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David P. Goldman
@davidpgoldman
Senior Advisor, Policy Planning Staff of the US State Department. Former Deputy Editor of Asia Times and head of debt research at Bank of America.
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    David P. Goldman
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    Aug 1, 2022
    Just so it's clear: Pelosi is Constitutionally 2nd in line to POTUS, so this is a state visit from the standpoint of diplomatic protocol. That, as a former US UN ambassador told me, is a clear violation of the '72 Shanghai Communique. That's why China will respond.
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    David P. Goldman
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    Feb 24, 2022
    Let's say we elect a president who wants to get out of forever wars and get along with Russia. The Deep State and the media unleash a massive disinformation campaign, and drive him from office. His successor is a fanatical NATO-expander. You're Putin: What conclusion do you draw?
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    David P. Goldman
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    Feb 18, 2022
    Breaking: German press uncovers smoking-gun document from 1991 proving that Russia was promised no expansion of NATO eastwards in return for German reunification. This is all over German media -- haven't seen it elsewhere, yet.
    Nato-Osterweiterung: Archivfund bestätigt Sicht der Russen - WELT
    From welt.de
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    David P. Goldman
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    Jun 21, 2024
    The US spent $6 trillion to export democracy. China spent $2 trillion to build infrastructure. Despite many missteps, China's program broadly succeeded, while the US program has been a catastrophic failure. Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia now want to join the BRICS group. The
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    David P. Goldman
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    Aug 5, 2024
    Biden's running a deficit of 6.2% of GDP during an economic expansion to bribe constituencies and goose demand. That's the source of the bubble that's now popping. It's Biden inflation and Biden bust.
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    David P. Goldman
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    Jun 18, 2024
    Game this: China blockades Taiwan, and gas supplies run out in 3 weeks--no more power. The US blockades Chinese trade via the Strait of Malacca (keeping a 1,000 distance from China's coast). China blockades South Korea and Japan (which import virtually all energy). China produces
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    David P. Goldman
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    Feb 18, 2024
    Russia's 7:1 advantage in arms production over combined NATO is a big accomplishment. In part it is due to a reshaping of global trade and finance flows in response to US sanctions. China's exports to Russia tripled, while Turkey and the former Soviet republics are reexporting
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    David P. Goldman
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    Oct 31, 2022
    The drones Russia mass-produces on license from Iran have a plywood frame, a $50 Chinese 2-stroke engine, a simple pneumatic launcher, and $100 of electronics. Costliest item is the 50kg of high explosive.
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    David P. Goldman
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    Apr 3, 2024
    What triggers so many Muslims isn't the death count in Gaza--the ratio of civilian/terrorist dead is lower than in Mosul 2016-17 (11k dead). That was Muslims (Iraqi Army under US direction) killing Muslims, and they didn't complain. Gaza is not a slaughter but a humiliation. They
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    David P. Goldman
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    Feb 26, 2024
    When the dust settles, Ukraine will be a hollowed-out shell, and the masterminds of this misadventure will still have their government and think tank jobs. Being the Establishment means never having to say you're sorry.
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    David P. Goldman
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    Oct 22, 2023
    Replying to @1984JZBJ
    Rape and murder of Arab women? Show me a single instance. Hamas posted the video as a psy-0p. You have to be a moral imbecile to draw an equivalence.
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    David P. Goldman
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    Feb 27, 2022
    Remember: Putin proposed Minsk II, which kept Ukraine sovereignty. Berlin and Paris backed it, but they couldn't persuade Washington to get on board. Kiev agreed, then balked with a nudge from Blinken. Russia won't trust the Europeans for a long time. That leaves Beijing.
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    David P. Goldman
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    Feb 5, 2023
    China has at least 68 spy satellites with advanced optics. It has 2,000 missiles that can hit anything on the surface out to 1,000 miles or more. It has 1,000 4th and 5th generation fighters. We're worked up about a balloon? Explain this to me.
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    David P. Goldman
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    Oct 16, 2023
    Israeli diplomat in the Persian Gulf says, "The message we're getting from the Saudis and Emiratis is, 'Waste them' [Hamas]."
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