Claude Hess

Portfolio Manager & Proponent of a carbon tax. Opinions expressed are my own

[Claude Hess @ClaudeDHess]

Will die Schweiz die selbstgesteckten Klimaziele erreichen, braucht sie endlich einen glaubwürdigen Plan und muss handeln. Unter anderem sind klimaschädliche Subventionen für die Landwirtschaft, den Luft- und Strassenverkehr abzuschaffen.
#NetZeroSwitzerland

[Anders Åslund @anders_aslund]

It is difficult to imagine any US leader who could cause more harm to US foreign policy than Trump:
1. Since he lies all the time, he has wasted all US credibility.
2. Since he pursues trade wars against all purported allies, he is in war with all allies.
3. Since he has started a madcap war against Iran without asking anybody but Israel, he has caused many allies to be attacked for no cause of their own.
Conclusions:
1. The US is unable to be an ally of anybody as long as Trump remains US president.
2. Thus, all US "alliances" have lost content.
3. All countries with US bases need to reconsider:
Aren't these bases a reason for attack on us, while offering no defense or even consultation.
4. Trump has destroyed the whole US security architecture of the last 80 years out of either stupidity or treason. The cost to the US will be horrendous.

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

If you can’t get enough. Here’s 8 more minutes of pure deconstruction of the regime. 😂

[Claude Hess @ClaudeDHess]

Der Angriff der USA auf Iran ist bereits völkerrechtswidrig. Ein Angriff auf die iranische Energieinfrastruktur hätte nicht nur fatale ökologische Auswirkungen, sondern wäre wohl ein Verstoss gegen das humanitäre Völkerrecht und wahrscheinlich ein Kriegsverbrechen.

[Claude Hess @ClaudeDHess]

Die einzig sinnvolle Massnahme gegen höhere Preise bei den fossilen Brennstoffen ist es, die Abhängigkeit von diesen zu reduzieren durch einen schnellen Ausbau der erneuerbaren Energien. Wer zu spät kommt, den bestraft das Leben.

[Claude Hess @ClaudeDHess]

Das krasse ist, wie schlecht vorbereitet Donald Trump diesen Krieg gestartet hat. Er scheint keinen Plan zu haben (alles zu zerbomben ist kein Plan) und sich „ins eigene Bein“ geschossen zu haben. Mittlerweile ist der Rest der Welt in Geiselhaft der Ereignisse im Nahen Osten.

[Claude Hess @ClaudeDHess]

So what is this war about? It‘s not about regime change, the Trump administration said. It can‘t be about dismantling Irans nuclear program, as this was already achieved in the 12-day war, according to Trump. So maybe… it‘s…just…simply…about…oil?🤔

[Claude Hess @ClaudeDHess]

Versunkene Schiffe, brennende Öllager, verseuchte Böden: der völkerrechtswidrige Irankrieg ist nicht nur aus humanitärer, sondern auch aus ökologischer Sicht eine Katastrophe.

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

It should be a much bigger story that oil prices surged because of Trump’s illegal war in Iran, forcing the White House to ease sanctions on Russian oil—only for Russia to take that money and help Iran target American troops.

[Mehdi (e/λ) @BetterCallMedhi]

this right here is the reason China stays quiet on Iran

everyone losing their mind asking where is Beijing while the US & Israel are bombing a major chinese energy partner and the answer is so brutal in its simplicity that most analysts miss it completely, the empire is eating itself alive and China is already building the replacementt

America just dragged the entire Middle East into a war for Israel & now Saudi arabia, UAE, kuwait & qatar are sitting in a room discussing pulling out of US contracts & canceling investment commitments

the Gulf states, the literal foundation of the petrodollar, the system that has kept the US dollar as world reserve currency since 1974 actively discussing the exit and Beijing did absolutely nothing to make that happen…Washington did it to itself

but here's what people miss: china saw this coming years ago and already laid the tracks, literally the belt & road Initiative has quietly wired 150 countries into c’hinese infrastructure, ports, railways, highways, fiber optic cables, power grids…while the western media barely covered it

Saudi Arabia started selling oil to China in yuan in 2023, that alone should have been front page news for a month, the BRICS just expanded to include Saudi arabia UAE and Iran in the samea bloc, China built CIPS as a direct alternative to SWIFT so the entire non western world can settle trade without ever touching the dollar, every single one of these moves was made before a single bomb fell on Iran

and then there's Africa…the youngest continent on earth, median age 19, projected to reach 2.5 billion people by 2050, the largest workforce the planet has ever seen & China understood 20y ago that whoever builds Africa's infrastructure owns the 21st century, while the US was spending 4 trillion dollars destroying Iraq & Afghanistan China was building railways in Kenya, dams in Ethiopia, ports in Djibouti, highways in Nigeria, tech hubs in Rwanda, stadiums, hospitals, government buildings, telecom networks powered by Huawei across the entire continent.. & they did it without firing a single bullet, no regime change, no sanctions, no lectures on democracy, just concrete steel, fiber optic and longterm contracts

so when people ask why China stays silent on Iran the answer is that silence is the strategy, every war America fights for Israel costs trillions, destabilizes energy markets, alienates Gulf partners and pushes the entire Global South closer to a system Beijing spent two decades building

the gulf states pivoting right now has zero to do with ideology, Washington turned their entire neighborhood into a warzone to serve Tel Aviv's regional strategy & then asked them to keep buying treasury bonds with a straight face….the math just stopped working and when the math stops working loyalty stops too

beijing's silencee on Iran is the most patient & most devastating move on the board, China is watching america dismantle its own hegemony in real time while quietly inheriting every alliance washington burns, it just has to keep building & keep quiet

Napoleon said nver interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake, Xi turned that into a 50y doctrine & right now it's paying off faster than even beijing expected

[Claude Hess @ClaudeDHess]

Völkerrechtswidriger Angriff auf Iran: Es trifft Kinder und die unschuldige Zivilbevölkerung. https://t.co/S9GaH6gB51

[Claude Hess @ClaudeDHess]

Mir schmerzt das Herz. Dies ist eine Bankrotterklärung an die fakten- und wissenschaftsbasierte Politik, die erst den heutigen Wohlstand ermöglicht hat. Dies schadet dem Ansehen der USA in der restlichen Welt und ist letztlich zum Nachteil der USA selbst. https://t.co/VFHA6sFMVW

[Claude Hess @ClaudeDHess]

Bauern spritzen auf tausende Felder verbotene Pestizide https://t.co/EpmZBhU5pt

[Claude Hess @ClaudeDHess]

Die Freilassung der israelischen Geiseln dank des Drucks von Donald Trump ist sehr erfreulich. Jetzt braucht es eine Perspektive für die palästinensische Bevölkerung und ein sofortiger Stopp der Tötungen von unschuldigen Zivilpersonen.

[Claude Hess @ClaudeDHess]

Wenn ein vergünstigtes VBZ-Abo wichtiger ist als eine verteidigungsfähige Schweiz. Die Schweizer Bevölkerung und Politik ist ist sich der aktuellen Bedrohungslage zu wenig bewusst. Gute Anlayse von ⁦@Georg_Haesler⁩ https://t.co/2NCxlfDNuf

[Claude Hess @ClaudeDHess]

Das Leid in Gaza ist unermesslich. Die internationale Gemeinschaft inklusive der Schweiz muss den Druck auf die rechtsextreme israelische Regierung erhöhen, damit dieser Wahnsinn gestoppt wird. - https://t.co/GvLWSfPwIC

[Claude Hess @ClaudeDHess]

Die angekündigten Massnahmen des Bundesrates für die Klimapolitik ab 2030 werden bei weitem nicht ausreichen, um die Klimaziele der Schweiz zu erreichen. Was es braucht ist eine staatsquotenneutrale CO2-Steuern und Abbau von klimaschädlichen Subventionen -https://t.co/LG12tHCBEj

[Claude Hess @ClaudeDHess]

We are in the midst of being in 1984

[Lawrence H. Summers @LHSummers]

One has to see the heads of China, Russia, North Korea and prominent Iranian officials—along with the Prime Minister of India, all gathered in the Chinese capital at a time of an unprecedented military parade, as a spectacular, continuing long-term failure of American national security strategy. The classic maxim of foreign policy is to unite your friends and divide your adversaries. We have pursued policies that have managed to unite our adversaries and divide our friends. I think that makes the world much more dangerous for all of us.

[Claude Hess @ClaudeDHess]

Das F-35 Debakel ist gerade deshalb passiert, weil sich das VBS auf externe Anwaltskanzleien verlassen hat, statt auf kritische interne Stimme zu hören. Das Risiko- und Qualitätsmanagement auszulagern ist der falsche Weg. https://t.co/I3c5Um4GCv

[Claude Hess @ClaudeDHess]

Völkerrechtler kritisieren den Bundesrat (zu recht) für seine Passivität https://t.co/aQ38zAQG5E