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It is becoming increasingly clear how this Hormuz mess plays out globally. It ain’t great! 🇺🇸🇮🇷🛢️ #Hormuz #GlobalImpact #OilCrisis #US #IR

Finnish politician and major general (born 1961)

The arms race between offense and defense continues. (translated)

Czech sociologist

The reality is that under Clinton and Obama, federal tax revenue increased by about 3% of GDP (tax changes and growth). Clinton also had surpluses and Obama reduced deficits by almost half. Yes, both also addressed expenditures. In contrast, GOP presidents massively increase the debt of the USA due to ideology and incompetence. (translated)

+ If the reports are true, @realDonaldTrump has lost a military confrontation w/ Iran, & the totality of strategic position the US had in nuclear non-proliferation. This is self-debasement. He wrecked decades of work to achive, publicly, humiliatingly & evidently, nothing. #Trump #Iran #NuclearProliferation #IR #US

The whole situation in the Strait is driven by Trump’s belief you can artificially manipulate oil prices forever. We are in a completely crazy and unprecedented situation. 🇺🇸🇮🇷 https://t.co/TiIv7SXjS0 #OilPrices #StraitSituation #TrumpPolicy #US #IR

This is setting up a test of strength between Trump & Netanyahu. 👇Trump won’t be happy to have his Board of Peace plans derailed in this way. Binyamin Netanyahu rejects US’s Gaza plan and vows no withdrawal until Hamas disarms https://t.co/12m1Lk4Mrc #Trump #Netanyahu #Gaza #US #IL

French diplomat

You are confusing « symbolic » and « political ». This agreement is a central element of the geopolitical realignment stemming from the Israeli-US failure vs Iran. That’s the nail in the coffin of the Abraham agreements as the framework of security in the Gulf. #Geopolitics #MiddleEast #AbrahamAccords #IL #US #IR

Czech-Greek journalist and TV reporter

Israel rejected the fifteen-point plan for Gaza prepared by Trump's Peace Board. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated today that the Israeli army will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas fully surrenders its weapons. The plan was published by the Peace Board at the beginning of August. (translated)

French economist

🇺🇸🌎 #Weekahead | US CPI to Show Inflationary Pressures Cooling Some - Bloomberg https://t.co/ikA1lRmKVa https://t.co/jP9vA9fhQR #CPI #Inflation #Economy #US

French economist

🇺🇸 Garbage-Truck Margin Boost Shows the AI Profit Boom Has Begun - Bloomberg https://t.co/sQFN5wnp80 https://t.co/vcu3NC0Fli #AI #ProfitBoom #GarbageTruck #US

The financial media is now running completely misleading headlines on what is going on with the Strait of Hormuz. 🇺🇸🇮🇷 https://t.co/fdPi8QODMj #StraitOfHormuz #FinancialMedia #MisleadingHeadlines #US #IR

French diplomat

It would undoubtedly be caricatured to speak of "laws of geopolitics," and yet it is impossible not to conclude that comparable facts lead to comparable consequences. The Israeli-American defeat against Iran will not be an exception. (translated)

French journalist

How Ukraine regained control since the Anchorage Summit in August 2025. Success on the front, diplomatic skill, Zelensky reshuffled the cards @AmourskyCyrille (in Kyiv) for La @TribuneDimanche. (translated)

German political scientist

Interesting: American intelligence agencies seem convinced that the Leipzig drone was of Russian origin. (translated)