How Trump has changed US foreign policy: 1. The US no longer supports democracies but autocracies. 2. The US no longer fights corruption & kleptocracy but supports & shields them. 3. The US has in effect ended all US-led military alliances in substance, though not formally. /1

Anne Krueger: "Trump’s divide-and-rule tactics have shattered the postwar multilateral order. ...America’s major trading partners must form a new coalition capable of upholding the principles that the World Trade Organization..." www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/m...

Wall Street Journal: "President Trump on Wednesday blamed Tuesday’s Republican election defeats on the government shutdown and the fact that he wasn’t on the ballot. If he really believes this, the GOP is heading for bigger problems in 2026." www.wsj.com/opinion/2025...

We need an explanation why many top Trump officials have moved into the security of military forts here in Washington. Are they so afraid for their security? Why? Or are they preparing for Trump's imposition or the Insurrection Act or some other state of emergency?

Trump has stopped all US aid to Ukraine, both financial & military. Everything suggests, notably his own words, that he supports Putin's war of aggression in Ukraine. How can any Ukrainian-American who still supports Trump watch yourself in the mirror? Trump is Ukraine's enemy.

I am happily surprised that 3 conservative supreme court justices raised objections against Trump's absurd "emergency" tariffs. let me once again go through the main arguments: 1. There is no emergency, only a trade deficit that the US has had for decades = no change. /1

Ukraine is facing a critical scarcity of funding in the first half of 2026. The EU NEEDS to come up with serious financing at its December Council meeting. Otherwise Ukraine is in dire straits. Trump is doing nothing for Ukraine, not giving a cent, since he supports Putin.

Last night saw a democratic sweep in the US. To me, it was a great relief that the opposition is still allowed to win in the US. Will that be the case also in the mid-term elections in November 2026? I don't know, but the election yesterday gave me new hope.

Kyiv Post has provided a nice report on our discussion on the Russian economy at the Hudson Institute yesterday. The US now gives nothing to Ukraine & the EU has not stepped up sufficiently as yet. It needs to seize the Russian frozen state assets. www.kyivpost.com/post/63334

Min book, "Sovjet som det verkligen var" har just kommit ut. Den handlar om mina upplevelser som svensk diplomat i Moskva 1984-87 när perestrojkan började. Hoppas Ni finner den intressant! www.bokus.com/bok/97891732...

The main enemy of Ukraine in the West is Trump. Yet, Ukrainian-Americans are traditionally republicans & for that reason they support Trump, although they became republicans because the GOP supported Ukraine. How dumb can you get?!

The federal government raised $195 billion in customs duties in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, according to the final Monthly Treasury Statement of FY 2025. That is tiny, 0.6% of US 2025 GDP. Trump's talk about trillions in tariff revenues=lies. www.fiscal.treasury.gov/files/report...

"Saab is prepared to open a final-assembly plant in Ukraine as part of a proposed deal for Kyiv to buy up to 150 Gripen fighter jets, according to the Swedish defence group’s chief executive." www.ft.com/content/9ab0...

Hitler was preoccupied with building his "Volkshalle" (People's Hall) = Ballroom. This was his top priority. The Berliners complained quietly: "We have no bacon, no fat, no eggs, but Hitler has his Reich Chancellery!" www.nytimes.com/1944/02/20/a...

How Trump has aggravated Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine: 1. Trump stopped all financial & military assistance to Ukraine in January 2025. 2. He posed no conditions or sanctions on Russia until mid-October, effectively encouraging Putin's aggression. /1

"In July, three analysts who worked in INR’s Russia-Eurasia group were fired. Another analyst resigned." In my experience, State Department's INR is the best of US intelligence. Therefore, Trump had them sacked. Trump is an enemy of the US. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Trump's destruction of US science & research is proceeding apace: Axios: "Harvard is cutting Ph.D. admission slots in sciences by 75% and in humanities by 60%, the Harvard Crimson reported this past week." Why is Trump so anti-American?

Incredible! "Trump to raise tariffs on Canada by 10% over Ontario’s Reagan ad" The US has elected a baby man as president & he behaves accordingly. The US needs to sort out its political system so that it can promote a competent leader. www.ft.com/content/8e90...

Trump proves that it is impossible to cooperate with him: 1. He lies all the time. 2. He changes his mind all the time. 3. He is nearly unable to make any agreement. 4. If he makes an agreement (USMCA), he breaks it. 5. Trump recognizes no international law.

When will the republicans realize that Trump is not very smart, a low IQ person? He has probably such a complex that makes him allege that other people have low IQ, while it is obvious that he is the problem.

Ukraine & the Ukrainians will not give up. For them, Russia's war of aggression is existential. Their choice is to fight or flee their land. For Russia this is just a wasteful war. It is existential only for one man: Putin. The natural end to Putin's war is that he loses power.

I just walked around the White House. The whole area is closed off. I could not see the White House anywhere. Lots of police & barricades. It must be possible to see the White House from tall buildings around it. Has Trump managed to become embarrassed?!

I just walked around the White House. The whole area is closed off. I could not see the White House anywhere. Lots of police & barricades. It must be possible to see the White House from tall buildings around it. Has Trump managed to become embarrassed?!

DTEK, Ukraine's biggest private energy company: "On 19th October russia has attacked DTEK mine while 192 of our miners have been working underground. All colleagues have been safely evacuated."

A few comments on Trump's dealings with Ukraine: 1. He turned against Zelensky when Zelenky refused to falsify evidence against the Bidens. 2. At that time, Trump & Giuliani worked with men such as Andriy Derkach that US intelligence verified as belonging to Russia intelligence

@EdwardGLuce: "Putin has fewer cards in his hand than Trump supposes. One of those cards is Trump." www.ft.com/content/7deb...

A serious problem in the US is that it has become generally acceptable to lie. This took quite some time, but Trump is the apogee of lying. Fortunately, his crude lying is making it publicly acceptable to say that Trump (and others) lie.

The rest of the West needs to condemn the Putin-Trump meeting in Budapest in advance. Preferably, the non-US NATO members should call for its cancellation.

I have persistently argued that Trump is Putin's obedient servant and that all his objections about Putin have just been insubstantial statements to delude his base that he is not Putin's obedient servant. I am afraid that I have been right all along: Trump serves Putin.

We have to face reality: 1. Trump & thus the US support Putin & not Ukraine, the West, freedom or democracy. 2. Ukraine can produce nearly all the arms it needs itself. 3. Europe & the remnants of the West must provide Ukraine with the necessary financing to defeat Putin.

Since Trump has now clarified that he supports Putin & is not prepared to do anything for Ukraine, he & the US should be cut out of any discussions about Putin's war in Ukraine. The EU, the UK, Canada, Japan & Ukraine should do so. Why is the US still a member of NATO?

When Putin arrived in Alaska, Trump met him personally & rolled out the red carpet. When Zelensky arrived in DC, NO US representative was there, only Ukrainian Embassy staff. There was no red carpet. Trump has allied with Putin against the West.

Europe, the UK, Canada, Japan and Ukraine need to cut out Trump from any further negotiations about Ukraine, because Trump represents Putin & not the West.

Trump & the US have no role to play in Russia's war against Ukraine. Trump & Witkoff don't understand that Putin wants to annihilate the Ukrainian nation. Trump has done nothing for Ukraine. Ukraine can defeat Russia, while Putin needs Trump's support.

Reflections on the IMF/World Bank annual meetings. For the last 30 years, I have attended on their margins. 1. Never have the IMF & World Bank attracted so little interest. The US ignores them & bails out Argentina on its own. The IFI funding is less & less critical. /1

Why don't some Americans understand that Trump is Putin's puppet: 1. He is to meet Ukraine's president Zelensky. 2. Before he calls Putin for 2 1/2 hours & receives his instructions. 3. He repeats Putin's instructions: No tomahawks for you, Ukraine! Putin dictates Trump's policy.

Why is Trump going to Budapest to meet Putin? 1. To support Putin in Russia's war of aggression on Ukraine. 2. To support budding authoritarian Viktor Orban in his April 2026 elections. 3. To weaken the EU & NATO. 4. To unde

Since it is now clear that the US will not deliver any powerful long-distance missiles to Ukraine, the responsibility falls all the heavier on Europe: 1. Can Germany finally deliver its Taurus to Ukraine?! 2. Can Europe get its "reparations loans" done in time?!

This is ridiculous: 1. Trump has supported Putin & his war of aggression against Ukraine all along, stopping all aid to Ukraine. Even if he lies all the time, believe his actions. 2. Ukraine has asked for Tomahawks (which Trump would never give against his friend Putin). /1

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: “We need a kind of European stock exchange so that successful companies such as biotech firms from Germany do not have to go to the New York Stock Exchange.” Indeed! Europe needs 1 currency, 1 capital market & 1 dominant stock exchange! www.ft.com/content/040f...

When I walked to a meeting on Connecticut Avenue, NW, DC, this morning, I passed ten members of the National Guard, who stood there without any apparent purpose with an armored vehicle painted for the desert. They greeted me politely. So did I. But why are they here?

You need to lie & deny if you are to support Trump. Decent people don't lie or deny. Therefore, no supporter of Trump can be considered decent.

"Today, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent met with Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko of Ukraine. Secretary Bessent reaffirmed the United States’ unwavering support for Ukrainian sovereignty and emphasized the United States’ dedication to securing a lasting, durable peace."

Trying to comprehend Scott Bessent: "Scott Bessent slams China: ‘They want to pull everybody else down with them’" Doesn't he understand that the Trump tariff policy does exactly that? Is Bessent so dumb or just dishonest? What a tragedy! www.ft.com/content/fbc5...

"Scott Bessent slams China: ‘They want to pull everybody else down with them’" Isn't that your and Trump's policy? You have launched a tariff war against the whole world. Don't you understand that you are pursuing a war against "allies"? Please explain! www.ft.com/content/fbc5...

Dragon Capital: Ukraine’s Economy Ministry estimated real GDP growth at 5.3% y-o-y in August, bringing the 8M25 tally to 1.4%. Growth acceleration was driven by reconstruction, manufacturing, and agricultural production. Good to see some uptick after a dismal first half of 2025.

The US could greatly benefit from having a grownup as president: Just after Trump learned that he would not get Nobel's Peace Prize he threatened China with higher tariffs & drove down the stock market 2%... We had feared the toddler would have punished Norway...

UBN: "Trump has expressed his disappointment with Putin for the eighth time..." Take note: What Trump says about Putin is meaningless. It just complains a little to cover his political back in the US, where Putin is not popular. This is not news but coverup.

Publisher of famous Soviet newspaper Pravda falls to his death from a seventh-floor window www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

"France’s prime minister resigns less than a month after appointment" What a disaster! How can this happen? Is France completely dysfunctional? Just like the US. Another verdict against presidential constitutions. www.ft.com/content/d2d7...