Armin Auth 🇪🇺

@joerglau @annettedittert We call such people „Geisterfahrer“ and I find this wonderful.

Ich habe Mathias Döpfner immer wieder als jemanden empfunden, der unseren Debatten Klarheit gibt. Es ist meist das Gegenteil dessen richtig, für das er sich einsetzt - wie jetzt, dass wir uns in den Krieg stürzen sollen, den der US-Präsident gerade verzweifelt zu beenden sucht.

@AntifaMaria @MrBlueEyes01 Der wurde wie alle um Donnie herum erst einmal lobotomiert.

Krass. Schaut mal, was Trumps Außenminister vor 2 Jahren (!) getweetet hat. Damals wurde ein Gesetz erlassen, dass kein US President ohne Zustimmung des Senats die NATO verlassen kann. Wie sich ein Rückgrat in nur 2 Jahren rückstandsfrei auflösen kann, faszinierend. 🩻

@DaveKeating If he leaves, he can pack his bases as well. This will stop also their wars in the Middle East when he cannot project power from Europe.

Trump tells Reuters he will announce in a 9pm speech that he is "disgusted" with NATO and may withdraw. As I noted in today's video, the fact that he needs Congressional approval is cold comfort. From his and Rubio's words we can see NATO is already dead. davekeating.substack.com/p/quick-take-t…

They know their math. Keep it coming! Слава Україні!

@Elastisch321 Herzlichen Glückwunsch für dich und deinen Sohn, der Kuchen sieht toll aus! 🎉🎂📦🥂🍾🎈🎉

Und ja, der Kuchen sah auch schon mal besser aus. Bin aber seit 2 Wochen krank und gefühlt geht bei mir alles schief. 😬

Zack! 16 Jahre sind vergangen. Bin stolz auf meinen Junior. 😊

Die Gedanken sind frei…

One must admire the energythat @Andric1961 has put into this years April fools. Good one!

@alex_chenkov He likes big iron weapons for big bills. Nothing agile and cost efficient, and high effective all together. You guys know what to do, keep up the good work!

Dear Mr. Armin Papperger, CEO of Rheinmetall, When you referred to Ukrainian drone manufacturers as “Ukrainian housewives with 3D printers” you revealed just how deeply the European defense establishment still fails to understand the nature of modern warfare. This is not about emotion. It is about battlefield reality. Here are the facts your industry refuses to acknowledge: In 2025 alone, Ukrainian drones carried out 819,737 confirmed strikes. They caused 90 percent of all Russian combat losses, more than all other weapons systems combined. TAF alone produces up to 100к FPV drones monthly. In any given 90-day period, my company’s products alone achieve more confirmed strikes than your entire fleet of equipment has across its full combat history in every conflict. And most importantly, I built this company and achieved these results in two years, not fifty. Think about that. Our drones generate more kinetic effect in three months than your flagship platforms have in half a century. Why? Because the battlefield has changed, and your business model has not. •Russian electronic warfare has made GPS-guided Western munitions such as Excalibur and GMLRS nearly ineffective. •Expensive and complex systems designed for wars with air superiority and traditional peer-to-peer combat have become easy prey for drones costing $500, attacking them from above. •The cost-to-effect ratio has been turned upside down: one 120 mm Rheinmetall shell or one anti-tank missile costs more than a dozen of our drones, and yet our drones still win. This is not a “Lego game.” It is industrial Darwinism in real time. We iterate every week. We print parts in basements and ship 100к strike systems per month, while your engineers still require three to five years and hundreds of millions of euros in certification costs for even a minor upgrade. The war in Ukraine is not a temporary anomaly. It is the first true drone-industrial war. And it has already proven that outdated European platforms, no matter how expensive or “serious” they may seem, are becoming less and less relevant unless they integrate the very technologies you mock. So when you say, “this is not innovation,” I hear something else: “We do not want to admit that the future is being written in Ukrainian workshops, not in Düsseldorf boardrooms.” #MadeByHousewives is trending for a reason. Because these “housewives” destroy more enemy equipment every month than entire European armies do in full campaigns. And they do it while your industry continues to sell 20th-century solutions at 21st prices. The invitation remains open, Mr. Papperger. Stop laughing at the kitchen table. Come and learn how tomorrow’s war is actually being fought. Because the next time someone asks, “Who needs tanks in the age of drones?”, the answer may be simpler than you think: Whoever still believes in 1979 will lose to whoever is building in 2026. With respect, but with facts, Oleksandr Yakovenko “Ukrainian housewives” Founder TAF

@archer_rs They should send him there together qith Elmo on the first rocket. No return ticket.

The Whitehouse confirms it is the, "Wish of President Trump that the first human base on Mars be called Trump City".

@Steillagen You do you.

@arminauth Dunning K. eben nicht. Ich überschätzte meine Fähigkeiten nicht, während Bachmann das permanent tut.

Me, Dunning-Kruger and I:

@jaegerthomas2 Ich bin sicher man braucht die USA nicht, um an Öl zu kommen.

Nachdem er den Karren in den Dreck gefahren hat will er mit etwas anderem spielen.

Dicke Lippe über ukrainische Hausfrauen reißen, aber selbst nichts auf der Pfanne. Papperger macht sich lächerlich.

Große Versprechungen machen – dann aber nicht liefern: Das scheint sich bei Rheinmetall und CEO Armin Papperger gerade zum Muster zu entwickeln. @ChSchweppe hat im @sternde den neusten Fall seziert – die massive Verzögerung des Drohnenabwehrsystems Skyranger. stern.de/politik/drohne…

Watch til the end.

Energy security is national security. So einfach, so schwer. Nicht nur in Deutschland, auch in Australien. Für alle, die weiter von importierten fossilen Energien halluzinieren. thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/…

Trump is one of the most ridiculous idiots in U.S. history

@DanielaKluckert Don Promillo? Drei Promille für ein Halleluja?

Die #FDP braucht jemanden mit scharfem Profil und maximaler Aufmerksamkeit: Natürlich kann Wolfgang #Kubicki die FDP retten. faz.net/aktuell/politi…

Change is coming.

@TomTrebman Wollte keiner kaufen? Muss ja blendend laufen.

Die Entscheidung ist gefallen. Wir werden zum 31.12.2026 unser Unternehmen in Deutschland schließen, weil sich produzierende unternehmerische Tätigkeit in Deutschland außerhalb des staatlich alimentierten Sektors für uns nicht mehr lohnt. Mitarbeiter sind informiert.