Marco Gundermann

I'm a citizen of the world, from Berlin, having worked in Germany, Ireland, Wales and England and a progressive economist interested in policy making.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Ruining our democracy wasn’t enough for Trump.

Now he’s destroying our planet, too.

Welcome to the Stone Age!

[Marco Gundermann @GundermannMarco]

EU fiscal rules are not just wrong on principle and lack any economic basis, they also have zero credibility. Taking energy spending out is just the latest example. Fining a country to get them to reduce their deficit is also ridiculous.
#EU #energyprices

[Národná banka Slovenska @NBS_sk]

Ekonomické prostredie je dnes náročnejšie než v minulosti – rast sa spomaľuje a neistota rastie. Hlavné riziká prichádzajú zvonku, najmä cez geopolitiku a ceny energií. Finančný systém na Slovensku však zostáva stabilný.

[Marco Gundermann @GundermannMarco]

These are the useless things the Eurozone does which brings it unnecessary opposition. Let sovereign countries decide their national fiscal policy and not “punish” them. The magical 3% rule is completely made up.
#EU #Bulgaria #Eurozone

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Russia is now threatening other nearby countries far more openly than before. Every neighbor of Russia heard what was said about Armenia, whose people are the only ones who have the right to decide and will choose the future of their country. What Russia says about Armenia is, in truth, not about Armenia alone.

No one can be left without support – Europe has no right to lose any of its peoples, to leave any country behind. Armenia must be supported. Moldova must be supported. The Baltic states. Azerbaijan must be supported. We must find ways to support the people of Georgia as well – and this is a shared European task. No one can be lost.

[Marco Gundermann @GundermannMarco]

Yes, it can be that simple (Financial Times Europe), 30 May 2026
https://t.co/0M1lomcj92

[Spot World Affairs @SpotGlobals]

Robert De Niro on Donald Trump: “He’s a punk. He’s a dog. He’s a pig. He’s a con. A bullshit artist. A mutt who doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Doesn’t do his homework. Doesn’t care. Doesn’t pay his taxes. He’s an idiot. He’s a national disaster. He’s an embarrassment to this country.”

[Governor Newsom Press Office (parody) @AwesomeNewsom]

American soldiers die in Trump's war, not a word from Donald. Gas and food prices skyrocket, not a word from Donald. People demand the Epstein files, not a word from Donald. But the minute you take his fat name off a building, Donald writes Mein Kampf for Morons.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Ken Paxton is throwing everything he has at us.

He’s called me a radical leftist. He’s called me a fake Christian. He’s even called me a vegan!

I’m an 8th generation Texan — I've been eating BBQ since before Ken Paxton’s first indictment.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

This is what Trump's done to the people's house:

A third of it is rubble.

Another third is a cage match.

What a metaphor.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today, American Members of Congress Richard Blumenthal @SenBlumenthal and Jim Himes @jahimes are in Kyiv. It is an important visit during these difficult days after a massive attack. We are grateful to the United States, to the President, Congress for their strong bipartisan support, and to all Americans.

We discussed further support for Ukraine, particularly in strengthening air defenses. We have a significant need for antiballistic missiles due to the constant Russian attacks. I sent a letter to the White House and the U.S. Congress outlining Ukraine’s needs for such missiles. And today, I also personally handed this letter to the congressmen. We are counting on timely support.

I briefed the congressmen on the frontline situation and on our successful long-range sanctions. Our partners clearly see that Russia is suffering enormous losses. It is important to prevent any weakening of sanctions against the Russian Federation – we discussed this as well. We are also working with the American side on concluding a Drone Deal.

Particular attention was given to the negotiation process. There must be no pause in diplomacy, and talks must be reinvigorated. The whole world needs peace.

[Captain Mark Kelly @CaptMarkKelly]

The President has made hundreds of millions of dollars in stock trades this year in companies his own Administration regulates — then he uses his platform to influence the market. It's blatant corruption.

[RobertFella 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @Bonkavision5]

Too on point not to share. This is great, but too bad the Orange Felon’s enablers won’t let him see it.
This Australian's reply to #Trump's rant about “NATO not being there for America” is perfect.
"Mate. You run a country with 600,000 homeless people sleeping on the street tonight. A country where 40% of adults can't cover a $400 emergency without borrowing money. A country where insulin costs more than a car payment and people are rationing it to survive. A country where medical debt is the number 1 cause of bankruptcy. A country where women are dying in hospital car parks because doctors are too scared of abortion laws to treat a miscarriage.
You lock up more of your own citizens than any nation on earth. More than China. More than Russia. More than North Korea. The land of the free has 2 million people in cages, and a quarter of them haven't even been convicted of anything. They're just too poor to make bail.
Your life expectancy is going backwards. You're the only developed nation where that's happening. Your infant mortality rate is worse than Cuba's. Your kids do active shooter drills between maths and English while you sell the gunmaker's stock to your mates.
Your minimum wage hasn't moved in 15 years. You've got teachers working 2 jobs and veterans sleeping under bridges and you just spent a trillion dollars flattening a country that didn't attack you.
And you’ve got a convicted felon, adjudicating raping, paedophile protecting, porn star shagging insurrectionist running the biggest dumpster fire war campaign since the Taliban thanked you very much for losing again.
And you're calling Greenland poorly run?
Greenland has universal healthcare. Free education. One of the lowest incarceration rates in the world. Nobody goes bankrupt there because they got sick. Nobody dies in a waiting room because their insurance said no.
'NATO wasn't there when we needed them." When exactly was that, champ? September 11? Because NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in history FOR YOU. Soldiers from dozens of countries deployed, fought, bled, and died in Afghanistan FOR YOU. Australia wasn't even in NATO and we still showed up. For 20 years.
And you pulled out at 2am without telling anyone and left them to deal with the mess.
So maybe before you start calling other countries poorly run, have a look at your own backyard, you spray-tanned aluminium siding salesman. The only thing poorly run in this picture is your f----- mouth."
- Tony Locke

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Since last night, first responders and all necessary services have been working wherever needed. As of now, at least 83 people have been confirmed injured since midnight. Tragically, there are fatalities. My condolences to the families and loved ones.

It was a heavy attack – 90 missiles of various types, many of them ballistic missiles – 36 in total. There were 600 drones. Unfortunately, not all of the ballistic missiles were intercepted – the largest number of hits was in Kyiv. Kyiv was the primary target of this Russian attack.

Putin can’t even pronounce the word “hurrah” clearly anymore – slurs and mumbles – yet he is still vanquishing residential buildings with his missiles. Launched three Russian missiles against a water supply facility. Burned down a market. Damaged dozens of residential buildings. Hit several ordinary schools. Launched his “Oreshnik” against Bila Tserkva. They really are unhinged.

It is important that this does not pass without consequences for Russia. Today, everyone in the world who will not stay silent and chooses to help Ukraine is a defender of life. It is critically important to continue working to secure air defense for Ukraine, especially anti-ballistic capabilities.

We are doing our best to achieve peace and protect people – everything. It is important that Ukraine is not alone. Decisions are needed – from the United States, from Europe and others – to make that old “Oreshnik” in Moscow finally utter the word “peace.”

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

Think about what motivates billionaires.

They didn't get to where they are by being sentimental.

They're paying the piper because if they pay the piper, Trump lays off their business.

Bezos got hammered in the first term, so he's not doing that again.

Suddenly there's a $40 million documentary on the wife.

Conspicuously absent from the plane ride to China was Jamie Dimon.

He said I'm not playing ball with the ballroom.

Trump sued his bank. Dimon didn't make the trip.

Jane Fraser from Citigroup did.

These executives are caught between a rock and a hard place.

If I don't kowtow, he hurts my shareholders, my reputation, my relationship with my own board, so they kowtow.

And then they look at each other and perform the greatest act of collective cognitive dissonance in American corporate history.

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

Nobody really likes Donald Trump. That’s just the truth.

He’s powerful, effective, charismatic in his way — he used his narcissism and his bullying to get the top job in America.

But he’s not genuinely liked by anyone and deep down he knows it.

When people call him out for who he is, he lashes back.

Only the good die young, so this son of a bitch will probably live forever, but if I go before him, he’ll almost certainly say something terrible about me.

I would find that very amusing.

Even from wherever I end up.

[Marco Gundermann @GundermannMarco]

A guide to ‘greedflation’ (Financial Times Europe), 23 May 2026
https://t.co/ogbbuzqNjL

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

Trump should’ve already been impeached.

Threatening to wipe out a civilization on Easter Sunday is a war crime.

I just want to make sure everybody knows that.

You don’t have to actually do it — the threat alone qualifies.

Nobody is going to prosecute him.

No senator is picking up the phone and saying hey, you’re making the country look bad, could you please stop.

While all of this is going on — he won in Indiana two weeks ago by ousting 5 mainstream Republicans.

He has been remarkably effective at taking out anyone who doesn’t fall in line.

That’s not strength. That’s a stain on the American system.

[Captain Mark Kelly @CaptMarkKelly]

Trump never has money for healthcare or VA staff or anything to actually make Americans’ lives better — but somehow found $1.8 billion to reward his allies with your tax dollars. That's corruption, plain and simple.

[Nancy Pelosi @TeamPelosi]

After inciting a bloody insurrection to try and overturn the 2020 election he lost, Trump set up a slush fund to reward the violent thugs who beat up police.

This unprecedented presidential corruption MUST end — and YOU have the power to stop it with a VOTE for House Democrats.