Dr. Jack Rasmus

#Zelensky says he's going to Istanbul. To meet with Putin (who's not going)? With the Russian delegation that is going there? Neither. He's going and won't meet with either, in order to force Trump to implement more sanctions on Russia

#Taxes want to understand the details & objectives of Trump's $4T tax policy now taken up by Congress? Check out my last friday's Alternative Vision show's discussion at alternativevisions.podbean.com/e/alternative-…

@ProfSteveKeen Periodically academic econ departments are purged of dissenting views whether heterodox, marxist, or whatever to make sure the ideological function of mainstream economics is maintained. Its function too important for legitimizing pro corp policy, legislation, public miseducation

This is why I've given up on the University sector for economics education. Marketing-oriented administrations undermine diversity in economics, without being aware that they end up replacing innovation with conformity to a Flat-Earth economic paradigm.

#Trump foreign & domestic policy in a nutshell: if you don't know where you're going, you can be sure you'll never get there!

#Trump In 1953 Eisenhower simply said 'that's it' no more war in Korea & it ended; in 1973 Nixon said 'US has done enough' & Vietnam war ended; in 2025 Trump said he'd end Ukraine war in 100 days. No end in sight. The difference? Since 1990s Neocons & Deep State run US war policy

#Rubio on Sunday, after Trump's Truth Social 5-10 post, confirms US is in agreement with EU that Russia must agree to ceasefire first; that it's just Trump shooting off on Truth Social. US in full agreement with EU and Ukraine. In short: US position divided & flip flopping

#Trump On his 'Truth Social' posts Saturday predict big Ukraine war breakthrough set May 15 in Istanbul. Says Ukraine should meet without ''ceasefire first" pre-condition (contradicting simultaneous statements by his rep Kellogg, supporting Zelensky, & EU saying ceasefire first)

#Ukrainewar won't end until US signs separate deal with Russia, pulls all support & forces the deal on Ukraine and EU after the fact. Ukraine will never negotiate with Russia (just as So. Vietnam refused to negotiate to the very end of the Vietnam war). Ukraine law says he can't.

#Trump is the 'Pancake President'! He flip flops depending on whoever gets his ear last. So he vacillates on Ukraine war, minerals deal, tariffs, and I predict will again on the pending Tax-Spending Budget bill in Congress (and its $1.1T in working class tax cuts).

So far Trump siding with Rubio, Kellogg, EU, neocons and Zelensky, and not following Witkoff, Vance and others

#Istanbul Ukraine war negotiations meeting set for May 15. Zelensky says he'll go only if Putin does too(won't happen). Russia will send delegation anyway. EU leaders meeting in Kiev claim Trump is on their team. EU & US neocons all agree ceasefire first. Will Ukraine attend?

#UkraineWar Some history: US & So. Vietnam started negotiations with N. Vietnam/Vietcong in Paris Oct '72 on ending Vietnam war. No side demanded ceasefire first. Preliminary accords Jan. '73 but final deal not until Dec. 73. A US-N. Vietnam accord, later US forced on S. Vietnam

#Tariffs Latest on trade war with China: Trump agrees to cut tariffs on China imports to the USA by 30%. In return China agrees to cut tariffs on US goods to China by only 10% for 90 days. Some trade war! (If it is, China's winning as Trump does another big retreat)

#UkraineWar Just minutes ago Zelensky REPORTEDLY agreed to meet with Putin in Istanbul, the offer made by Putin yesterday. This is all beginning to look like a well orchestrated political dance, in the wake of Trump's concessions to Zelensky on the Minerals deal, (as I predicted)

Russia position: negotiations to reach a ceasefire, not before

#UkraineWar Heads of France, UK, Germany visiting Kiev today. Rumors of 30 day ceasefire possible, extending Russia 3 day ceasefire. But ceasefire on whose terms? Will NATO continue arming Ukraine & Ukraine move troops to the front? Or negotiations during ceasefire(Russia)

#Trump in interview with US mainstream media today Trump declares Russia wants all of Ukraine therefore Russia must leave all of Ukraine, including east it now occupies. That's Zelensky's position (& Lindsey Graham's). Trump now embraces US neocons' position. Ukraine now his war

#UkraineWar what we see unfolding now is the EU/Ukraine's plan of 3 weeks ago (before Trump's Kellogg Plan) to freeze the conflict in order to rearm Ukraine and play for time, now that Trump's Kellogg Plan collapsed 2 weeks ago.

Trump/EU strategy has always been to 'freeze the conflict' with their idea of ceasefire-i.e. the Kellogg Plan by another name.

#Europe Macron declares EU will keep arming Ukraine & US/EU threaten new severe sanctions on Russia if it doesn't agree to NATO ceasefire terms by 5-12-25 (i.e. Russia must stop fighting while EU rearms Ukraine). Meanwhile EU creates war crimes tribunals targeting Russia leaders

#UkraineWar Putin offers Ukraine/NATO to restart negotiations in Istanbul-anticipating new EU/US ceasefire initiative announcement to slow Russia military gains on the ground. So what's next: Minsk III or Istanbul II?