Anders Åslund
@anders_aslund
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Economist & author. Russia, Ukraine & Eastern Europe. Read my latest book: "Russia's Crony Capitalism" https://t.co/ZqmWMRSMf9
Washington, DC
Joined December 2014
Good for you, but don't you know that Trump works for Putin and not for the US?.
Today, I called on the President to address my serious concern regarding reports the United States is withholding critical defense material pledged to Ukraine. This comes as Russia launches the largest aerial assault since the war began, firing over 500 weapons at civilian
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Face it! Trump works for Putin. What an embarrassment for the former superpower, the US!.Now Trump has just made it a corrupt banana republic.
What Trump has done for Russia in 2025:. – Lifted sanctions on arms dealers and Kremlin-linked banks.– Disbanded US sanctions enforcement.– Blocked Ukraine aid approved by Congress.– Opposed oil price cap at G7. What Trump did for Ukraine:. – Called Zelenskyy a dictator
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Isn't it obvious?.Trump works for Putin but he tries to hide it.
A few days ago, at the NATO summit, Trump promised a Ukrainian journalist, whose husband now defends Ukraine, that he would "think about supplying weapons to Ukraine.". Today, Trump reconsidered and stopped the deliveries—even the deliveries of air defense systems, which were
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Trump is destroying the US economy at an impressive speed. Is any republican going to protest?.
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Indeed, Trump is a close ally of Putin and nothing that the West or Ukraine can do can turn him around. And the republicans in Congress - half of whom claim to support Ukraine - are such cowards that they dare not stand up to Trump. Why did anybody elect such cowards?!.
So Zelensky did everything Trump asked him to do, signed away mineral rights, agreed to an unconditional ceasefire, and the U.S. still cut off previously funded weapons supplies, leaving Ukrainian cities defenseless against Russian missile strikes. A lesson to all here.
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8. Yet, the worst might be that Trump scares foreign investors away from US treasuries, while severely aggravating the US public finances. Trump stands out as the most irresponsible kind of banana republic ruler. This will have real economic consequences.
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7. Trump is also undermining business conditions for even the biggest companies with his attacks on one big company after the other. The US is no longer granting business freedom & Trump is adamantly opposed to the rule of law. He wants to rule himself.
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6. This will have big economic costs most of all for the US, since it is obvious to the rest of the world that Trump is a madman with minimal understanding of anything but power & his personal wealth.
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5. Trump claimed that he would get 90 trade agreements within 90 days. He will not. The UK concluded a tiny, marginal agreement & China (of all countries) an elementary truce. The likely outcome is that Trump will destroy much of the global trade system that the US built.
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4. Trump calls his tariffs "reciprocal" but they are actually unilateral & should be called so. Nobody has any reason to accept Trump's tariffs. Trump has turned them against the closest US allies & accepted only a few, notably Russia.
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3. Worse, Trump focuses on tariffs because there he has complete power. To enforce his power, he changes his policy virtually every day. There will be no stabilization as many have hoped. Thereby, Trump has made it nearly impossible to invest in the US.
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2. Trump insists on extreme protectionism with tariffs up to 50% & probably with an average of 25%, while they used to be 2.5%. This makes no economic sense as pretty much all economists know. Trump is damaging the global economy, but most of all the insular US economy.
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A few thoughts about Trump's trade policy:.1. Nothing in his trade policy makes sense. The US has not been ripped off but benefited from its exorbitant privilege that foreigners wanted to invest in the US & US treasuries before madman Trump destroyed it all.
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After the US stopped ALL military supplies to Ukraine, the US must be considered an ally of Russia in its war of aggression in Ukraine. Lindsey Graham's proposal on further sanctions on Russia is just a cover up. Do republicans really support Putin's war in Ukraine?!.
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Interesting how Russia is losing out in the Caucasus by @tashecon. Armenia appears to be on the verge of peace with Türkiye & Azerbaijan, leaving Russia out.
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"Ukraine summons top US diplomat after Washington halts some arms supplies".Ukraine does what it has to do. If the US behaves like an ally of Russia, it should be reprimanded.
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"Former Russian Deputy Defense Minister Ivanov Gets 13 Years On Corruption Charges".Well deserved, but Timur Ivanov was sentenced as close to Shoigu - insufficient protection.
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Let me summarize today's US news:.1. Trump, Noem & DeSantis celebrated the opening of a US concentration camp. 2. Trump pressed the US Senate to adopt the most regressive & irresponsible tax law ever. 3. Some rightwing extremist shot 2 firefighters because that is what they do.
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How can these clowns call themselves conservatives?.They are just Trump's pawns.
BREAKING: Here’s the exact moment where Josh Hawley complained that Donald Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ had too many Medicaid cuts for him to vote for it. Hawley, in an act of extreme cowardice, voted for the bill anyways.
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