on thin ice with the president. Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin has attracted Trump’s ire for his spending decisions as well as for general disorder in the senior leadership of his agency," the Post reported. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index was down 0.6%, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was down 0.3%. Naspers’s Hong Kong-listed associate Tencent, whose share price the JSE-listed media group tends to track, was down 0.04% to H$468.40. Sydney’s ASX 200 index, however, was up 0.42%...
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