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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 13h ago

1/19🧵 (long) New entry in Team😇Democracy vs Team😈Dictatorship! Placing #USA👇 The Trump regime provides no financial or military support to #Ukraine, but instead provide strong diplomatic support to #Russia. We therefore place the USA in the Russia SUPPORTER category. ⤵️⤵️

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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 13h ago

2/ The journey the USA has taken from being the Leader of the Free World to today's radical regime is unparalleled in modern Western history. The USA's position would have been different if I had made this categorization 2 years ago, but we must deal with the realities as they are now.

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 13h ago

3/ According to the Kiel Institute, the US is the world's number one provider of military equipment. But analyses of US support now reveal that the figures they have given are greatly exaggerated. @[email protected]

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 13h ago

4/ The real US arms support to Ukraine - the actual value of the weapons actually provided - is only $18 billion. This is 28% LOWER than #Germany 's support. And all of this support came under the previous administration. @[email protected]

New analysis from Economists f...

New analysis from Economists for Ukraine: The cost of US aid to Ukraine is less than half the official figures

The US has been the largest country-to-country contributor of aid to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. However, the exact amount of aid provided has become the subject of debate, as generally available data tend to bundle together grants, loans, equipment, investments, and other forms of assistance as if it were all on-budget cash funding. This column tracks each weapon system provided to Ukraine, its vintage, and depreciation to come up with the first quantitative economic estimate of the value of US non-debt direct support to Ukraine.

CEPR

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 13h ago

5/ The current regime has cut off all support, military and financial. The US is now selling weapons to European countries at inflated prices, which these countries then give to Ukraine. The Europeans support, while the US is a war profiteer. @[email protected]

Trump calls Ukraine aid profit...

Trump calls Ukraine aid profit scheme, not U.S. spending

United States is not only not spending money to support Ukraine in its war against Russia, but is actually making a profit, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Dec. 8.

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6/ The Trump regime shares intelligence with Ukraine, which many would argue is support. That is technically correct, but the motivation of the administration is not to help Ukraine, but to secure leverage in negotiations.

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 13h ago

7/ The US's negotiating power towards Ukraine is greatly weakened, through the fact that they have cut off all support, and therefore intelligence sharing is retained as a bargaining chip. I do not consider this to be support, but as a power play to pressure Ukraine.

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 13h ago

8/ That is exactly what has happened over the past year. The Trump regime has tried to pressure Ukraine into accepting an agreement that most experts consider to be capitulation. @[email protected]

US and Russian officials draft...

US and Russian officials draft plan to end Ukraine war based on capitulation from Kyiv

It is unclear if Trump administration backs deal that would mean Kyiv giving up territory and slashing size of military

The Guardian

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 13h ago

9/ The plan was made in Moscow, and conveyed to Ukraine by the US. The US role in the “negotiations” is thus to push Russia’s demands. The US has switched sides in the war. This is supported by leading experts on the conflict; @[email protected]

2025 In Review: The Year The U...

2025 In Review: The Year The US Changed Sides

Amongst many stories, one stands out

Phillips’s Newsletter

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 13h ago

10/ The United States votes alongside North Korea and Russia and the other 'shithole countries' in the UN.

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 13h ago

11/ Trump can't even accept the empirical fact that Russia started the war, but blames the victim. It's the rape victim who is to blame for the abuse. This is so unbelievably morally repugnant, I can't find the words. @[email protected]

Trump blames Zelensky for star...

Trump blames Zelensky for starting war day after massive Russian attack

The US president apportioned blame to Ukraine's leader hours after the deadliest strike on civilians this year.

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 13h ago

12/ Official US policy is confirmed in their National Security Strategy. This defines Europe - not Russia - as the adversary. The strategy states that the United States will actively interfere in European elections. We see here the most radical break in American foreign policy since WW2 @[email protected]

The NSS That Could Destroy the...

The NSS That Could Destroy the NATO Alliance

The latest U.S. National Security Strategy doesn’t just sideline Europe—it seeks to reshape its politics, backing nationalist parties and challenging the European Union in ways that could push the transatlantic alliance to the brink.

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 13h ago

13/ This policy, combined with US threats of war against two NATO allies, means that most people now consider NATO to be practically dead. Does anyone believe that Trump will declare war on Russia if the latter invades i.e. #Estonia? @[email protected]

Denmark reportedly flew blood ...

Denmark reportedly flew blood bags to Greenland in preparation for a US attack

Amid Trump threats, Copenhagen also sent over explosives intended to blow up runways, according to Danish media

The Guardian

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 13h ago

14/ The revelation in the @[email protected] underlines the Trump admin’s true intentions. It documents a Ru intelligence operation targeting the incoming administration, where T and his advisers have for over a year been tempted with lucrative business deals if they just help Russia “solve the ua problem”.

Make Money Not War: Trump’s Re...

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 13h ago

15/ From a European and democratic perspective the Trump regime is traitors. It is so beyond disgusting that the US, which has represented freedom and democracy, is now actively supporting the child murderer Putin. Because they think they will make money from it. Absolutely unbelievable.

Russian authorities committed ...

Russian authorities committed crimes against humanity targeting civilian population through drone attacks as well as war crimes of forcible transfer and deportation of civilians

NEW YORK / VIENNA – Russian authorities have systematically coordinated actions to drive out Ukrainian civilians from their homes through recurrent drone attacks, as well as deportations and transfers, said the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine in a new report submitt

OHCHR

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 13h ago

16/ Without going into the blatant incompetence and illegality of the Iran attack, Trump has achieved what he wanted with regard to ua; Sanctions against ru have been lifted. The purpose is that the US can now “normalize” relations with ru, and continue to make money. @[email protected]

US lifts sanctions on Russian ...

US lifts sanctions on Russian nationals, Russia-linked entities

Russian citizens Yurii Korzhavin and Lidiya Korzhavina were removed from the U.S. sanctions list on March 20, along with other individuals and entities linked to Russia. The Korzhavins were sanctioned in 2024 for their ties to the Russian transport and logistics company Elfor TL.

The Kyiv Independent

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 13h ago

17/ So Trump is rewarding Russia with sanctions relief, while Russia is helping Iran kill American soldiers. If this isn't the definition of treason, I don't know what is. @[email protected]

Russia is helping Iran with in...

Russia is helping Iran with intel to target and kill Americans, says top EU diplomat

Russia is providing intelligence support to Iran in the Middle East war to "kill Americans," Kaja Kallas said Thursday.

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 13h ago

18/ My op-ed in @[email protected] (before the Iran war) summarizes my - and most Europeans' - view of the current American administration. benjaminhusstadnedberg.substack.com/p/the-new-wo...

THE NEW WORLD

THE NEW WORLD

The world you grew up in no longer exists.

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg

Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg 13h ago

19/ All of us who grew up with the ideals of democracy and freedom are now in deep sorrow, because many of us love America. We hope the real America will return sometime in the future, but unfortunately we now have to deal with the administration being hostile.