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pickardje.bsky.social • 5 days ago

Martin Wolf is not messing around here

https://www.ft.com/content/d96d4a44-2b75-4222-b77a-afe72c1b9174

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Cuz Yarvin told T rump: "As soon as the regime stops accelerating, it stalls & explodes. Unless the earthquakes of Jan/Feb are dwarfed in Mar/April by new unprecedented abuses, they'll start to wither & dissipate. It can't stay at its current level of power—too high to sustain, too low to succeed."

bartona104.bsky.social•5 days ago

accurate

agostosettembre.bsky.social•5 days ago

Time to start referring to him as a tyrant. And his govt as a tyranny.

Calling him a king won’t hurt him because he actually likes that. Had his maralago sycophants calling him that nickname even before getting into politics.

brendanamartin.bsky.social•5 days ago

Imagine the NYT or Washington Post stating things so plainly in an editorial or even allowing a columnist to do so. Some of the capitulation and collaboration on the part of the press doesn’t come from cowardice or cupidity as much as from chauvinism—a belief that we cannot really be that bad.

jhgray.bsky.social•5 days ago

They see too much to have that belief. It's cowardice at best, complicity more likely.

darkglade.bsky.social•5 days ago

Complicity all the way...

They've abdicated their responsibility in supporting democracy.

"A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad." -- Albert Camus

casmudde.bsky.social•5 days ago

Not a word about immigrants and transgender people, ie the most targeted people in the US.

mariekedoorman.bsky.social•4 days ago

And about women's rights in general (abortion e.g.) and the department of education

stevegarrett.bsky.social•4 days ago

He’s not wrong.

mariekedoorman.bsky.social•4 days ago

boofyre.bsky.social•5 days ago

Get rid of the electoral college and gerrymandering. We need to completely change our government make up before the world will trust doing business with the US again. We need to go to therapy and heal all the hurt we've caused.

citizen-sharon.bsky.social•5 days ago

Truth.

billmccormickpm.bsky.social•5 days ago

💯💯💯

goodparliament.bsky.social•5 days ago

Not wrong

knewsy.bsky.social•5 days ago

Serious people have ALWAYS taken Trump literally and seriously.

kb3hae.bsky.social•5 days ago

Thank. you.

nosleepnseattle.bsky.social•5 days ago

And to think that Trump, Musk, and their disciples rose to wealth and power on the backs of the very systems they seek to destroy.

starrfire71.bsky.social•5 days ago

Isn't he currently planning to invade Iran and Canada

oakbookshelf.bsky.social•5 days ago

I predict Venezuela. They have oil.

jvarrige.bsky.social•5 days ago

All true, including the invading countries part. What will our military do?

vadaga.bsky.social•4 days ago

#emperorBiff

triforcecap.bsky.social•5 days ago

💯 And he’s confederate with scotus and congressional Rs in that enterprise.

pnwnet.bsky.social•4 days ago

Trump is assisted by the lack of backbone and independent thinking of those in his own party, also the Democrats, the legacy social media platforms and the traditional media. Only a group of court judges are trying to hold back the move to full tyranny in the USA.

jveverka.bsky.social•4 days ago

Biden finally destroyed the "rules based international order" with his complicity in violations of the Geneva Convention on genocide, the Rome Statute, his rejection of ICC arrest warrants that he didn't like, and the UN Declaration of human rights. Other presidents have laid the groundwork.

owen-symes.bsky.social•5 days ago

This just rings so hollow when the US has been an international rogue nation since at least 2003

thealienlife.bsky.social•5 days ago

Seems way overblown. MAGA shouldn't forget liberals also have guns.

sjsedmonds.bsky.social•5 days ago

What will Canada, Europe and UK actually do if and when he does order his troops into Greenland. Presume they will have 'meetings of the willing'

vanni.zerauschek.zzthome.it•4 days ago

What will US military do, if deranged orange bully does something really stupid?
USians should ponder this question about military interventions.

jtrantala.bsky.social•4 days ago

The real question is what americans do to fix all this?

vanni.zerauschek.zzthome.it•4 days ago

Well, at least those USians who are in the military, either in command or in service, should be ready to fix it.
Hope no military USians would be remembered as the next Wehrmacht.

amb-markab.bsky.social•5 days ago

Dunno, but France may have just extended their umbrella over Greenland.

kathrynruud.bsky.social•4 days ago

Finally someone is really putting it all together...

con24.bsky.social•4 days ago

He's weird, lazy, evil, cold blooded, hard hearted, soulless, inhumane, and compassionless. He is unable to think about anyone's needs besides his own. He's a danger to the world.

fansen.bsky.social•5 days ago

News today that he is sending 10K troops to Europe.

pictou.bsky.social•5 days ago

I thought he was bringing them home from Germany?

fansen.bsky.social•2 days ago

They recently announced a repositioning of troops within Europe rather than sending new troops or fully withdrawing them. Specifically, American personnel and equipment are being relocated from Jasionka Airport in Poland, a key logistics hub near the Ukrainian border, to other locations in Poland.

pictou.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thanks, I appreciate your explanation.

powerfromspace1.bsky.social•2 days ago

Every wondered what you would do if "Nazis" we're kicking at the door 🚪 taking over your country.

That moment is here, y'all ☝️

joe460.bsky.social•4 days ago

This won't last long. His health won't carry him over and don't think those pictures of him riding in a golf cart shows him as a picture of health. He is not.

sachikarla.bsky.social•3 days ago

Jail prison boot camp for the crime family…. Razor wire MAGA Lardo.

geoffreyd9000.bsky.social•5 days ago

Seriously. We need this years ago. How f-inf long do we it take for people to wake up??

geoffreyd9000.bsky.social•4 days ago

Omg need =knew. Ugh this is exhausting

gregsanderson.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yep. Really hope Europe is patrolling Greenland to deter any invasion. It's a lot easier to prevent a war than have to liberate it afterwards.

1silvergirl.bsky.social•5 days ago

Europe's talk of ramping up production of weapons of war might be as unrealistic as our opening up robotics run factories (per Howard Lutnick) in days and weeks.

I hope I'm wrong.

carl3settlemyer.bsky.social•4 days ago

📌

nearbirdstudios.bsky.social•5 days ago

tsunami65.bsky.social•5 days ago

Probably starting with Ukraine

brucenewbury.bsky.social•5 days ago

He’s hit 6 of the colonists complaints’ with King George III’s actions almost 250 years ago!

maumagnificat.bsky.social•4 days ago

Though Washington and Madison showed their true reactionary colors after Shays' Rebellion. Jefferson, in France at the time, wasn't too concerned. Not many know, *that* was written in response to Daniel Shays.

orygoon.bsky.social•5 days ago

📌

pwc50.bsky.social•4 days ago

A bit like Putin with the exception that Trump has begun his assault on the globe with tariff bombs

gregg1357.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yes!

fargslap.bsky.social•5 days ago

So he is a domestic enemy who is going to protect us from him?

kleinhirn.bsky.social•4 days ago

Not to forget the attacs on the press and the suppression of the freedom of expression

roxie276.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is the stuff of nightmares.

deweydiva1.bsky.social•4 days ago

He’s too far gone to fully enjoy his lifetime of dictator pursuits. Reality is the arsonists pulling the strings behind him are emboldened and will never back down. He’s just an old guy that wants to golf and enjoy his retirement but unfortunately, he has to be the president in office to do it.

doyoulikepizza.bsky.social•5 days ago

Martin Wolf is not messing around because he is not wrong

pataz1.bsky.social•4 days ago

For years, republicans put in place policies that allowed corporations to chase cheap labor across the globe.

Republicans are now punishing Americans for years of Republican policies.

rosemaryd52.bsky.social•5 days ago

I'm on a fixed income and just can't afford to subscribe to the publications I'd like to because I know journalism doesn't come free. I'm wondering if he has steps to take and solutions in the article. Tonight, with the disappearings happening, I'm feeling hopeless. Striving to refind my resilience.

peggyfrompa.bsky.social•5 days ago

I agree- it’s clear he wants to conquer other countries & this is horrific & despicable!

bellaciao007.bsky.social•5 days ago

Why I subscribe to the FT. Right here. No newspaper of record will make everyone happy. That’s not their job. The FT has been very clear in communicating what has been at stake in the global order. Unlike the the other paper. Across the pond.

beccasmullet.bsky.social•5 days ago

Lord, I hope no one who actually reads the news is surprised by this.

paulmcgee.bsky.social•5 days ago

Authoritarian leaders resorting to the invasion of a sovereign territory as a way of drawing attention from a tanking economy, y'say? Might not end well, that.

sapiens365.bsky.social•4 days ago

Think he will begin with Panama. Will be a Granada style raid. Then Greenland, which may involve conflict with Europe. Putin will attack Europe then. Then Canada & strike across into Mexico to take out cartels. He will hit innocent Mexican targets. He might end up uniting South America against him.

dschurman.bsky.social•5 days ago

This is exactly, right?

peregrinekate.bsky.social•5 days ago

He’s also not wrong.

reprotruth.bsky.social•5 days ago

Thankful for wolf! Hopefully, the rest of the media will get their shit together!

carl3settlemyer.bsky.social•4 days ago

📌

oldybutgoody.bsky.social•4 days ago

We’ll be at war somewhere soon. Very soon.

innisblue.bsky.social•5 days ago

📌

johnkb.bsky.social•4 days ago

The bond market will send him packing

fplynch.bsky.social•5 days ago

Remember the peeps who said not to worry, that he didn't mean it, and even if he did, he couldn't pull it off, there were too many checks in place?

Gordon Sondlin did this on @arimelber.bsky.social at least once. And I'm sure he wasn't alone.

Nothing to worry!

5plume.bsky.social•5 days ago

I did my part in 2016, 2020 and 2024 in an attempt to help stop him from attaining power. Those who didn't will always have the ugly, orange stain of complicity.

jpv206.bsky.social•5 days ago

Careful! They have a watertight defense: “nuh-un”

lizziec.bsky.social•5 days ago

Put like this war seems the logical end point.

drdodjie.bsky.social•5 days ago

An army of cybertrucks. 😁

haiderbahrani.bsky.social•4 days ago

Any takes on how it will end? Only America can save itself, I assume? No one has the mighty to say we heard the American people's call to come liberate them👹

stephanie-n.bsky.social•5 days ago

But the people needed cheap eggs!

stevie2.bsky.social•4 days ago

The man who would be king

baggyblue.bsky.social•4 days ago

In the age of empires when the ‘King’ was deposed he, his family, and all the sycophants that helped them were dispatched. Bring back the ‘empires’ bring back the remedies…

https://bsky.app/profile/pickardje.bsky.social/post/3lmdg5zrd322t

dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social•5 days ago

Don't take him seriously - he's an idiot - just realize that no one in his Administration is going to stop him from showing that fact every day. He had adults on hand who covered for him some of the time in his first term.

redheadbrave.bsky.social•5 days ago

His handlers are the ones to be taken seriously. Their purpose is to destroy democracy destroying all control tools.

dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social•5 days ago

The whole lot of them are exceptionally stupid. I suspect they'll destroy themselves trying to exploit the opportunity for mayhem they've created.

redheadbrave.bsky.social•5 days ago

The sooner the better.

dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social•5 days ago

Of course, they might take us with them. . .

redheadbrave.bsky.social•4 days ago

That they threat with: “If we fall we won’t t fall alone”.
That should have been enough to have kicked their ass off and forever.
Instead they are hand picking corruptible or skeleton keepers for Congress and Senate.

zetsubo.bsky.social•5 days ago

He is a tyrant comprised of endless malice. Do not underestimate his capacity for cruelty.

diabessleyhayes.bsky.social•5 days ago

Don’t forget about his attacks on the free press!

mooresolutions.io•5 days ago

You know that whole “global order” stuff is not a selling point to most of America right?

mattrobb.bsky.social•5 days ago

Someone I just got to know, who has studied this carefully, says invading Canada is absolutely on the cards.

So far has been right about Trump. Takes him seriously but not literally.

steeleleets.bsky.social•4 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/electiontruth.bsky.social/post/3lmcrpbsh5r2b

jackiejoy1.bsky.social•5 days ago

There was a report tonight that Trump is considering using drones in Mexico to get drug cartels. Is this the beginning of an invasion he is talking about?

contractjames.bsky.social•4 days ago

Most of the press still treats him like a normal president who is sometimes “controversial.”

brookeally.bsky.social•4 days ago

Sounds about right

talesftf.bsky.social•5 days ago

War with Iran wen?

(I’m not joking, unfortunately).

#timestamp

scruffmonkey.bsky.social•5 days ago

Very soon, the talks are are likely a pretence to claiming Iran is not engaging and then he deploys the bombers.

talesftf.bsky.social•5 days ago

He already pulled off a similar stunt when he invited Selenskyj to the WH.

What the cameras captured seemed more akin to a “trap” laid by the Trump administration for the Ukrainian leader imo…

Will Trump repeat the same with Iran?

#timestamp