Locky Grant

Kiwi living in Sweden, interested in Ukraine, macro economics, global affairs, Swedish & US politics. Ph.D. in surface and colloid science.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Chris Murphy: "He's not telling the truth. But if you accept even part of the Iranian statement, Donald Trump has agreed to give Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz. That is extraordinary and cataclysmic for the world."

[Locky Grant @locky_grant]

#Trump wants to “buy” #Greenland for US security. Fair enough—just note that turning a territory into a US protectorate comes w a massive price tag. Sovereignty isn’t real estate. What’s the market price for autonomy now?

@ianbremmer
@campbellclaret
@RoryStewartUK
@markhleonard

[Locky Grant @locky_grant]

@ryanl_hass Yes, until now? Or until when? There is a firm aim to take Taiwan and trumps bold and rather unprecedented action does give a certain amount of legitimacy. Not sure of how it can possibly help anyway 🤔

[Locky Grant @locky_grant]

What does #Trump’s action in #Venezuela tell #Xi about #Taiwan?

Power plays are OK.
Rules bend. Norms erode.
Great powers carve space and dare others to stop them.
Is this the world the US govt wants?

@ianbremmer
@gideonrachman
@campbellclaret
@RoryStewartUK
@markhleonard

[Locky Grant @locky_grant]

Power in the 21st century will hinge on who can manage internal productivity and external dependencies at once — balancing trade, finance, and stability in an age where money, markets, and politics have fused.

@elerianm @RobinBrooksIIF @charliebilello @GIS_Reports

[Locky Grant @locky_grant]

Geopolitics and macro-finance are merging.
The new battlegrounds are trade wars, currencies, and negotiations over who controls capital, data, energy, and manufacturing.
Power now lies in setting the rules of global exchange — not in conquering territory.

#Geopolitics #TradeWars

[Locky Grant @locky_grant]

The winners will be those that can raise productivity at home while building leverage abroad — turning interdependence into strength.
The rest will be price-takers in a world where influence flows through credit, data, and trade routes.

#Productivity #GlobalEconomy #Strategy

[Locky Grant @locky_grant]

Every tariff, supply-chain shift, and rate decision is part of the same struggle: nations competing to secure liquidity and production while avoiding dependence.
Trade wars are simply diplomacy with financial weapons.

#SupplyChain #Finance #GlobalStrategy

[Mike Sperrazza @MikeASperrazza]

Who did this lolololololol

[Locky Grant @locky_grant]

#clooney for #president instead of #Trump!
https://t.co/4P4Dt9euU3

[Blake Hall @Blake_Hall]

@Chillielizabeth Adrenaline. About to change history. Breathing speeds up. Hands get shaky. Trigger pull left.

[Boston Smalls @smalls2672]

Best take I've seen so far in regards to Trump's assination attempt.

[Locky Grant @locky_grant]

#Pittyhemissed? Oh no, a terrible thought.

#Trump, the convicted felon, should be sentanced for falsifying business records in the Stomy Daniels case.

He should also stand trial for #Jan6Insurrection attempt to over turn 2020 election result. #B4nov!

https://t.co/jCquZLJkw3

[Locky Grant @locky_grant]

So... Its moving again?

[Locky Grant @locky_grant]

Still wondering...

[Locky Grant @locky_grant]

Can someone explain to me exactly why Turkey would give up its leverage in the near term?
#NATO
#svpolitik
@jensstoltenberg @SwedishPM @niinisto @MarinSanna @TobiasBillstrom @PlJonson @AnnaCareborg @KarinJThurfjell @pwolodarski
@WarintheFuture @McFaul @DefMon3 @BalticSnowTiger

[Locky Grant @locky_grant]

Guess #Erdoğan got what he wanted from #biden. Now the #nato accession process has started for #Sweden perhaps it will be ratified by august?

[Locky Grant @locky_grant]

Prigozhin dead or hiding? Thoughts?

#Ukarine
#PutinWarCriminal
#Prigozhin

https://t.co/PrlOgQV1Yb

[Omar Rivero @OmarRiverosays]

BREAKING: Idaho’s largest newspaper humiliates Trump’s “Patriot Front” white supremacists in a devastating op-ed after they file a lawsuit complaining that they’ve lost their jobs and been shunned by their families after their identities exposed to the public.

In the brutal op-ed, the editors of the Idaho Statesman didn’t mince words and showed zero sympathy for the pro-Trump’s neo-nazis, declaring that, “What they’re really upset about is suffering the consequences of their abhorrent views — views that they feel so strongly about, they don’t want anyone to know about. The plaintiffs say they were fired from their jobs, have been threatened at their homes and have had their tires slashed, among other things.

The editorial continues, “Actions have consequences. It’s a warped view of freedom of expression when Patriot Front members attempt to completely conceal their ownership of said expression. Hiding behind anonymity has become an all-too-common feature of white nationalist and extremist trolls who lurk in the shadows of social media, hiding behind bogus accounts and fake avatars, spewing hate, sowing division, and threatening and intimidating others.

The brutal takedown continues, “It’s that anonymity that allows their putrescent views to grow and spread like a flesh-eating bacteria — except in this case, it’s more like a brain-eating disease. The fact the Patriot Front members’ main complaint is that they’ve suffered for being associated with these views is telling. The fact that employers — even their own relatives, in the case of Brown — want nothing to do with them tells you all you need to know.

The editorial ends with a bang, “If Patriot Front members believe that they are right and just, why not attach their names to their beliefs and putrid goals? Otherwise, they’re just behaving in a cowardly fashion, hiding behind ridiculous masks, fake social media accounts and in the darkness of the back of a U-Haul van."

Well said!👏👏👏

Please retweet and ❤️ to thank the Idaho Statesman for setting Trump’s “Patriot Front” straight — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a woke new Twitter competitor that banned Trump for life and is exploding in popularity because Elon Musk banned Tribel’s Twitter account — but he forgot to ban this link to download the new Tribel app: https://t.co/0c9FDbByU8

[Daniel Foubert 🇵🇱🇫🇷 @d_foubert]

Do you get the plan now?

[Locky Grant @locky_grant]

I think that the main push of the long awaited #Ukraine counteroffensive may well come in September before the muddy bezdorizhzhia season sets in. Perhaps time to get #f16 deployment and able to have time to consolidate gains with help from the weather.

#UkraineRussianWar
#NAFO

[Locky Grant @locky_grant]

@WarClandestine Correct observation in the first point. Followed up by the wrong explanation based on a lie.

#Propaganda #misinformation #putin #bullshit #trainwrecktrump #Ukarine #NAFO #democracy #values #convictedsexabuser #TrumpTownHall #trumplies #NAFO