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@_Kermit55 "@News24 @City_Press Welcome to Ramaphosas South Africa"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-27 18:20:50 UTC XXX followers, 1555 engagements

"Very very important questions X. Short answer is that cost is jobs. Our trade to west is XX% and to BRICS is XX% (of total trade). Non alignment is best policy for citizens. India achieved this whilst being in BRICS X. Constitution allows for expropriation but requires compensation. Practically foreign investors dont invest in countries where property rights arent protected AGOA was just a very favourable trade deal that benefited SA. ANC agreed to conditions and responsibility for violating it is on them"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-26 07:47:10 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements

"You are transferring the sin from the borrower to the lender. X. World Bank is a bank and needs to remain a going concern. X. Buy local currency and lend in this this would transfer FX risk to the bank. They need to raise USD (liability) and use this to buy local currency (asset) X. Its called an FX mismatch. If local FX weakens it results in losses on their income statement and balance sheet X. It also introduces liquidity risk. Main reason banks fail Never ending debt spiral is a function of irresponsible spending irrespective of currency. Agree that foreign loans exacerbates this."
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-26 07:21:34 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements

"@BuddyWells1 Steel imports increased from XX% to XX% between 2018 and 2023 because we have dont have protective tarrifs. China is destroying our local industries and @MYANC is allowing it to happen"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-25 08:52:58 UTC XXX followers, XXX engagements

"ASA sabotaged DAs attempts to link desperately needed economic and fiscal reforms to the budgeting process. This is just a drop in the bucket compared to what ASA politricking will cost SA. SA PAYS R1 BILLION PER DAY ON DEBTS. BTW: ASA economic plan will add another R X trillion to SAs total debt. This will add another R190 million to daily debt servicing cost. Thswane additional debt projected to increase by R2billion this year"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-27 09:49:29 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements

"Concerning that legal minds support the dilution of Treasury independence"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-27 20:40:54 UTC XXX followers, XXX engagements

"@normanmasungwi1 @City_Press What gains What democracy Zimbabwe needs to be liberated it from its liberation movement"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-27 15:27:38 UTC XXX followers, XXX engagements

"1. Correct ANC government can choose who to align with. But non alignment has a cost for SA citizens . US is our second largest trade partner X. Correct. EWC not yet implemented. Only action is signing it into law BTW: ANC sold out sovereignty to BRICS nations for personal gain"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-25 18:08:07 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements

"@CyrilRamaphosa ANC enabled the oppression and destruction of Zimbabwe. Stop using liberation"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-27 15:28:53 UTC XXX followers, XXX engagements

"@AntiERec @El123V @Olivia_LaGrange @TruthRSA873 @beyondtruthlies @popped_blog @RealAlexJones @amerikaners2025 @DisprinXtra @pookiepolls @RoryDuncan1966 @hodgetwins @POTUS @joelpollak @joerogan @uMarhobane @RobertHersov @provemewrong411 @Saxon_African @viking_boer @willempet @ksorbs @RiebvJanbeeck @elonmusk @Action4SA @LieslGottert123 Olivia and El has no interest in truth. They block those who threaten their delusional echo chambers"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-24 07:12:48 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements

"Maybe dont take your cousin too serious 😅 Classic case of projecting optimism to protect denial of reality (Psychological term is Pollyannaism) Agree EWC is a ticking time bomb. Very concerning that DA only party challenging it in courts. Some perspective on EWC: Argument about Zero not being Nill is not about the calculation. Constitution requires compensation and EWC therefore unconstitutional. Dean was making the ANC argument that nill is a form of compensation (and therefore constitutional) Dean was not talking on behalf of DA but Ramaphosa. He may be effective but his loyalty is"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-27 20:27:59 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements

"@DuvhaSun @BuddyWells1 @pkoutrom Root issue. Zero tarrifs allows Chinese to decimate our industries"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-25 08:54:42 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements

"@ConCaracal Rogan literally has the highest reach. 11m listeners on YouTube. Consistently #1 on Spotify/Apple. Excluding him from a Top Ten list is ridiculous"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-26 17:53:38 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements

"- ANC policies destroyed industrialisation and manufacturing in South Africa. - Benification of raw minerals are not occurring with raw minerals being exported. ANC also collapsed our mining industry. - ANC land reform policies failed and refuses to return land in its possession to rightful owners - Economic injustice increased under ANC with poverty unemployment inequality education and basic services worsening under Ramaphosa Ramaphosas words are meaningless and betrayed by his own actions"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-27 12:18:10 UTC XXX followers, XXX engagements

"@katiabeeden You recently interviewed a guy that calls himself a prophet and charges his sheep. Any thoughts on this"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-24 23:03:49 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements

"Magic Money Tree zealots will be the end of SA. Refusal to acknowledge how it destroyed Zim still shocks me. ANC already spending like they can conjure money out of thin air. EFF and ASA economic policies ascribe to MMT as well. Trajectory of SA debt crisis points to this as a very plausible next step for SA. Very possible that we will see the destruction of the Rand in our lifetimes"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-26 11:48:25 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements

"@BuddyWells1 @HannsBursell @MYANC Agree composition is problem. US is 37bn surplus whereas China is 172bn deficit and rest of BRICS about the same. Think FDI makes up for most of it"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-25 11:53:45 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements

"Forex reserves increased by $21bn between 2020 and 2025. $7bn due to gold price increase $3bn by additional IMF SDR allocation. FX increased by $11bn - about XX% WB loan but mainly from trade surpluses and FDI Correct that loans not for local expenditure. Used for imports and retained as forex reserves"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-26 11:27:38 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements

"@BuddyWells1 @HannsBursell @MYANC We are gravitating towards BRICS for trade. We have huge deficits with them. This weakens our currency further and increases price gap locally (ie local production less competitive). US trade surplus on the other hand strengthens ZAR"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-25 12:04:19 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements

"@KwandeZN Pedophile Iran government marries of more than 1000 girls under age XX every year with court approval. Over age XX doesnt even need to be approved by court. Do you have a girl child bride as well"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-25 18:17:23 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements

"Aligned on ANC reforms. They dont have appetite to implement spending and economic reforms required to turn ship around. Tarrifs/Sanctions will only accelerate trajectory. XX% of budget already goes to Debt Grants and Government salaries. Unsustainable. At least they are willing to reduce deficits. Well DA still only party that is challenging EWC and BEE/EE in courts but definitely facing a crisis. Dean also doesnt represent all of DA. Youve seen the reaction from the whites on this platform. Not just some but a lot of votes are at risk. They lost significant support after Mmusi racial"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-27 21:33:08 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements

"@HannsBursell @BuddyWells1 @MYANC Guess youre right tarrifs not a silver bullet for this. Issue seems to be local inefficiencies and weak rand. ZAR will need to strengthen to R12.50 to achieve parity. Ironically our trade deficits weaken the ZAR"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-25 11:46:11 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements

"@FrenchToastThat @ozzymars @VFPlus X. Undermine US interests = ANC relationship with Russia Iran and Hamas. BRICS dollar. Big possibility that we sold weapons to Russia. Not only examples X. Property rights = EWC At"
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-25 17:49:13 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements

"1. Agree. US has been a consistent trade partner after lifting sanctions. Job losses complex also influenced by loss in local manufacturing and economic growth lower than population growth. Manufacturing sector decimated for various reasons X. True in some cases but more complex. Amazon entered market but Barclays Bank left. German car makers struggling. Mining has reduced massively and global firms investing elsewhere. Rosslyn operational long time but recently expanded to produce new models Issue is that before deterioration in US relations our economy already struggled and unable to grow."
@_Kermit55 Avatar @_Kermit55 on X 2025-07-26 08:39:03 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements