Day: May 20, 2026

Here is the Trump alliance:
US, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Israel, Belarus, Liberia, Yemen!
Is this a company anybody would want to be in?!
But this is the US under Trump.
The topic was climate denial, but it could have been Russian aggression against Ukraine.Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth)Trump makes the United States one of only eight climate deniers, along with Israel, Iran, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.  trib.al/gOlQdKY—  https://x.com/KenRoth/status/2057269610001436716

— Anders Åslund (@anders_aslund) May 21, 2026

Here is the Trump alliance:
US, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Israel, Belarus, Liberia, Yemen!
Is this a company anybody would want to be in?!
But this is the US under Trump.
The topic was climate denial, but it could have been Russian aggression against Ukraine.Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth)Trump makes the United States one of only eight climate deniers, along with Israel, Iran, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.  trib.al/gOlQdKY—  https://x.com/KenRoth/status/2057269610001436716

— Anders Åslund (@anders_aslund) May 21, 2026

U.S. defense needs more competition, not more money. The Pentagon doesn’t have to rely on legacy suppliers. It can create alternatives that others can produce, write Peter Devine and Sam Slocum
on.wsj.com/3RisIzC

— Wall Street Journal Opinion (@WSJopinion) May 21, 2026

People forget the space race was also a spy race. Rockets mattered, but so did CIA warnings, Soviet secrets, and knowing what Moscow could really do before America got caught flat-footed.CIA (@CIA)In the late 1950s, Cold War competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union reached the space race.

Learn how CIA warned the Eisenhower administration about Soviet capabilities and executed a daring mission that helped propel America ahead of our rivals:
cia.gov/stories/story/the-re…—  https://x.com/CIA/status/2057130255869997415

— Robert Morton (@Robert4787) May 21, 2026