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Important point: Elon Musk is spreading vile racist messages and fomenting societal division in the US and abroad. A few years ago this would have turned him into a pariah. Today his dangerous rants have become normalized. Very few articles about the SpaceX IPO have touched on this
Odd: Der Spiegel likens extreme-left French politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon to Sahra Wagenknecht in Germany (okay) and … Bernie Sanders in the US (not okay), based on their “radical economic populism”. Sanders would be centrist Social Democrat in Europe
The US plans to significantly reduce the aircraft and warships it makes available for NATO operations in Europe, limiting the alliance’s ability to launch long-range strikes and conduct surveillance, the New York Times reports
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Leading CDU and AfD politicians in Saxony-Anhalt looking like BFFs #Brandmauer?
(Fotograf: Christian Schroedter)
“How far are we ready to go collectively to rebalance our growth models?” Macron says at the opening of his “Sommet de Convergence”. Pas loin, je crains
youtu.be/OCFoKxio6og
The beginning of the end of CNN
www.ft.com/content/fd52...
The deal Trump says he had with Iran is going the way of all the previous deals he said he had with Iran: down the toilet
The collapse of FCAS is the tip of the iceberg. Germany and France have failed to set out a common vision for any of the major challenges that Europe faces. The next test will be China
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Markets no longer believe that Europe’s unpopular, weakened leaders have the political will and fiscal firepower to deliver on their defense pledges.
www.ft.com/content/1fa6...
