To me, there’s hardly no chance whatsoever anymore that other NATO powers have not concluded that Trump is much more than just aligned in terms of worldview with Putin.

That’s what you get when the G1 turns out to be suffering from a bout of political neurosyphilis - you start moving your eggs to the other 6.

I see your Moai head and I would like to acquire a stake on it, securitize it alongside 100 other Moai heads, and use the securitized Moai heads to acquire a stake in the manufacturer of tools used to make make Moai heads.

You have to trust me on this. This is the future.

“When education is not liberating, the dream of the oppressed is to become the oppressor”.

I am the Walrus.

What is even a lib though and isn’t it possible that the people harassing you for that are not even libs themselves? Come on Liv don’t be Julian, you’re my fav.

*the Red. Not sure if Erik knew how to read. Not Trump.

That plus Erik the Read naming the damn thing ‘Greenland’ to convince geographically challenged settlers to move there, only for a mentally challenged 21st century political leader who looks at everything as if it were a Miami condo to one day think you can make money there

* he may yet meet

I’ve lost my confidence on US institutions, but somehow I still think that the may yet meet his nemesis in the people he’s trying to please. He’s acting like a cat bringing mice home for his owners, but the cat owners here make a living out of dinosaur blood and don’t mind drawing yours too.

Hot take: the man never actually consulted with the big oil hot shots before going to Venezuela, even if he were successful (he won’t be) he’d be about to ravage their bottom line with with a supply gut, he’s putting the USD supremacy at stake, and he looks senile. He’s playing with fire w/ Big Oil.

As long as Machado does not store the Nobel prize in a bottle of Diet Coke she should be good to go, don’t think he’ll be touching any other type of bottle.

I’ll confront the naysayers who say economics is not a real science with this extensively researched working paper next time they block me in traffic.

If 2026 ends with Reza Pahlavi returning as a Shah, I swear to God I will be issuing a chargeback for all expenses I’ve incurred since 1979 because clearly the last 5 decades of history have been a dud.

If you’re the type of person who the intl. community feels the need to back with a Nobel Peace Prize - because you’re in a very precarious and dangerous position, yet you hold your ground - then by default you’re the type of person who’ll have to make some extremely challenging decisions in power

Reads like an EULA when I’m downloading software.

“You wouldn’t steal a Nobel Peace Prize”.

Patrick, what an amazing episode. And perhaps one of the most agonizing ones I’ve heard from you yet. This is important - especially in an age where either historically illiterate or mal-intentioned people fetishize Rome. I’m loving this new series - and you’re getting a new subscriber this weekend.

It’s probably Palantir, right?