Putins Ukraine-Feldzug: Es geht auch um Bodenschätze
#Ukraine #Trump #RussiaIn seinem Ukraine-Feldzug geht es Putin um Macht und Ideologie, aber auch um die überreichen Bodenschätze. Erst seit Donald Trump die Welt nach wertvollen Rohstoffvorkommen durchscannt, wird vollends klar, dass es auch Russland um deren reichhaltige Bodenschätze zu tun ist.…
Niall Ferguson: J.D. Vance’s Fighting Words—Against Me and Ukraine
#U.S.A. #TrumpIt is not every day I am accused by the vice president of the United States of purveying “moralistic garbage” and “historical illiteracy,” and of being a “globalist.” But those were the charges leveled against me by J.D. Vance this morning.…
Trump’s Constitutional Cleanup
#Trump #U.S.A. #PoliticsFranklin D. Roosevelt fundamentally redefined the purpose of the federal government, setting off an era of ever-expanding Washington scope and reach. Nearly a century later, Donald Trump’s White House is taking it on itself to challenge the legitimacy of some foundations of that expansion.…
USAID staff will be put on leave starting on Friday
#U.S.A. #TrumpUSAID turns out to be lining coffers for Dems who are between jobs, kind of like the MyPillow of the left.…
Shut Down the Department of Education
#U.S.A. #Trump #EducationSince its creation in 1979, the Department of Education has sent well more than $1 trillion to schools with the express purpose of closing the gaps between the highest and lowest performers. Today, those gaps are as wide as they have ever been, and by many measures, even wider.…
Niall Ferguson: The Vibe Shift Goes Global
#U.S.A. #Trump #PoliticsThe vibe shift has gone from the world of the fashionistas to the world of four-star admirals by way of the tech bros and the Trump–Musk campaign. It began as a revulsion against pronouns and piercings; it is culminating in a global repudiation of the liberal international order.…
Marc Andreessen on AI, Tech, Censorship, and Dining with Trump
#Science #Trump #U.S.A.It’s morning in America, so I’m very happy. I think the analogy for what’s happening right now is 1980—the transition from the ’70s to the ’80s and the Carter-Reagan race.…
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy: The DOGE Plan to Reform Government
#U.S.A. #Trump #PoliticsWith a decisive electoral mandate and a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court, DOGE has a historic opportunity for structural reductions in the federal government. We are prepared for the onslaught from entrenched interests in Washington. We expect to prevail.…
Peter Thiel and the Triumph of the Counter-Elites
#TrumpOn Honestly, Thiel explains why so many of his peers have finally come around to Trump; why he thinks Kamala—and liberalism more broadly—lost the election; why the Trump 2.0 team, with antiestablishment figures willing to rethink the system, will be better than last time.…
Incompetent Elites Make Trump Look Appealing - WSJ
#Politics #U.S.A. #TrumpDemocrats and traditional Republicans are flummoxed. How are 4 in 10 of our fellow citizens ready to vote for )? Democrats deplore Trump supporters as racists who must be saved from their ignorance.…