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Watching from the outside, it increasingly feels like time is running out for democracy in America. Criminalizing benevolent non-profit organizations at will – if stuff like this won't bring hundreds of thousands into the streets protesting, what will?

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I had an idea... oh well, close enough, crappy AI tool! Every cloud has a silver lining: "European Trade Policy Pre/Post Trump"

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2024 me has questions!

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Europe's great hope for battery tech autonomy Northvolt now also files for bankruptcy in Sweden. If European leaders were actually serious about strategic autonomy, they wouldn't have let this happen (nor -as it now seems- allow Chinese competitors to buy up the scraps). on.ft.com/3Fy3GX4

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I don't think I've ever cared less about experts predicting the economy, unless they're exploring theoretical scenarios. There's no way to make qualified guesses on where the economy is headed now. At least many commentators have admitted that they were wrong not to take Trump literally.

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Welcome to the Mad King economy. www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/b...

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(Just a thread of recent thoughts for my Bluesky diary – none of which comes from a position of authority, unless you count my scattered studies in economic geography, political science et al. – but that was many years ago now!) 1/

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The stock market is not the economy. The stock market is not the economy. The stock market is not the economy. Nonetheless, holy shit. What’s remarkable is that there’s hardly any real news driving this. It’s just investors belatedly realizing that Trump is who he is, and always was.

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United Staatssicherheit.

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What a party! Some of my investments are in U.S. tech, but I have to admit that right now the schadenfreude far outweighs the concern for my portfolio. But the stock market is fickle. So even though it seems to behave in a rational and logical way atm, I wouldn't trust it as a moral compass. 😅

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Call me the eternal optimist, but I can't help but feel that the sudden surge in interest for European tech is a huge opportunity and a potential catalyst for growth and profit.

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Musk discovering that his constant threats and spreading of disinformation aimed at Europe actually has consequences for his businesses in Europe. www.ft.com/content/ea7e...

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This graph has been on my mind in the past couple of days. It adds to my suspicion/prejudice that the politics of the U.S. public isn't driven so much by principles, firm political beliefs and personal values as much as it's driven by whatever they're being told at any given point.

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Another thing to remember about US/Europe defence and the prospect of Trump withdrawing defence cooperation: it's not a one way street. US aircraft rely on advanced systems from BAE & Leonardo, particularly in EW, radar, countermeasures and avionics.

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Not a million miles between his tactic and, say, Rubio's, I think. Everyone admires the boy who calls out the emperor in H.C. Andersen's tale. But in real life his mocking cry is replaced by the insincere patter of responsible adults worried about form and cost of standing up to power. Funny that.

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Quite a statement by the Polish Foreign Minister:

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Whatever the root psychological causes are, this seems to have worked on a national level where the victims are caught in the same sandpit. On an international level everyone will abandon the sandpit, leaving them to throw insults into the air. It could still kill hundreds of thousands, though.

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Telegraph reports that Ukraine membership of the Single Market would boost its economy. Irony is dead. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

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Probably the only thing more absurd than declaring an international day of hope is opposing an international day of hope

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Iran's top leader rejects talks with the US, refers to it as a 'bullying government'

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I don't envy politicians and companies who have to navigate this new landscape. Dependencies on Russian gas, Chinese tech, US finance and infrastructure; money, allegiances, intel going in all directions; potentially financing China->Taiwan, Russia->Ukraine and U.S.->freaking->Greenland aggression.

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Over the past weeks we have seen 80 years of US foreign policy turned on its head by one man, without any resistance from his advisers, Congress, or the American people, who seem too shocked, apathetic, or scared to take to the streets. www.gmfus.org/news/watchin...

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My totally unqualified guess: Temporarily trying to appease the stock market to put himself in a better light before the weekend (and perhaps earn a buck). He would be that short-sighted. On Monday he'll be pleased that Russia has scaled back their "pounding" and compliment Putin on his restraint.

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It's hard to separate the fools and the careless from malignant forces these days.

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Some thoughts on the European response to the chaos now emanating from the White House - on Ukraine and more broadly, based on chats with senior European policymakers directly or indirectly involved in formulating the bloc's response 1/

submitted 6 days ago • 35 comments

I’ve really had enough of these takes that it’s been unfair that Europe has outsourced its defence to the US. First of all, the US needed both the bases in Europe and European political and military backing for its global war on terror and the wars in the Middle East. It was never pure charity.

submitted 6 days ago • 26 comments

It seems exceptionally unwise for a minister to question his country's commitment to Article 5 in public right now. By all means, discuss these issues internally, agree on deadlines and consequences. But this is dangerous. It can widen the gap between UK and non-US allies and embolden enemies.

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Of course. We have no idea where the information might end up, and for every hour that goes by there are fewer and fewer reasons to trust Trump's America. Actions have consequences. Words have meaning. "As Trump pivots to Russia, allies weigh sharing less intel with U.S."

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They'll believe him, of course – whatever this jibber-jabber means. But I have to admit that it made me laugh pretty hard.

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www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-op... So while the USA leave’s foundational elements of democratic governance behind, the Ukraine embraces them fully. —> Democracy in action to fight WH politics.

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It reminds me of playing board games with my 7-year old sister in the early 1980s: "A move doesn't count unless you use the magic unicorn piece that only I have, and the game ends when I feel like it."

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Trump is still bad for business.

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On the other hand, isn't there a strong possibility that there is a lot more going on right now than meets the eye, both in British and European politics?

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