Manuela Saragosa

Trump’s tariffs will damage the world via @FT “This will now happen to the US: imports will shrink, but so will exports. The deficits, determined by income and spending, will remain roughly unchanged. The world will just end up poorer.” https://t.co/G0v9OCk9WV

‘A British tourist who was trying to leave the US, was shackled & sent to a detention centre and now says don’t travel to the US: “…because of the danger of what could happen to you. And…do you really want to give your money to this country right now?” https://t.co/FD5gS0sE8M

“Economists also attacked Trump’s obsession with reducing bilateral trade deficits to zero as economically illiterate as there will always be items that are impossible or economically unviable for countries to grow or make themselves eg bananas in the US” https://t.co/kzJ3fxeORd

‘I still have nightmares’: the tourists shackled and jailed for weeks at US borders via @FT: Several nations have now changed “… their travel advice and triggered a frenzy of questions in online travel forums about whether it is safe to go to the US.” https://t.co/EV1UY5HTRu

Deepening US consumer gloom raises stagflation fears via @FT: A Chicago Fed official said the US ‘was no longer on the “golden path” of ‘23/‘24 when inflation appeared to be returning to 2% target w/out derailing economic growth or lifting unemployment.’ https://t.co/1RiYdwbYEG

An ominous shadow falls over mRNA technology via @FT: Under Trump, there’s the prospect of the National Institutes of Health curbing research which could “delay the discovery of treatments and cures for many diseases and damage the cause of US science.” https://t.co/To8y3Cl42h

RT @TheAtlantic: American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on…

I mean, these cosy deals are all getting a bit Indonesia under Suharto in the 1990s

Manuela Saragosa🌍 also on bluesky and threads @ManuelaSaragosa

Howard Lutnick touts Elon Musk’s Starlink for US broadband scheme via @FT: “the latest example of how Musk could benefit from his influential role. The White House recently installed Starlink in its own grounds to improve WiFi connectivity…” https://t.co/HshTacIWBM

Howard Lutnick touts Elon Musk’s Starlink for US broadband scheme via @FT: “the latest example of how Musk could benefit from his influential role. The White House recently installed Starlink in its own grounds to improve WiFi connectivity…” https://t.co/HshTacIWBM

RT @LOS_Fisher: At popular request, we’re intro-ing a semi-regular Political Fix Q&A episode from next month💪 So pls get in touch! Send a…

How Trump could destroy his own political movement: He “can’t or won’t understand that tariffs are paid by importers &..passed on to consumers. He regards unpredictability as a virtue (so) businesses cannot plan ahead & consumers & investors are panicking” https://t.co/IphCd4WwIv

Iran using drones & apps to enforce women's dress code: “Investigators say Iranian security officials are using a strategy of "state-sponsored vigilantism" to encourage people to use specialist phone apps to report women for alleged dress code violations” https://t.co/Vl7aGMl3c3

Lost boys report: Young men are in crisis due to fatherlessness - BBC News — As the single mother of a happy teenage son now studying for a degree in physics, I’d like more data points. What about education, schools, income levels, rural vs urban etc https://t.co/ECUu45OGyO

Musk’s Tesla warns Trump administration in a letter that it is ‘exposed’ to retaliatory tariffs, via @FT: ‘One person familiar with the process of sending the letter said: “It is unsigned because nobody at the company wants to be fired for sending it.”’ https://t.co/2kpG4vXfWm

RT @AlecuRussell: The retreat of USAID opens a huge opportunity for China in Africa. Outstanding and important reporting by @nickswicks on…

RT @BBCWorld: Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit https://t.co/eYUXNIPpno

RT @FT: Opinion: Donald Trump will never win the Nobel Peace prize. But he should be a strong contender for the Charlemagne prize — which i…