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Teslas Auslieferungen sind im ersten Quartal 2025 weltweit um 13 % eingebrochen.

Besonders stark traf es den #Absatz in #Europa und #China. Kritik am politischen Engagement von Elon #Musk – etwa seine Nähe zu #Trump und zur #AfD – sorgt international für Boykottaufrufe und beschädigt das #Markenimage.

Der #Aktienkurs ist erneut unter Druck.

zdf.de/nachrichten/wirtschaft/

ZDFheute · Tesla: Absatz nach Musk-Kritik weltweit eingebrochenBy ZDFheute
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🧵 2/2: Apparently this has been known since... 2019. Cue damning #NYT article showing that #Navarro using the #RonVara anagram was more than "an inside joke": he used it in a Washington memo to convince #Trump "to proceed with the next round of tariffs on $160bn of Chinese goods": "sent from an email address purportedly belonging to Ron Vara, the memo highlights public commentary in favor of keeping the pressure on #China with more #tariffs"

nytimes.com/2019/12/11/us/poli (use paywall remover if nec.)

Peter Navarro, a senior trade adviser to President Trump, has repeatedly cited Ron Vara, a fictional character, as a China expert in his writings.
The New York Times · Ron Vara, A.K.A. Peter Navarro, Highlights Case for More China TariffsBy Alan Rappeport

Russia didn't just start laughing at us, moron.

"GOP Rep Slams Trump For Firing NSA Director: 'Russia And China Are Laughing At Us'"

huffpost.com/entry/trump-timot

"President Donald Trump fired multiple officials after a closed-door meeting with far-right activist Laura Loomer."

HuffPost · GOP Rep Slams Trump For Firing NSA Director: 'Russia And China Are Laughing At Us'By Marco Margaritoff

Chinese scientists develop world's most complex 1-nanometre thick 2D semiconductor chip with 5,900 transistors.

The chip built on the open-source RISC-V architecture, can execute programs containing up to 1 billion RISC instructions.

The chip is now preparing to enter pilot-scale production, with around 70% of its fabrication steps able to be integrated into existing silicon-based production lines.

scmp.com/news/china/science/ar (archive.ph/3rXEI)

South China Morning Post · World’s first 1-nanometre RISC-V chip made in China with 2D materialsChina’s chip industry has reached a major milestone after scientists developed the world’s most complex semiconductor microprocessor.

#China has 4 military bases outside China; Russia has 13. The #USA
has over 750 military bases across 80 countries (including 9 in the
Middle East)
Sources:
Blum, W. (2014) Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II. p470. Zed Books.
Vine, D et al (2021) Drawdown: Improving U.S. and Global Security Through Military Base Closures
Abroad. The Quincy Institute for responsible Statecraft quincyinst.org/research/drawdo

Quincy Institute for Responsible StatecraftDrawdown: Improving U.S. and Global Security Through Military Base Closures AbroadThe Biden administration should heed growing demands across the political spectrum to close overseas bases and pursue a strategy of drawing down the U.S. military posture abroad, bringing troops home, and building up the country’s diplomatic posture and alliances.