[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@anders_aslund](/creator/twitter/anders_aslund) "Don't Americans understand how unpopular Trump is making the US"  [@anders_aslund](/creator/x/anders_aslund) on [X](/post/tweet/1903959359622943104) 2025-03-23 23:57:39 UTC 318.9K followers, 6.9M engagements "I listened to Kellogg in Rome yesterday. It was a review of US Trump confusion & hypocrisy. He did not call for Ukraines territorial integrity- the new Trump rule. He promised no support for Ukraine. But he called for forms in Ukraine & a Marshall Plan. Why not shut up"  [@anders_aslund](/creator/x/anders_aslund) on [X](/post/tweet/1943626889609834843) 2025-07-11 11:02:15 UTC 319K followers, 13.2K engagements "Trump loves Putin so Putin is entitled to do whatever he wants even with a major US defense contractor. Time for Americans to figure out whom Trump is working for"  [@anders_aslund](/creator/x/anders_aslund) on [X](/post/tweet/1934280409883476047) 2025-06-15 16:02:41 UTC 319K followers, 15.5K engagements "In Armenia nationalization of Russian state assets is essential for national security. The big Russian state companies dominate & are often monopolists: Gazprom Rosneft Rosatom Sberbank VTB. Armenia must open up its economy to normal market competition"  [@anders_aslund](/creator/x/anders_aslund) on [X](/post/tweet/1940916242388599266) 2025-07-03 23:31:07 UTC 319K followers, 7530 engagements "Incredible but not surprising: Trump's new chief of staff worked as co-chair of Mercury which lobbied for sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska who is considered very close to the Kremlin"  [@anders_aslund](/creator/x/anders_aslund) on [X](/post/tweet/1855705998956126601) 2024-11-10 20:16:02 UTC 318.9K followers, 36.1K engagements "2. The US can have its large current account deficit (& also a huge budget deficit) because the rest of the world has been happy to finance it buying $ & US treasuries which have been seen as perfectly safe but now Trump is undermining the credibility of all that. /2"  [@anders_aslund](/creator/x/anders_aslund) on [X](/post/tweet/1945500460934115801) 2025-07-16 15:07:10 UTC 319K followers, 5526 engagements "Trump's trade policy makes no economic sense & the biggest loser is likely to be the US. X. Trump only talks about trade deficits while the relevant measure is current account balance. The US has a big service surplus though still a current account deficit. /1"  [@anders_aslund](/creator/x/anders_aslund) on [X](/post/tweet/1945499874582991276) 2025-07-16 15:04:50 UTC 319K followers, 74.8K engagements "Why aren't European air forces keeping Ukraine skies free from Russian missiles and drones"  [@anders_aslund](/creator/x/anders_aslund) on [X](/post/tweet/1941222852587553230) 2025-07-04 19:49:28 UTC 319K followers, 381.6K engagements ""the challenge for the US today is Chinas rise as a technological and scientific superpower. If it is to respond the US must co-operate with its allies devote far greater resources to scientific research and welcome talented immigrants the exact opposite of what Trump is doing.""  [@anders_aslund](/creator/x/anders_aslund) on [X](/post/tweet/1945482039588728954) 2025-07-16 13:53:58 UTC 319K followers, 3884 engagements "Russia's 2016 military budget is X% of GDP or $48bn; US defense budget: $612bn=13 times more (current X rates)"  [@anders_aslund](/creator/x/anders_aslund) on [X](/post/tweet/671540042406473728) 2015-12-01 04:03:17 UTC 318.9K followers, XX engagements "As expected military sources have now clarified that the U.S. was not running low on munitions. The aim was simply to cut support for Ukraine since Trump supports Putin & Russia. As usual Trump and his administration lie"  [@anders_aslund](/creator/x/anders_aslund) on [X](/post/tweet/1941513030313050485) 2025-07-05 15:02:32 UTC 318.9K followers, 195.8K engagements "After having begged Putin repeatedly to accept a ceasefire within two weeks Trump has now prolonged his respite to XX days to hinder a Russia sanctions bill cosponsored by XX senators to go ahead. Trump works so had for Putin. Why"  [@anders_aslund](/creator/x/anders_aslund) on [X](/post/tweet/1945131678508159423) 2025-07-15 14:41:45 UTC 319K followers, 10.3K engagements "It is difficult to understand Trump's wild statement as anything but his confession of guilt in the Epstein affair. What we do want to know is how profound & extensive his guilt is"  [@anders_aslund](/creator/x/anders_aslund) on [X](/post/tweet/1945204402827981208) 2025-07-15 19:30:44 UTC 319K followers, 12K engagements "Let us put it straight. X. Trump is dumb senile and suffering from serious aggression. X. He knows almost nothing and does not even want to try to learn anything. X. He is only interested in power vanity and money. How could anyone vote for him"  [@anders_aslund](/creator/x/anders_aslund) on [X](/post/tweet/1942384433371439557) 2025-07-08 00:45:11 UTC 319K followers, 59.9K engagements "4. The US already has a federal debt of $XX trillion or XXX% of GDP which is very high. Trump is set to increase it by $3-4 trillion until 2035 with an annual budget deficit close to X% of GDP. The US needs to finance $X trillion more each year. /4"  [@anders_aslund](/creator/x/anders_aslund) on [X](/post/tweet/1945501560840007700) 2025-07-16 15:11:32 UTC 319K followers, 5015 engagements "Sad that so few elected republicans dare to say the obvious that Trump's high tariffs are economically nonsensical only cause harm to the US economy & its international relations. @martinwolf_: "An irrational man is unpredictable.""  [@anders_aslund](/creator/x/anders_aslund) on [X](/post/tweet/1945480724594712775) 2025-07-16 13:48:44 UTC 319K followers, 5395 engagements "Happy to see that Ukraine's inflation declines - from a peak of XXXX% in May to XXXX% y-o-y in June marking the first decline after XX consecutive months of acceleration. (Dragon Capital)"  [@anders_aslund](/creator/x/anders_aslund) on [X](/post/tweet/1943571760785269051) 2025-07-11 07:23:12 UTC 319K followers, 8180 engagements "3. First of all Trump knows nothing of economics & none of his subordinates is allowed to correct him. Trump's stupidity ignorance & authoritarianism are likely to cause an economic catastrophe in the US sooner or later. /3"  [@anders_aslund](/creator/x/anders_aslund) on [X](/post/tweet/1945500918847287558) 2025-07-16 15:08:59 UTC 319K followers, 5548 engagements
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"Don't Americans understand how unpopular Trump is making the US" @anders_aslund on X 2025-03-23 23:57:39 UTC 318.9K followers, 6.9M engagements
"I listened to Kellogg in Rome yesterday. It was a review of US Trump confusion & hypocrisy. He did not call for Ukraines territorial integrity- the new Trump rule. He promised no support for Ukraine. But he called for forms in Ukraine & a Marshall Plan. Why not shut up" @anders_aslund on X 2025-07-11 11:02:15 UTC 319K followers, 13.2K engagements
"Trump loves Putin so Putin is entitled to do whatever he wants even with a major US defense contractor. Time for Americans to figure out whom Trump is working for" @anders_aslund on X 2025-06-15 16:02:41 UTC 319K followers, 15.5K engagements
"In Armenia nationalization of Russian state assets is essential for national security. The big Russian state companies dominate & are often monopolists: Gazprom Rosneft Rosatom Sberbank VTB. Armenia must open up its economy to normal market competition" @anders_aslund on X 2025-07-03 23:31:07 UTC 319K followers, 7530 engagements
"Incredible but not surprising: Trump's new chief of staff worked as co-chair of Mercury which lobbied for sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska who is considered very close to the Kremlin" @anders_aslund on X 2024-11-10 20:16:02 UTC 318.9K followers, 36.1K engagements
"2. The US can have its large current account deficit (& also a huge budget deficit) because the rest of the world has been happy to finance it buying $ & US treasuries which have been seen as perfectly safe but now Trump is undermining the credibility of all that. /2" @anders_aslund on X 2025-07-16 15:07:10 UTC 319K followers, 5526 engagements
"Trump's trade policy makes no economic sense & the biggest loser is likely to be the US. X. Trump only talks about trade deficits while the relevant measure is current account balance. The US has a big service surplus though still a current account deficit. /1" @anders_aslund on X 2025-07-16 15:04:50 UTC 319K followers, 74.8K engagements
"Why aren't European air forces keeping Ukraine skies free from Russian missiles and drones" @anders_aslund on X 2025-07-04 19:49:28 UTC 319K followers, 381.6K engagements
""the challenge for the US today is Chinas rise as a technological and scientific superpower. If it is to respond the US must co-operate with its allies devote far greater resources to scientific research and welcome talented immigrants the exact opposite of what Trump is doing."" @anders_aslund on X 2025-07-16 13:53:58 UTC 319K followers, 3884 engagements
"Russia's 2016 military budget is X% of GDP or $48bn; US defense budget: $612bn=13 times more (current X rates)" @anders_aslund on X 2015-12-01 04:03:17 UTC 318.9K followers, XX engagements
"As expected military sources have now clarified that the U.S. was not running low on munitions. The aim was simply to cut support for Ukraine since Trump supports Putin & Russia. As usual Trump and his administration lie" @anders_aslund on X 2025-07-05 15:02:32 UTC 318.9K followers, 195.8K engagements
"After having begged Putin repeatedly to accept a ceasefire within two weeks Trump has now prolonged his respite to XX days to hinder a Russia sanctions bill cosponsored by XX senators to go ahead. Trump works so had for Putin. Why" @anders_aslund on X 2025-07-15 14:41:45 UTC 319K followers, 10.3K engagements
"It is difficult to understand Trump's wild statement as anything but his confession of guilt in the Epstein affair. What we do want to know is how profound & extensive his guilt is" @anders_aslund on X 2025-07-15 19:30:44 UTC 319K followers, 12K engagements
"Let us put it straight. X. Trump is dumb senile and suffering from serious aggression. X. He knows almost nothing and does not even want to try to learn anything. X. He is only interested in power vanity and money. How could anyone vote for him" @anders_aslund on X 2025-07-08 00:45:11 UTC 319K followers, 59.9K engagements
"4. The US already has a federal debt of $XX trillion or XXX% of GDP which is very high. Trump is set to increase it by $3-4 trillion until 2035 with an annual budget deficit close to X% of GDP. The US needs to finance $X trillion more each year. /4" @anders_aslund on X 2025-07-16 15:11:32 UTC 319K followers, 5015 engagements
"Sad that so few elected republicans dare to say the obvious that Trump's high tariffs are economically nonsensical only cause harm to the US economy & its international relations. @martinwolf_: "An irrational man is unpredictable."" @anders_aslund on X 2025-07-16 13:48:44 UTC 319K followers, 5395 engagements
"Happy to see that Ukraine's inflation declines - from a peak of XXXX% in May to XXXX% y-o-y in June marking the first decline after XX consecutive months of acceleration. (Dragon Capital)" @anders_aslund on X 2025-07-11 07:23:12 UTC 319K followers, 8180 engagements
"3. First of all Trump knows nothing of economics & none of his subordinates is allowed to correct him. Trump's stupidity ignorance & authoritarianism are likely to cause an economic catastrophe in the US sooner or later. /3" @anders_aslund on X 2025-07-16 15:08:59 UTC 319K followers, 5548 engagements
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