Tyson Barker

homer simpson from the simpsons is standing in front of a shelf with stuffed animals and says d ' oh . ALT: homer simpson from the simpsons is standing in front of a shelf with stuffed animals and says d ' oh .

So, the acronym for the agency previously known as the Department of Defense should now be pronounces as follows:

Mark your calendars: We don't know what the 🇫🇷 govt will look like, but we do know that on Nov 18 🇩🇪 & 🇫🇷 will co-host a European Summit on Digital Sovereignty in Berlin. bmds.bund.de/aktuelles/pr....

Want to know Trump’s anchor posture on 🇺🇦 ? Where you stand is where you sit: his front bench is the VP Vance, Sec Rubio & his in-house Putin-Versteher, Witkoff - the same 3 he put in charge of security guarantees. Even meeting w the Ukrainians, his Ukr point, Kellogg, is 2nd row

“Root causes” defined = Ukraine as a democratic country independent from total Russian subservience. That is what “root causes” means. That’s what Putin wants to “address”. It’s as simple as that. No matter how clinical and academic “root causes” might sound.

That’s a bit of a cynical take. One of the tools in the tool box of heads of state is commanding attention economies- lord knows DJT has mastered it. This is the biggest sonic boom of political support - w back end implications about what they want to discuss in terms of security guarantees

Have you seen heads of state and govt align to travel en masse to DC to demonstrate their unity on an issue in your lifetime? I haven’t.

Incredible show of unity and force by Europe.

🗣️ Rebuilding Ukraine

Simon O'Connor in podcast conversation with @rebeccawire.bsky.social @tysonbarker.bsky.social & @eribakova.bsky.social on how the EU and international partners are helping to finance recovery and support reconstruction in a conflict zone.

🔗 Listen here: buff.ly/qK69HFK

Rebuilding Ukraine: international support, defence and recovery As Russia’s war on Ukraine continues, how are EU and international partners helping to finance recovery and support reconstruction in a conflict zone?

🎙️ Rebuilding Ukraine: international support, defence and recovery

@rebeccawire.bsky.social talks to @tysonbarker.bsky.social @eribakova.bsky.social & Simon O’Connor on the delicate balance between urgent wartime needs and planning for a resilient, post-war economy. #EconSky

Listen below:

What exactly is this cross branding supposed to mean? Is the chicken injected with acid?

So feiert Deutschland den ersten Veteranentag – DW – 14.06.2025 Gut zehn Millionen Männer und Frauen haben bisher in der Bundeswehr gedient. Sie werden am 15. Juni 2025 erstmals mit einem nationalen Veteranentag gewürdigt. In Berlin gibt es ein großes Bürgerfest.

Today is Germany's first Veterans Day. It's hard to underestimate the tectonic shifts that had to happen to bring about. In important milestone toward honoring & understanding the 🇩🇪 veteran experience. www.dw.com/de/so-feiert...

My interview with the Kyiv Post on what the Merz Washington visit could mean for Ukraine.

www.kyivpost.com/post/53764

My interview with the Kyiv Post on what the Merz Washington visit could mean for Ukraine.

www.kyivpost.com/post/53764

After returning from Russian captivity, the Ukrainian Defender learned that he had become a grandfather to a baby girl, Yaryna, who is three months old.

Look how his hands are shaking as he absorbs the news... Bless them.
#StayWithUkraine

📹: Mezha/Facebook

Schwache Landeswährung: Deutschland löst Japan als größter Gläubiger der Welt ab Erstmals seit 34 Jahren hat Deutschland Japan beim weltweiten Ranking der Nettoauslandsvermögen überholt. Der japanische Yen spielte dabei eine wichtige Rolle.

Germany has overtaken Japan as the world’s largestt crediter www.t-online.de/finanzen/akt...

Against the backdrop RU bombs & diplomatic bad faith, the 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 Reconstruction Investment Fund came into force today. As Mustafa Nayyem & I write in @lawfaremedia.org today, with it, the Trump Admin has now effectively taken an ownership stake in Ukraine’s success. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/char...

Against the backdrop RU bombs & diplomatic bad faith, the 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 Reconstruction Investment Fund came into force today. As Mustafa Nayyem & I write in @lawfaremedia.org today, with it, the Trump Admin has now effectively taken an ownership stake in Ukraine’s success. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/char...

I was U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. I resigned because of Trump's foreign policy. | Opinion I served in our country's foreign service for three decades. The Trump administration's Ukraine policy will make the U.S. less safe.

Former 🇺🇸 Amb Bridget writes why Trump’s Reset 5.0 policy amid Russia’s full scale invasion led her to resign from government service eu.freep.com/story/opinio...

Germany backs Donald Trump goal for Nato to spend 5% of GDP on defence Foreign minister signals Berlin will commit to 3.5% in ‘hard’ military spending and 1.5% for infrastructure by 2032

Of course the devil is in the details but we have to: 1) admire the ambition of the Merz govt & 2) ask whether Trump’s approach is more effective than the so-called Atlanticists (it seems like it is). Perhaps what the Euro-Atlantic relationship needs is indeed more hard ball. on.ft.com/3SAG3jU

News kompakt: Merz spricht Einladung an Trump aus – DW – 09.05.2025 Der neue Bundeskanzler hat ein erstes Telefonat mit dem US-Präsidenten geführt. Zum 80. Mal feiert Moskau den Sieg der Sowjetunion über Nazi-Deutschland. Das Wichtigste in Kürze.

Merz invited Trump visit to 🇩🇪. DJT only visited officially once in his 1st term, to Hamburg for the 2017 G20. my advice to 🇩🇪: think pomp & tradtion (ex. Potsdam or Bavaria) rather than the austere rickiticki modernity of Berlin’s govt quarter. Sounds stupid but matters www.dw.com/de/news-komp...

Funny. Because I have been thinking how much Trump’s approach to demolishing the dollar’s role in the global economic system reminds me of Truss-economics. In a nutshell: Use policy to decimate your credibility.

At SAIS in 2007, I took an 🇫🇷 politics class taught by Phil Gordon, about Mitterrand's warnings about the "Albanian economic model” - the isolated, protectionist, dictatorial, repressive state under Hoxha’s regime. It feels a bit like Trump took all the wrong lessons from the Albanian model.

On Berlin’s Savigny Platz. Couldn’t agree more.

For this “Liberation Day,” I liberated myself from Twitter. I also liberated myself from my remaining Tesla stock (had to sell low)

JD Vance defends Trump envoy who called Putin not a 'bad guy' Vice President JD Vance defended President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff on Monday after foreign policy experts protested his description of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Here's what Witkoff is: a billionaire 💰💰💰. That makes him a Trump admin “principal,” a net value based near-peer in Trump’s world. Other “principals” incl Bessent, Lutnick & Musk. Others- frmr Senators, generals, Congressmen - they’re staffers. Vance is a staffer. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Because they remember conscription of the post-Cold War period. There is a mental wall btw “conscription” (some training, zivildienst, gap year) and “conscription” (preparing and being compelled to fight in a hot war).

Les députés votent une résolution en faveur de l’Ukraine, le RN et son allié ciottiste s’abstiennent, LFI et les communistes votent contre Une résolution symbolique prévoyant notamment la saisie des avoirs russes pour aider Kiev a été largement adoptée mercredi. Mais le score est loin d’afficher l’union nationale que certains espéraient.

🇫🇷National Assembly voted 288 to 54 for a resolution to strengthen 🇺🇦 support & seize all frozen Russian assets. (All mainstream parties supported; La France Insoumise (LFI) & some Communist MPs voted against; The National Rally (RN) abstained) www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...

This bald eagle was 3-D printed in one of 🇺🇦 Skyfall's 27 factories by one of its 1K 3D printers - Europe’s largest 3D printer fleet. Skyfall is produces 7K large-scale bomber drones a month & 7K Vampire drones a day. This bald eagle was given to me in Nov 2024 in appreciation for 🇺🇸 assistance.

Germany is actively discussing the seizure of the full $300B corpus of the Russian sovereign assets #CafeKyiv

The option of caucusing with the Democrats - the only party in Congress that still cares about 🇺🇸 power, influence, & our allies in the world - remains immediately available to you, sir. After all, you swore an oath to country & Constitution.