Never bet against the US: Ppl think its biggest strength is its institutions, the dollar, entrepreneurship... But one of its biggest assets is its geography 🧵

Climate caused the US Civil War, because: 1. Slavery was the main cause of the war 2. Different crops were the main cause of slavery 3. Climate caused different crops in the North vs South This is terribly important to understand the US today and how to heal it 🧵

Moscow is one of the weirdest capitals: • Biggest European city • Extremely cold • Little farmland • To Russia's extreme west • Not on a coast or main river How did it create the biggest country on Earth? It involves horse archers, human harvesting & tiny animals 🧵

The West's trade deficits to China are not recent. They started 2000 years ago. Along the way, silk, porcelain, tea, opium, and silver have determined the history of the world 🧵

Why did 🇮🇱Israel strike 🇮🇷Iran now, and not months or years ago or in the future? A unique combination of a dozen factors converged to make the moment unique for 🇮🇱Israel: 🧵 1. No Hamas to its southwest 2. No Hezbollah to its north 3. No Assad threat to the northeast 4..

Was 🇮🇷trying to get a nuclear bomb? 1. From Feb 2025 to Jun 2025, it increased its amount of enriched uranium by 50% 2. It now had 400kg of highly enriched uranium, enough for 9-10 bombs 3. This is 60% enriched uranium. Fuel only requires 5% enrichment. 4... 🧵

Now that the 🇺🇸US has bombed 3 of 🇮🇷Iran's nuclear sites, where will the war go from here? It depends on 🇮🇱Israel: 🧵

Can there be an invasion of Iran? Hardly. Two maps explain why, and also why Iran is the way it is today, whether its regime will fall, what other superpowers will do, and in general why Iran is the way it is today 1. Iran is a mountain & desert fortress

One country, two nations With yesterday's election results:

In this Sunday' German elections, we will likely see the East/West Germany's phantom borders again But did you know some of these borders could be seen before WW2? 🧵