Don't Hegseth & Trump understand how absurd they are? 1. They prompt Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz without consulting any allies. 2. They don't know how to open the Strait again, so they blame their innocent allies. 3. Take note: Nobody will listen to idiots.

Should the West accept invitation to Trump's G20 Summit at his Doral Golf course 14-15 December? No! Don't! Trump's kleptocracy is a major global problem & Doral is his private golf club. To go there means to support Trump's corruption. /1

How China will play a crucial role in any Iran-US peace deal open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...

High time for all republicans to realize that Trump & Vance and the whole leadership of the GOP supports Russia, Putin, autocracy, kleptocracy, lying and Russian imperialism. No person who supports that can be considered decent.

Oh, the irony!

Should be part of his next test.

Completely agree. This is an appalling shirking of responsibility. George Robertson is right to make his criticism public

Evaluating the new possibilities -- good and bad -- created by America's blockade of Hormuz open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...

How NOT to handle the Pope open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...

Wow! Wonderful news, and not only because it is a slap in the face for the Trump-Vance-Putin axis

Lying from the White House Podium is now a family tradition.

Sober and therefore all the more devastating analysis by @ldfreedman.bsky.social The causes and consequences of Trump’s defeat open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...

Hear hear

Why Hungary's election tomorrow matters, for Europe and for the world open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...

Interfering American complains about foreign interference. Shameful but priceless

My latest on Substack. In a world of three weak but dangerous superpowers, Europe and Japan need to build their own resilience, urgently open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...

Trump is showing Beijing how to seize Taiwan www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...

The Iran war has shown, yet again, that superpowers are not, in fact, super-powerful open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...

Quanto durerà questo conflitto lo può decidere soltanto Netanyahu - di @billemmott.bsky.social

“We are all Canadians now …” FT Books essay by @billemmott.bsky.social on navigating a world churned upside down. as.ft.com/r/0adad367-7... Trapped in the middle of a new world disorder

The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

Trump, from ketchup to King Lear open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...

The right benchmark for Japan's now powerful prime minister, Sanae Takaichi will be the value of the yen open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...

Forget national "competitiveness". Get costs lower instead open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...

Watch the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics by all means, but remember what happened four years ago during and after the Beijing games, between Putin, Xi and then Ukraine open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...

An utterly unseen tragedy.

Weekend Update #170: Russian Advances Are Slower Than The Battle Of The Somme open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Attacking Iran is not about principles, nor a "Donroe Doctrine", nor any coherent strategy. It is about adding to Trump's trophy cabinet open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...

😂😂 Lindsey melting down. Blames Mike Johnson for a UNANIMOUS House vote to strip out the provision allowing Lindsey to sue the taxpayers because DOJ got his phone records and vows revenge.

Time for Europe's Project 2026 open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...

Perfect. Brilliant

At some point Tesla investors are going to notice that having overtaken Tesla on battery technology and beating it on quality as well as price, BYD is now stepping ahead on self-drive technology. Teslas are now legacy EVs,

A year ago today, Boris Johnson, Farage, Braverman, Truss, and a host of Trump’s British fans were all in Washington for Trump’s second inauguration... Starmer wasn't invited - and it was treated like a massive Diss - remember that? Because we should.

It was very good talking with @thewire.in 's excellent Karan Thapar today about the breach in the western alliance

Interview today about Greenland, the American predator and much else, with India's The Wire: www.youtube.com/live/VIo2z8H...

Trumpian deglobalisation, AI-led hyperglobalisation, great-power bullies and rising middle powers: those are the contradictory forces to bear in mind as the Davos talkfest unfolds open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...

A strong majority of the American people and members of the US Congress stand with the people of Greenland and Denmark against the deranged madman who occasionally wanders into the WH from Palm Beach.

Excellent, clear-headed analysis by @philipstephens.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/philipst...

A divorce is coming in the transatlantic alliance. We had better be prepared for it open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...

Rather than threatening Iran or appeasing Russia (or indeed bombing Venezuela), the best use of American energy would be to re-unify the Gulf Arabs and to re-start the journey towards a Palestinian state open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...

My essay on how 2025 has been framed by Thucydides, by being “Present at the Destruction”, and by Charles Mackay’s “madness of crowds”

Did the United States really spend trillions of dollars on winning the Cold War, only for its president in 2025 take orders from a Russian dictator? This is an earth-shattering humiliation for America of which its reputation may never recover.

This message hits hard.

Deterrence is no longer just necessary to keep ourselves safe from Russia. It is needed to keep ourselves safe from America. open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...

Joe Rogan on Trump’s vile post about Rob Reiner: It was not funny. There’s no justification for what he did in a compassionate society. Imagine if Obama tweeted something about someone after they died in this way

I love the smell of panic in the evening. Smells like…victory

Russia attacked Ukraine with 500 drones and around 40 missiles, including Kinzhal missiles. The main strike targeted #Kyiv, hitting energy facilities and civilian infrastructure. The Russian attack left nearly one third of Kyiv without heating. Russia is a terrorist state.