@Tatarigami_UA The US might be interested in buying Greenland, but that's not happening. My assessment is that Trump and the US security establishment likely wanted Europe to increase defense spending on Greenland, and Trump is using his characteristic provocation to force the issue.
@carlbildt The US might be interested in buying Greenland, but that's not happening anytime soon. My assessment is that Trump and the US security establishment likely want Europe to increase defense spending on Greenland, and Trump is using his characteristic provocation to force the issue.
@JuditVlad@gregmcantwell@Mylovanov I agree. Likely to happen. But the goal with the secondary sanctions is to pressure China, India et al to get Putin to negotiate. We will see.
@gregmcantwell@Mylovanov Secondary sanctions like this has real teeth. Giving time makes sense if you want to India and China to put pressure on Putin to come to the negotiating table. But is the treat credible? Likely not, but with trump you never know.
@MoodRobert Blir vanskelig med diplomati når Russlands minimumskrav er regimeskifte og demilitarisering, ergo ingen suverenitet. Da er det ikke noe å forhandle om.
Når Putin takket nei til Trumps siste deal, som gikk langt i å møte russiske krav, så sier det egentlig alt.
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While Zelenskyy called Putin’s bluff with a chad move, the sad reality is that Putin is likely calling US/Europe’s bluff.
Putin doesn’t believe the US are willing to increase military support for Ukraine, and Europe only says the right things, but never backs it up with big action. Hopefully he is wrong.
BOMBSHELL: Trump's economic chief just revealed plans to TAX foreign holdings of US financial assets. Hidden in plain sight.
Miran outlined 5 forms of "burden sharing" for countries benefiting from the US dollar reserve system:
Four of these deal with reducing trade surpluses (more US exports, less US imports, etc.) - essentially reducing their net accumulation of US financial assets.
But the 5th proposal is the bombshell: Countries "could simply write checks to Treasury that help us finance global public goods."
Translation: You can keep holding US Treasuries and dollar financial assets, but you'll now pay a tax for the privilege.
It's now almost a slam dunk that the administration's upcoming tax bill (likely in May) will include a provision bringing back the 30% foreign withholding tax on interest income that was eliminated in 1984.
We predicted exactly this move in our ‘Dollar’s Dilemma’ and ‘Sovereign Wealth Effect’ reports published in Dec and Feb. Full analysis here: https://t.co/etBIxtuHId
@PepsiGro Endrer ikke det faktum at måten de regner ut tariffene på, Max(handelsunderskudd %/2 | 10%) ikke har noe med å rette opp i urettferdig handel og gjensidige tariffer som de har solgt det inn som, men i langt større grad handler om å skaffe staten inntekter.
NEW 🧵: Is human intelligence starting to decline?
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s.
What should we make of this?
@RealKidPoker While I agree that it’s -EV, the problem is that Zelenskyy is asked to go all instead of folding and keeping his remaining stake.
The game theory is simple. A ceasefire with no ability to enforce it doesn’t change anything.