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The Brawl
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The Brawl

Musk vs. Trump

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Tuomas Malinen
Jun 06, 2025
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I am going to end this week with a few comments on the economic policies of President Trump. First, however, I need to show you this.

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So, I was right with my assessment that President Trump has taken “another route” with the conflict in Ukraine. I am sure many of you have seen the above already, but it’s an effective “ok” to the coming retaliation of Russia against Ukraine’s attacks on her nuclear forces. It has naturally sparked an outrage in the pro-Ukraine crowd. This is childish (or deliberate), because nuclear forces are part of the untouchable national security structure of nuclear powers. All nuclear powers would respond to such provocations. If these were U.S. nuclear forces, we would have probably already seen the first U.S. nuclear strike since Nagasaki.

The “Big Beautiful Bill” is also facing strong resistance now after Elon Musk launched a campaign aimed at toppling the bill at the U.S. Senate. These two events alone will make this an interesting month. Let’s analyze the bill and the “brawl” between Musk and President Trump a bit deeper.

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