@ianbremmer.com
president of @eurasiagroup.net and @gzeromedia.com political scientist, author. if you're not following some people you dislike, you're doing it wrong. i'm happy to help.
@ianbremmer.comright now its more expensive to hire a tanker from the usa to china ($80 million) than to launch a rocket into space ($74 million), per gibson shipbrokers
@ianbremmer.compresident trump’s response to record diesel prices: buy more diesel from russia. biggest slap to the ukrainians since the us (briefly) suspended intelligence last year.
@ianbremmer.comthe 130 million people cut from india’s voter rolls is (roughly) equal to… - the entire population of mexico - four californias - thirteen swedens - twenty-six new zealands - one hundred estonias
@ianbremmer.combrazilian election in four maps
@ianbremmer.comamericans want ai governance. why don’t their leaders?
@ianbremmer.comnine iranian strikes on hormuz tankers in october so far, already over half the september total (13) iran looking to regain lost leverage as mideast oil flows rebound (and its own exports remain blockaded)
@ianbremmer.computin celebrating his birthday in classic fashion: bombing civilians
@ianbremmer.commedia assets now owned by david ellison: cbs cnn hbo paramount+ tnt mtv tcm showtime adult swim dc studios nickelodeon comedy central cartoon network (and don’t forget his dad bought tiktok too)
@ianbremmer.comamericans are some of the most negative people in the world on ai.
not because they fear the technology.
because they don't trust the people running it.
@ianbremmer.comgaza landscape, three years after oct 7
@ianbremmer.comthree years after the deadliest attack in israel’s history (and three weeks before elections): netanyahu continues to campaign as the nation’s protector… we’ll see soon whether israeli voters still buy it
@ianbremmer.commideast oil exports versus avg. diesel prices in 2026
@ianbremmer.comtrump’s net favorability w/ europeans: denmark: -91% (seems high) germany: -78% italy: -76% uk: -75% spain: -74% france: -67%
@ianbremmer.compolice clash w/ students protesting for education funding in france over 5k detained so far this week (87% minors) pc: jeremias gonzalez
@ianbremmer.comyesterday: houthis reportedly strike saudi arabia’s east-west pipeline (again) today: saudi-backed yemeni forces retake bab el-mandeb strait after launching new “dawn of yemen” offensive
@ianbremmer.comtrump once again confusing antarctica with greenland (no penguins in greenland unless he’s shippin ‘em in)
@ianbremmer.comsecuring amnesty for papa jair bolsonaro is now the full-time family business… jair’s wife and son: now elected senators jair’s other son and brother: now elected federal deputies and, of course, flavio (son): won first-round of presidential elections, v likely to be brazil’s next president…
@ianbremmer.combrazilians don't love either candidate.
but they hate the status quo more.
@ianbremmer.comamericans’ trust in supreme court at record lows (following rulings on third-country deportation, voter id, ballroom construction, etc)
@ianbremmer.comstates w/ key senate races + corresponding diesel $/gal increase since iran war began
nebraska: +98%
ohio: +93%
michigan: +93%
kansas: +92%
iowa: +92%
texas: +91%
north carolina: +81%
minnesota: +79%
georgia: +75%
alaska: +75%
florida: +73%
new hampshire: +68%
maine: +64%
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