Analysis
SIC commentator, Luís Ribeiro, makes aspeech analysis done this morning by Donald Trump, when many analysts predicted an announcement of war against Venezuela (which did not materialize). The President of the USA He previously took stock of the year, with harsh criticism of the Democrats and many promises.
American conservative television host and political analyst, but, after all, that’s not what happened.
Trump wanted to take stock of 2025 – in his own way – but, in the end, the The result was a “speech full of nothing, full of nonsense”according to the analysis of SIC commentator Luís Ribeiro.
What did the North American head of state say then? One At a time when the population is living in poverty with the rising cost of food, housing, public services and other basic goods, Trump blamed his predecessor, Joe Biden, for all the challenges facing the economy.
Luís Ribeiro considers that the US President’s statements regarding to the economy are “nonsense” and explains why: “He says things like ‘we managed to attract 18 trillion in investment’ which is complete nonsense. The total GDP of the United States is 30 trillionso this would correspond to more than half of American GDP.”
He also adds that the announcement of medicine price drops of around 500% and 600% are also “nonsense”.
“Anyone who has completed primary education knows that this is not possible, I mean, It doesn’t make sense, from a mathematical point of view“, says the commentator.
Drop in popularity causing Trump “panic”?
From Luís Ribeiro’s perspective, this entire speech reveals “a Donald Trump panic” who “has seen your popularity collapses.”
“Just yesterday [quarta-feira]a poll by Fox News, which is a television channel that is highly favorable to him, to say the least, showed in a poll that only 39% of Americans were in agreement with the way he has managed the country’s destinies, while 59% were in disagreement, that is, he has a negative popularity of 20 percentage points. This is disastrous for Trump after 11 months in office,” he says.
Donald Trump he can having left in plain sight the concern that has haunted him: that of seeing the Republican Party and the American people “slip through your fingers”.
According to Luís Ribeiro, this was “a speech that, by saying nothing, said everything”.
To thaw or not to thaw Russian assets?
This Thursday the European Council is taking place in Brussels and there are decisions to be taken, namely, whether to unfreeze Russian assets or issue debt, everything to try to help Ukraine financially not only defend itself but also rebuild itself.
Luís Ribeiro warns of what is happening for this decision to be disregarded. In question, threats from Russian military intelligence services to Belgian rulers.
“Quoting Friedrich Merz, the German Chancellor, it seems to me that there is some [hipótese de se chegar a acordo]… He says he has a 50/50 chance of passing a deal at this meeting. I would say he is being optimistic“, he begins by explaining.
This is because, on one side there will be a “blockade of Hungary and probably Slovakia”, something that “is already more than guaranteed” and “using Russian assets will be opposed by Belgium and probably Italy”.
“Belgium, apparently, according to news that has now come out based on European intelligence services, the governments themselves, the Belgian politicians themselves, in addition to the administrators of Euroclear, the institution where these Russian funds are frozen, are apparently receiving threats from Russian military intelligence services. This is very serious. Not only do we have a hybrid war across Europe that is being triggered by Russia, but now we already have these mafia methods of the Russian State, which are already going so far as to directly threaten European politicians”, points out the commentator.
Based on this, Luís Ribeiro considers it “very difficult” to reach an agreement.
