Dmitry Grozoubinski
@explaintrade.com
Author of Why Politicians Lie About Trade | Trade and Negotiations Explainer. Forever D&D DM.
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🇺🇦 Born. 🇦🇺 Raised. 🇨🇭 Based.
Media and training: explaintrade.com
Consultancy network: auroramacro.com
Speaking representation: cwgspeakers.com
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Dmitry Grozoubinski
@explaintrade.com
· Apr 28
Why Politicians Lie About Trade: ...and What You Need to Know About It
Amazon.com: Why Politicians Lie About Trade: ...and What You Need to Know About It (Audible Audio Edition): Dmitry Grozoubinski, Christopher Tester, Canbury Press Ltd: Books
www.amazon.com
The audiobook version of Why Politicians Lie About Trade seems to be out in the wild!
Read by the excellent Christopher Tester (www.christophertester.co.uk), it is delivered with more gravitas than I could have ever managed.
www.amazon.com/Why-Politici...
Read by the excellent Christopher Tester (www.christophertester.co.uk), it is delivered with more gravitas than I could have ever managed.
www.amazon.com/Why-Politici...
There are going to be limits to what you can make other countries do by threatening to tax your own citizen's purchases of their products.
I believe handing over entire territories falls well beyond those limits.
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I believe handing over entire territories falls well beyond those limits.
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January 17, 2026 at 5:09 PM
There are going to be limits to what you can make other countries do by threatening to tax your own citizen's purchases of their products.
I believe handing over entire territories falls well beyond those limits.
🤷♂️
I believe handing over entire territories falls well beyond those limits.
🤷♂️
1/ Something which I don't think gets articulated clearly often enough is that a system where countries generally respect international sovereignty and territorial integrity is not pure charity or morality by the United States, but in its direct interests.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
January 17, 2026 at 10:24 AM
1/ Something which I don't think gets articulated clearly often enough is that a system where countries generally respect international sovereignty and territorial integrity is not pure charity or morality by the United States, but in its direct interests.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
Fascinating theory of international sovereignty Stephen, but I think I've heard it before and the Great Khan was more charismatic in his delivery.
January 17, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Fascinating theory of international sovereignty Stephen, but I think I've heard it before and the Great Khan was more charismatic in his delivery.
Explain to me how this would happen.
The fucking mechanics of it. Explain them to me.
Russia or China, storming the beaches of an EU and NATO member state terrotiry which includes a fucking US military base on it in a take and hold maneuver a bazillion miles from their nearest supply lines?
The fucking mechanics of it. Explain them to me.
Russia or China, storming the beaches of an EU and NATO member state terrotiry which includes a fucking US military base on it in a take and hold maneuver a bazillion miles from their nearest supply lines?
January 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Explain to me how this would happen.
The fucking mechanics of it. Explain them to me.
Russia or China, storming the beaches of an EU and NATO member state terrotiry which includes a fucking US military base on it in a take and hold maneuver a bazillion miles from their nearest supply lines?
The fucking mechanics of it. Explain them to me.
Russia or China, storming the beaches of an EU and NATO member state terrotiry which includes a fucking US military base on it in a take and hold maneuver a bazillion miles from their nearest supply lines?
Really good to see mainstream coverage of how under this administration US government federal agencies are poasting on socials like they're 4chan obsessed TikTok interns farming retweets for the 3rd Reich.
Our look at the Trump administration memes, words, and imagery experts find disturbingly evocative
Part one:
www.instagram.com/reel/DTktaXe...
Part one:
www.instagram.com/reel/DTktaXe...
jaketapper on Instagram: "Part 1 of our look into some of the Trump administration memes and imagery being criticized as disturbing"
Part 1 of our look into some of the Trump administration memes and imagery being criticized as disturbing
www.instagram.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Really good to see mainstream coverage of how under this administration US government federal agencies are poasting on socials like they're 4chan obsessed TikTok interns farming retweets for the 3rd Reich.
February 2026: United States Atlantic Fleet invades Greenland claiming the island was trying to run them over.
January 16, 2026 at 11:01 AM
February 2026: United States Atlantic Fleet invades Greenland claiming the island was trying to run them over.
Political pundit class in the United Kingdom yearns for the days when every story could be a no-facts-only-vibes "what does <latest thing> mean for the political fortunes of Boris Johnson?" blag, and actively resents the way complicated events in the outside world keep pushing them to do real work.
This intro to David Frost's Telegraph column sums up so much that is wrong with British politics.
January 16, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Political pundit class in the United Kingdom yearns for the days when every story could be a no-facts-only-vibes "what does <latest thing> mean for the political fortunes of Boris Johnson?" blag, and actively resents the way complicated events in the outside world keep pushing them to do real work.
Given how anxious modern kids must be with everything going on, a responsible government would issue thoughtful, comprehensive guidance for parents confronting the incredibly difficult task of having to explain to their frightened and confused children what a "Robert Jenrick" is.
January 15, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Given how anxious modern kids must be with everything going on, a responsible government would issue thoughtful, comprehensive guidance for parents confronting the incredibly difficult task of having to explain to their frightened and confused children what a "Robert Jenrick" is.
Kemi being the absolute last person on earth to realise the obvious about Jenrick and still somehow not being as slow on the uptake as Trump is regarding Putin?
January 15, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Kemi being the absolute last person on earth to realise the obvious about Jenrick and still somehow not being as slow on the uptake as Trump is regarding Putin?
To watch:
For 25 years the US has had a scheme whereby most African products enter the US tariff free (provided they can handle the compliance bureaucracy).
Normally extending this is a bipartisan no-brainer, but... -waves hands-
House just passed extention.
www.cnbcafrica.com/2026/us-hous...
For 25 years the US has had a scheme whereby most African products enter the US tariff free (provided they can handle the compliance bureaucracy).
Normally extending this is a bipartisan no-brainer, but... -waves hands-
House just passed extention.
www.cnbcafrica.com/2026/us-hous...
US House approves Africa trade program extension, sends bill to Senate
Jan 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Monday that would renew Washington’s preferential trade program for some African countries through 2028. The House approved the ex...
www.cnbcafrica.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:01 AM
To watch:
For 25 years the US has had a scheme whereby most African products enter the US tariff free (provided they can handle the compliance bureaucracy).
Normally extending this is a bipartisan no-brainer, but... -waves hands-
House just passed extention.
www.cnbcafrica.com/2026/us-hous...
For 25 years the US has had a scheme whereby most African products enter the US tariff free (provided they can handle the compliance bureaucracy).
Normally extending this is a bipartisan no-brainer, but... -waves hands-
House just passed extention.
www.cnbcafrica.com/2026/us-hous...
Hmm, interesting.
Are we now going to get 10,000 scoldy opeds about how Trump and the Republicans must win back disaffected young women by abandoning all previously held positions, embracing woke, and guest staring on @transplanarrpg.bsky.social?
Are we now going to get 10,000 scoldy opeds about how Trump and the Republicans must win back disaffected young women by abandoning all previously held positions, embracing woke, and guest staring on @transplanarrpg.bsky.social?
Enten: "Trump has just fallen off a cliff when it comes to Gen Z. Trump's net approval in February of 2025 was +10. It's a drop of 42 points to -32. My goodness gracious."
January 14, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Hmm, interesting.
Are we now going to get 10,000 scoldy opeds about how Trump and the Republicans must win back disaffected young women by abandoning all previously held positions, embracing woke, and guest staring on @transplanarrpg.bsky.social?
Are we now going to get 10,000 scoldy opeds about how Trump and the Republicans must win back disaffected young women by abandoning all previously held positions, embracing woke, and guest staring on @transplanarrpg.bsky.social?
1. "These women are insufficiently worried that federal agents may hurt them," is a revealing complaint.
2. Every woman I know is like a fucking deep space probe with senses ceaselessly attuned to detecting potential male violence.
3. Your lads stormed Congress confident no one would hurt them.
2. Every woman I know is like a fucking deep space probe with senses ceaselessly attuned to detecting potential male violence.
3. Your lads stormed Congress confident no one would hurt them.
Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
January 14, 2026 at 11:07 AM
1. "These women are insufficiently worried that federal agents may hurt them," is a revealing complaint.
2. Every woman I know is like a fucking deep space probe with senses ceaselessly attuned to detecting potential male violence.
3. Your lads stormed Congress confident no one would hurt them.
2. Every woman I know is like a fucking deep space probe with senses ceaselessly attuned to detecting potential male violence.
3. Your lads stormed Congress confident no one would hurt them.
POV: You are @iandunt.bsky.social, listening to me explain comic books to you with absolute confidence based on my having kind of sort of heard of them before.
"We want to make Star Trek real," said Elon Musk.
"We want to make Starfleet Academy real so that it's not always science fiction, but one day the science fiction turns to science fact."
"We want to make Starfleet Academy real so that it's not always science fiction, but one day the science fiction turns to science fact."
January 14, 2026 at 8:43 AM
POV: You are @iandunt.bsky.social, listening to me explain comic books to you with absolute confidence based on my having kind of sort of heard of them before.
To whom it may concern, for it certainly does not concern me...
January 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
To whom it may concern, for it certainly does not concern me...
I had a joke about how if Marvel really wanted to impress milennial geeks like me by resurrecting something for the next Avengers, they'd bring back Firefly.
Then I remembered... the unpleasantness.
Then I remembered... the unpleasantness.
a cat with a sad look on its face is laying down on a yellow blanket
Alt: a cat with a sad look on its face is laying down on a yellow blanket
media.tenor.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
I had a joke about how if Marvel really wanted to impress milennial geeks like me by resurrecting something for the next Avengers, they'd bring back Firefly.
Then I remembered... the unpleasantness.
Then I remembered... the unpleasantness.
Three thoughts:
1. This does not play the way they think it does.
2. Their brains are so microwaved by Twitter that they are incapable of seeing it.
3. Even if they could see it, their no-apologies-no-admissions philosophy is so rigid they'd struggle to course correct.
1. This does not play the way they think it does.
2. Their brains are so microwaved by Twitter that they are incapable of seeing it.
3. Even if they could see it, their no-apologies-no-admissions philosophy is so rigid they'd struggle to course correct.
Bovino on the officer who killed Renee Good: "Hats off to that ICE agent"
January 13, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Three thoughts:
1. This does not play the way they think it does.
2. Their brains are so microwaved by Twitter that they are incapable of seeing it.
3. Even if they could see it, their no-apologies-no-admissions philosophy is so rigid they'd struggle to course correct.
1. This does not play the way they think it does.
2. Their brains are so microwaved by Twitter that they are incapable of seeing it.
3. Even if they could see it, their no-apologies-no-admissions philosophy is so rigid they'd struggle to course correct.
Women protesters are "wine moms".
Student protesters are "ANTIFA".
Protesters of color are "thugs."
The only legitimate protester is a divorced father with no visitation rights, three domestic violence convictions, four AR-15s and a MAGA hat, storming Congress over something he read on Stormfront.
Student protesters are "ANTIFA".
Protesters of color are "thugs."
The only legitimate protester is a divorced father with no visitation rights, three domestic violence convictions, four AR-15s and a MAGA hat, storming Congress over something he read on Stormfront.
January 13, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Women protesters are "wine moms".
Student protesters are "ANTIFA".
Protesters of color are "thugs."
The only legitimate protester is a divorced father with no visitation rights, three domestic violence convictions, four AR-15s and a MAGA hat, storming Congress over something he read on Stormfront.
Student protesters are "ANTIFA".
Protesters of color are "thugs."
The only legitimate protester is a divorced father with no visitation rights, three domestic violence convictions, four AR-15s and a MAGA hat, storming Congress over something he read on Stormfront.
A lot of people dunking on this, but you try finding room to the right of Reform!
Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45
January 13, 2026 at 8:54 AM
A lot of people dunking on this, but you try finding room to the right of Reform!
I genuinely believe that one of the key factors keeping the wheels at least somewhat on the Trump Train (and keeping defectors from jumping off it) is that the markets are going strong.
Not sure if going after Fed Independence is enough to change that, but on paper at least it's a good start.
Not sure if going after Fed Independence is enough to change that, but on paper at least it's a good start.
January 12, 2026 at 1:50 PM
I genuinely believe that one of the key factors keeping the wheels at least somewhat on the Trump Train (and keeping defectors from jumping off it) is that the markets are going strong.
Not sure if going after Fed Independence is enough to change that, but on paper at least it's a good start.
Not sure if going after Fed Independence is enough to change that, but on paper at least it's a good start.
British public can rest easy knowing that Ofcom, known for its bravery, responsiveness, and huge penalties is on the case when it comes to X.
Leaping into action by launching an investigation mere weeks after non-consensual deepfake pornography flooded the site sparks a lot of confidence.
Leaping into action by launching an investigation mere weeks after non-consensual deepfake pornography flooded the site sparks a lot of confidence.
January 12, 2026 at 11:24 AM
British public can rest easy knowing that Ofcom, known for its bravery, responsiveness, and huge penalties is on the case when it comes to X.
Leaping into action by launching an investigation mere weeks after non-consensual deepfake pornography flooded the site sparks a lot of confidence.
Leaping into action by launching an investigation mere weeks after non-consensual deepfake pornography flooded the site sparks a lot of confidence.
This is also the type of commentator for whom the number one priority isn't a horror occuring, but the idea that someone, somewhere, might a touch too hyperbolic in how they charecterize it.
"Why your gaping knife wound isn't actually like getting shot, by Dude in the New York Times" ad infinitum.
"Why your gaping knife wound isn't actually like getting shot, by Dude in the New York Times" ad infinitum.
There is no attitude for which legacy journalists are more often rewarded by their bosses than "Everybody needs to calm down." It is a preening announcement that you are the adult in the room, immune from emotion or overreaction or "hysteria." And it is the worst imaginable priority for this era. >
January 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
This is also the type of commentator for whom the number one priority isn't a horror occuring, but the idea that someone, somewhere, might a touch too hyperbolic in how they charecterize it.
"Why your gaping knife wound isn't actually like getting shot, by Dude in the New York Times" ad infinitum.
"Why your gaping knife wound isn't actually like getting shot, by Dude in the New York Times" ad infinitum.
The death penalty: the ultimate censure.
To be reserved for high treason, premeditated murders that shock the conscience, and of course for those mildly inconveniencing or in any way emasculating a federal agent.
To be reserved for high treason, premeditated murders that shock the conscience, and of course for those mildly inconveniencing or in any way emasculating a federal agent.
January 10, 2026 at 7:18 PM
The death penalty: the ultimate censure.
To be reserved for high treason, premeditated murders that shock the conscience, and of course for those mildly inconveniencing or in any way emasculating a federal agent.
To be reserved for high treason, premeditated murders that shock the conscience, and of course for those mildly inconveniencing or in any way emasculating a federal agent.
If your favourite bar is suddenly full of perverts and paedophiles your options are:
1. Complain to management.
❌️ He loves it.
2. Complain to government.
❓️Maybe but Trump, or scared of Trump.
3. Leave.
✅️
It is not to keep hanging out there in the hopes your puppy dog eyes will reform them.
1. Complain to management.
❌️ He loves it.
2. Complain to government.
❓️Maybe but Trump, or scared of Trump.
3. Leave.
✅️
It is not to keep hanging out there in the hopes your puppy dog eyes will reform them.
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
www.independent.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 2:51 PM
If your favourite bar is suddenly full of perverts and paedophiles your options are:
1. Complain to management.
❌️ He loves it.
2. Complain to government.
❓️Maybe but Trump, or scared of Trump.
3. Leave.
✅️
It is not to keep hanging out there in the hopes your puppy dog eyes will reform them.
1. Complain to management.
❌️ He loves it.
2. Complain to government.
❓️Maybe but Trump, or scared of Trump.
3. Leave.
✅️
It is not to keep hanging out there in the hopes your puppy dog eyes will reform them.
... and, thanks to Twitter's monetization rewards program, making and distributing deepfake porn of you and your kids is now restricted to those with a direct financial incentive to make it go viral to juice their engagement stats.
Huzzuh!
Huzzuh!
ladies, it's ok because only paying subscribers can make/distribute deepfake porn of you and your children now www.ft.com/content/c24d...
Elon Musk’s xAI restricts Grok after outcry over sexualised images
Start-up limits use of image generation system to paid users following spread of deepfakes and child sex abuse material
www.ft.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:38 AM
... and, thanks to Twitter's monetization rewards program, making and distributing deepfake porn of you and your kids is now restricted to those with a direct financial incentive to make it go viral to juice their engagement stats.
Huzzuh!
Huzzuh!