
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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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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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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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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