Trump’s story has always been that he should be president because he was rich. That was always false. In order to become rich he had to first become the president.
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Trump, on the leader of Russia:
"Putin is tired of this whole thing and he’s not — he’s not looking good. And he wants to look good”
It's hard to imagine a more fundamental misunderstanding.
No, Putin is not "tired of the whole thing" - the war is the only thing keeping his economy going
Thank you to @pickupsforpeace and my co-driver Derek Long for another successful delivery of humanitarian aid to 🇺🇦. The 20th convoy, 50 trucks, was the biggest ever. Over 640 vehicles have now been donated; each truck saves the lives of at least 10 people. Slava Ukraini, heroyam slava!
Interesting take by Trump. So tell me, would Trump be opposed to apartheid if it still existed ?
… and what was the mortgage rate ?
Decency and intelligence are uncorrelated, worth keeping in mind
Auchincloss on Fox News: "What I'm seeing is a president who is more interested in the valuation of his memecoin than he is about people's 401ks. What I'm seeing is a president who along with Howard Lutnick is self-dealing on crypto instead of worrying about the strength of the US dollar."
It may remain a haven, but it is much less of a haven than it was 90 days ago. And about that “rule of law” thing ..:
Poland and France et al brazenly provoked Nazi Germany by existing. Ukraine should have learned their lesson.
The exemption.. is massive
No exemptions though for the things poor people buy: inexpensive shoes, clothes, bedding, tableware.
Compassion across generations.
"This is what arbitrary, absolute power looks like. And this is why the men who wrote the Constitution never wanted anyone to have it"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Apart from … ALL THE THINGS shaking up assumptions about geopolitics right now, this is amazing and would otherwise be headline news:
apnews.com/article/japa...
Important story that might be buried under another day of Trump induced market turmoil - there is mounting evidence that Russian actors had at least knowledge of some of the terror attacks that heavily influenced Germany‘s election campaign before they happened:
"One of the more dangerous pleasures of great wealth is that you never have to hear anyone tell you that you are completely wrong." - me in 2016 about the problem with Republican donors www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
One of the best Downfall takeoffs I’ve ever seen. The subtitles are simply brilliant.
This, as usual, is a well written but it’s not without weaknesses. Here are 3. 1/4
Slaughtering a town of civilians and then making it into a meme on the internet 3 years later is pretty much all you need to know about russia
It’s good that they’re practising crashing military planes. Practice makes perfect.
They’re choosing a new prigozhin
The 2026 WC is also hosted by Canada and Mexico; why on earth boycott them ???
What an absolute horror story. Having dealt with the U.S. department of immigration and naturalisation in the past, I can well believe it to be true.
Let us honor their memory by keeping the Defenders of Ukraine in our prayers.
RIP – Volodymyr Bodnariuk, Andrii Druzhytskyi, Oleksandr Dudnyk (40), Oleksii Chornyi (21)
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
It’s not about him but the legacy of his party.
Carney may not be around for long.
Asked if it thinks Trump is a Russian asset, Musk's Grok put's the likelihood at 75-85%.
Happy Stalin's Death Day!
1/14
Maurice Obstfeld argues that the US trade deficit is "caused" by the excess of US spending over US production, but, like most American economists, mainly because he cannot imagine a world in which foreigners, and not Americans, have agency.
www.ft.com/content/ae84...
Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine
