@bluenosebruno.bsky.social
🇧🇪 🇨🇦 Retired, ex financial markets professional. I live in 🇮🇹. Favs: William F Buckley Jr, Tom Wolfe, labradoodles. Life is a comedy not a tragedy. Slava Ukraini, heroiam slava. 🇺🇦
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Trump’s story has always been that he should be president because he was rich. That was always false. In order to become rich he had to first become the president.
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Trump Family Turns Presidency Into Most Lucrative Venture Yet
Since he launched his campaign, the family has put dealmaking in overdrive — with memecoins, guns and new hotels abroad.
www.bloomberg.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Trump’s story has always been that he should be president because he was rich. That was always false. In order to become rich he had to first become the president.
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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Trump, on the leader of Russia:
"Putin is tired of this whole thing and he’s not — he’s not looking good. And he wants to look good”
It's hard to imagine a more fundamental misunderstanding.
No, Putin is not "tired of the whole thing" - the war is the only thing keeping his economy going
"Putin is tired of this whole thing and he’s not — he’s not looking good. And he wants to look good”
It's hard to imagine a more fundamental misunderstanding.
No, Putin is not "tired of the whole thing" - the war is the only thing keeping his economy going
May 18, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Trump, on the leader of Russia:
"Putin is tired of this whole thing and he’s not — he’s not looking good. And he wants to look good”
It's hard to imagine a more fundamental misunderstanding.
No, Putin is not "tired of the whole thing" - the war is the only thing keeping his economy going
"Putin is tired of this whole thing and he’s not — he’s not looking good. And he wants to look good”
It's hard to imagine a more fundamental misunderstanding.
No, Putin is not "tired of the whole thing" - the war is the only thing keeping his economy going
Thank you to @pickupsforpeace and my co-driver Derek Long for another successful delivery of humanitarian aid to 🇺🇦. The 20th convoy, 50 trucks, was the biggest ever. Over 640 vehicles have now been donated; each truck saves the lives of at least 10 people. Slava Ukraini, heroyam slava!
May 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Thank you to @pickupsforpeace and my co-driver Derek Long for another successful delivery of humanitarian aid to 🇺🇦. The 20th convoy, 50 trucks, was the biggest ever. Over 640 vehicles have now been donated; each truck saves the lives of at least 10 people. Slava Ukraini, heroyam slava!
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Auchincloss on Fox News: "What I'm seeing is a president who is more interested in the valuation of his memecoin than he is about people's 401ks. What I'm seeing is a president who along with Howard Lutnick is self-dealing on crypto instead of worrying about the strength of the US dollar."
May 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Auchincloss on Fox News: "What I'm seeing is a president who is more interested in the valuation of his memecoin than he is about people's 401ks. What I'm seeing is a president who along with Howard Lutnick is self-dealing on crypto instead of worrying about the strength of the US dollar."
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Poland and France et al brazenly provoked Nazi Germany by existing. Ukraine should have learned their lesson.
April 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Poland and France et al brazenly provoked Nazi Germany by existing. Ukraine should have learned their lesson.
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The exemption.. is massive
April 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The exemption.. is massive
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No exemptions though for the things poor people buy: inexpensive shoes, clothes, bedding, tableware.
April 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
No exemptions though for the things poor people buy: inexpensive shoes, clothes, bedding, tableware.
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Compassion across generations.
April 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Compassion across generations.
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"This is what arbitrary, absolute power looks like. And this is why the men who wrote the Constitution never wanted anyone to have it"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump Is Showing Why Dictatorships Fail
The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.
www.theatlantic.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"This is what arbitrary, absolute power looks like. And this is why the men who wrote the Constitution never wanted anyone to have it"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Apart from … ALL THE THINGS shaking up assumptions about geopolitics right now, this is amazing and would otherwise be headline news:
apnews.com/article/japa...
apnews.com/article/japa...
Japan says it wants to join a NATO command for the support of Ukraine
Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani says Japan wants to participate in a NATO command for its Ukrainian mission as Japan increasingly steps up military ties with the largely European security organ...
apnews.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Apart from … ALL THE THINGS shaking up assumptions about geopolitics right now, this is amazing and would otherwise be headline news:
apnews.com/article/japa...
apnews.com/article/japa...
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Important story that might be buried under another day of Trump induced market turmoil - there is mounting evidence that Russian actors had at least knowledge of some of the terror attacks that heavily influenced Germany‘s election campaign before they happened:
Anschläge in Deutschland: Hinweise auf russisches Täterwissen.
Anschläge in Deutschland: Auffällige russische Suchanfragen
Vor Europa- und Bundestagswahl gab es mehrere tödliche Anschläge in Deutschland. Auffällige russische Suchanfragen im Netz werfen nun Fragen auf.
www.zdf.de
April 7, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Important story that might be buried under another day of Trump induced market turmoil - there is mounting evidence that Russian actors had at least knowledge of some of the terror attacks that heavily influenced Germany‘s election campaign before they happened:
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"One of the more dangerous pleasures of great wealth is that you never have to hear anyone tell you that you are completely wrong." - me in 2016 about the problem with Republican donors www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Great Republican Revolt
Will the GOP as we know it survive 2016?
www.theatlantic.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"One of the more dangerous pleasures of great wealth is that you never have to hear anyone tell you that you are completely wrong." - me in 2016 about the problem with Republican donors www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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One of the best Downfall takeoffs I’ve ever seen. The subtitles are simply brilliant.
April 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
One of the best Downfall takeoffs I’ve ever seen. The subtitles are simply brilliant.
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This, as usual, is a well written but it’s not without weaknesses. Here are 3. 1/4
And Martin Wolf has been in China, where they recognise Trump's Cultural Revolution as an opportunity for others as the US reputation is heavily damaged. www.ft.com/content/80ab...
China senses an opportunity in Trump’s cultural revolution
Policymakers in Beijing believe they will benefit from the destruction of America’s global credibility
www.ft.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
This, as usual, is a well written but it’s not without weaknesses. Here are 3. 1/4
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Slaughtering a town of civilians and then making it into a meme on the internet 3 years later is pretty much all you need to know about russia
March 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Slaughtering a town of civilians and then making it into a meme on the internet 3 years later is pretty much all you need to know about russia
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They’re choosing a new prigozhin
🔥 A large-scale fire breaks out in the center of Moscow: a penthouse in one of the buildings of an elite residential complex is burning.
March 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
They’re choosing a new prigozhin
What an absolute horror story. Having dealt with the U.S. department of immigration and naturalisation in the past, I can well believe it to be true.
Dear Friends and Colleagues:
I write with great sadness to say that I have had to change my travel plans and will not be able to join you for the conference to which you had so kindly invited me. I will unfortunately be cancelling all planned visits to the USA. /1
I write with great sadness to say that I have had to change my travel plans and will not be able to join you for the conference to which you had so kindly invited me. I will unfortunately be cancelling all planned visits to the USA. /1
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
What an absolute horror story. Having dealt with the U.S. department of immigration and naturalisation in the past, I can well believe it to be true.
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Let us honor their memory by keeping the Defenders of Ukraine in our prayers.
RIP – Volodymyr Bodnariuk, Andrii Druzhytskyi, Oleksandr Dudnyk (40), Oleksii Chornyi (21)
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
RIP – Volodymyr Bodnariuk, Andrii Druzhytskyi, Oleksandr Dudnyk (40), Oleksii Chornyi (21)
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
March 18, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Let us honor their memory by keeping the Defenders of Ukraine in our prayers.
RIP – Volodymyr Bodnariuk, Andrii Druzhytskyi, Oleksandr Dudnyk (40), Oleksii Chornyi (21)
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
RIP – Volodymyr Bodnariuk, Andrii Druzhytskyi, Oleksandr Dudnyk (40), Oleksii Chornyi (21)
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
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Asked if it thinks Trump is a Russian asset, Musk's Grok put's the likelihood at 75-85%.
March 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Asked if it thinks Trump is a Russian asset, Musk's Grok put's the likelihood at 75-85%.
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Happy Stalin's Death Day!
March 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Happy Stalin's Death Day!
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Maurice Obstfeld argues that the US trade deficit is "caused" by the excess of US spending over US production, but, like most American economists, mainly because he cannot imagine a world in which foreigners, and not Americans, have agency.
www.ft.com/content/ae84...
Maurice Obstfeld argues that the US trade deficit is "caused" by the excess of US spending over US production, but, like most American economists, mainly because he cannot imagine a world in which foreigners, and not Americans, have agency.
www.ft.com/content/ae84...
Tariffs are not going to solve America’s ills
Punitive import duties will neither reduce the US trade deficit nor boost employment in manufacturing
www.ft.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Maurice Obstfeld argues that the US trade deficit is "caused" by the excess of US spending over US production, but, like most American economists, mainly because he cannot imagine a world in which foreigners, and not Americans, have agency.
www.ft.com/content/ae84...
Maurice Obstfeld argues that the US trade deficit is "caused" by the excess of US spending over US production, but, like most American economists, mainly because he cannot imagine a world in which foreigners, and not Americans, have agency.
www.ft.com/content/ae84...
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Given that the Trump people did nothing to induce Russia to end the war, it’s fair to conclude that the whole idea of pursuing peace was just a pretext to renew relations with Russia.
February 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Given that the Trump people did nothing to induce Russia to end the war, it’s fair to conclude that the whole idea of pursuing peace was just a pretext to renew relations with Russia.
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I've just looked again at the Starmer meeting - Vance tried to blow that up too. But Trump didn't take the bait.
February 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I've just looked again at the Starmer meeting - Vance tried to blow that up too. But Trump didn't take the bait.