Anders Åslund
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Anders Åslund
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Economist & author, specializing in the economics of Eastern Europe, especially Russia & Ukraine.
4. The WSJ has clarified that Trump & Putin oligarchs just want to loot $300bn of frozen Russian assets in the West.
5. The US delegation in Miami contained only one professional - Rubio, but 2 grifters - Witkoff & Kushner.
= The US is neither benevolent nor professional:
Out!
December 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
9. WSJ showed that the Trump gang wants to make money on trade with Russia. Since all their potential business partners have been sanctioned by the EU, this business can easily be blocked by the EU and the UK. /5
November 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
8. Trump is likely to take revenge on Europe with tariffs. Europe should stop flattering idiot Trump & instead play hardball: Reduce European investments in the US & withdraw funds from US treasuries. Then the US public debt will not be sustainable.
Prohibit crypto! /4
November 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
6. Trump has effectively taken away all US guarantees from NATO, so Europe has to arm asap to stand without the US.
7. Ukraine & Europe must stop asking for US security guarantees, because Trump does not do guarantees. /3
November 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
4. Europe must offer Ukraine all the financing & arms it needs to defeat Russia.
5. Europe can only finance Ukraine sufficiently by seizing the Russian state assets in the West ($300bn), which Witkoff & Kushmer want to embezzle for themselves. /2
November 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Presumably because Trump is most interested in making money on Ukraine & he is used to work with Witkoff in shady New York real estate deals.
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
9. European & Ukrainian leaders have protested, but hardly enough.
Europe needs to stand up for Ukraine: take over all financing, deliver all the arms Ukraine needs & ignore not very helpful Trump.
Zelensky should not allow Trump to insult him again!
Don't go to the US!
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
8. Trump insisted on Zelensky accepting this Kremlin proposal by November 27. Otherwise he would stop even intelligence to Ukraine. Trump posed no conditions on Russia, once again behaving like a Russian asset. Again, Trump complained about Zelensky not being grateful for the aid he did not give.
November 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
7. Now Trump has accepted as his a "peace" proposal hatched in the Kremlin. Its two main points are:
A. Ukraine's actual capitulation to Russia;
B. US seizure of $300bn of Russian frozen state assets, mainly in Europe.
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
6. Repeatedly, Trump has restricted how Ukraine is allowed to use its US arms, mostly not allowing Ukraine to attack Russia proper. The US has also restricted how Ukraine is allowed to use arms given by European countries that contain US technology.
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
5. Trump has accepted highly restricted sales of arms to Ukraine financed entirely by other NATO countries. The total amount appears to be abouty $2 bn, while Ukraine's defense costs about $100bn a year, $60 bn from the Ukrainian budget, the rest foreign assistance.
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Fortunately, he failed. The Ukrainian negotiators did a great job & they were helped by Treasury Secretary Bessent.
4. Trump/Hegseth even stopped the delivery of intelligence to Ukraine in early March & now Trump threatens to do so again.
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The correct number (Kiel Ukraine aid tracker) is $130bn, while Europe h.as given $200bn & now financing Ukraine entirely on its own. Trump should stop lying!
3. The original purpose of Trump's proposal of a "mineral agreement" with Ukraine was to get $350bn!
h.as
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM