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Ex-Energy and Climate Change Secretary in UK, Liberal, Crisis connoisseur, Francophile, European, Economist and economic commentator

London and Paris
Joined September 2018
Trump just placed a $50 MILLION bounty on Venezuela's president. "He flooded America with fentanyl." Hours later, Nicolás Maduro desperately hit back... With his own $50M counter-bounty that shocked Washington. And now he's about to learn why you never blackmail Trump:
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A lot of economists wonder where Trump got his tariff ideas from. Here’s an answer that seems alarmingly plausible substack.com/@lucy456751/not… #Trump #TrumpRecession
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If ever Xi wanted a moment to invade Taiwan, this is it…the US power implosion continues from bond market to Pentagon and back
Politico: Hegseth is losing control His core team - Chief of Staff, Senior adviser, Deputy Chief of Staff, and the Deputy secretary’s Chief of Staff - were fired this Friday A senior defense official calls it a “complete meltdown” after February’s purge of top generals. 1/
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If ever Xi wanted a moment to invade Taiwan, this is it…America’s power implosion continues from bond market ti Pentagon and back
Politico: Hegseth is losing control His core team - Chief of Staff, Senior adviser, Deputy Chief of Staff, and the Deputy secretary’s Chief of Staff - were fired this Friday A senior defense official calls it a “complete meltdown” after February’s purge of top generals. 1/
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I’m starting to think the only person Trump ever hired who was actually qualified to do her job was Stormy Daniels.
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Just a reminder of the US markets’ verdict on the President’s economics, based on a fallacy disproved by Ricardo in the early nineteenth century #Trumptariffs
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Reagan did not get everything wrong..#TrumpTariffs
President Ronald Reagan’s thoughts on tariffs:
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Désolé
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He forgot the McKinley tariff designed to make Canada the 46th state (back then)…it didn’t work out. #TrumpTariffs
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Tariffs memes are the hottest thing right now, so post your favorites👇🏻
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Take a good look Zelensky: This is how you properly dress when meeting our president teapawt.net/3YearLetterman/status/…
The European Mind cannot fathom this level of American greatness
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US Vice President and Secretary of Defense loathe Europe (as they try to extort money out of it). I wonder how much more evidence the UK government needs that Trump et al are deeply unreliable and we need to pivot towards Europe.
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So let’s have a little look at the Right wing media feeding off its own ecosystem. Here’s @TiceRichard claiming NET ZERO caused the Heathrow shut down, while sharing a Telegraph article that appears to back up his claim Must be true then, right?? 🧐you know the drill… 🧵 1/
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French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann responds to the White House press secretary’s attack after he suggested France should reclaim the Statue of Liberty: “Dear Americans, since the White House press secretary is attacking me today, I wanted to tell you this:” 1/n
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How kickstart growth in the U.K.? @Lord_Sugar told @amolrajan: “Go back into Europe. I’ve never met Starmer, but if I ever did, I would ask him what mechanism would it take to effectively get down on your bended knees and beg to be allowed back in again.” “Brexit is the biggest disaster I’ve experienced in my whole lifetime and business career.”
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It’s only because of France that the Americans aren’t playing cricket and singing God Save the King.
🔥MIC DROP from Karoline Leavitt on the French demanding the Statue of Liberty back: “I would remind them it’s only because of the U.S.A. that the French are not speaking German right now.”
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So the art of the deal is to agree to everything the opponent wants, but still call it a win?
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Billboard seen in Ontario, Canada. 🇨🇦
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My wise grandfather used to say that the more you know, the more you realise how little you know. Trump may be the exception to the rule…#DonaldTrump @realDonaldTrump
Trump’s expertise is truly unparalleled—he's the only man who could outdo Einstein in physics, outcook Gordon Ramsay, outcoach Belichick, outthink Sun Tzu, and still have time to mispronounce "anonymous" on live TV.
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