M Estévez

@JapanProf
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A bi-cultural product of Japan & Galicia (Spain). I boost stories that I agree with or don't agree with but find intriguing as a memo for myself. My posts are automatically deleted after a week because of where I live.

Trump's family & friends are making so much money from this war. Why stop it? He couldn't care less about the little people. #iran

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/us/politics/trump-iran-war-americans-economy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Trump Says Americans’ Economic Pain Is Not a Consideration for the Iran War

Asked whether Americans’ financial situation was motivating him to make a deal, President Trump said bluntly, “Not even a little bit.”

The New York Times
@taiyo 今、東京に来ていますが、あまりの暢気さにびっくり。日本が置かれている状況を認識している人たちが少なすぎます。材料の問題で製造継続が難しい、価格を上げざるをえない、大幅な減収になる、というニュースがあるのに。これからじわじわとブローが効いてくると思います。この危機を引き起こした張本人のアメリカにすがりついていて、官邸は何を考えているのでしょう。
Family photo from the early 1920s, Redondela (Pontevedra, Galicia). We have a 30-year-old in the family who looks exactly like his great-grandfather in this photo. It's just like in García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. People die and come back again. GM's grandmother was from Galicia and he says her story telling influenced him. #Galicia #Familyhistory #Vigo