At 250 feet tall, Trump's arch would be the biggest such structure in the world. Asked last fall what this modern-day arch was meant to commemorate, Trump pointed to himself and replied, “Me.” @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
If this is winning, I'd hate to see what losing looks like...
my new column on Trump's Iran-war folly: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
My new column:
NEW: Trump accepted $37m worth of donated steel for his WH ballroom project from the Luxembourg-based company ArcelorMittal.
Days later, the WH made adjustments to Trump's tariffs that could benefit ArcelorMittal.
This is from @peterbakernyt.bsky.social and @sbg1.bsky.social and bears re-reading when thinking about civil-military relations with Trump as president.
As someone who teaches civil-military relations I kinda hate this advice in the abstract, but under the circumstances I hope Caine is familiar with the advice Robert Gates gave Milley in the last months of Trump I.
Is the media sane-washing a mad president ? @lionelbarber.bsky.social and I are joined by @sbg1.bsky.social to discuss how to cover an unstable world leader www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/med...?
Sometimes you have to hear it plainly, and @sbg1.bsky.social stated it plainly in @newyorker.com’s The Political Scene podcast: “Donald Trump is a rogue president, and he has now made the United States of America a rogue superpower.” (Apr 3 episode, a good listen www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...)
"Nineteen minutes long, that address was from the White House. It really was basically a 19-minute-long Truth Social post instead of a meaningful strategy for why [Trump has] taken such a consequential decision that has plunged the global economy into turmoil," said @sbg1.bsky.social.
Trump’s comments about the war in Iran have been contradictory, confusing, or outright false. Last night’s speech was no exception, @sbg1.bsky.social writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/M2ikVY
Trump’s case for war fails to mention how to win it…
My new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Trump has always wanted to end NATO. Is the Iran war giving him the pretext for the breakup he's long dreamed of?
my new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
When it comes to NATO, Trump sounds like "a man whose next call might be to his divorce lawyer," writes @sbg1.bsky.social. For a decade he has been looking for a pretext to break up with the allies and it looks like the Iran war may be it. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Argo F--- Yourself, Trump...
quite the piece from the writer of the movie Argo on how and why America in the Middle East just never learns: airmail.news/issues/2026-...
Pentagon Sends Marine Expeditionary Unit to Middle East By Lara Seligman The Pentagon is moving a Marine expeditionary unit to the Middle East, as Iran steps up its attacks on the Strait of Hormuz, according to two U.S. officials. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved a request from U.S. Central Command, responsible for American forces in the Middle East, for the expeditionary unit, typically consisting of up to 2,500 Marines, the officials said. The move comes as Iran's attacks on the strait have paralyzed traffic through the strategic waterway, disrupting the global economy, driving up gas prices and posing a major military and political challenge for President Trump. A Pentagon spokesperson declined to comment.
WSJ: Pentagon Sends Marine Expeditionary Unit to Middle East
"Only seven out of his 53 posts since Monday morning, or 13%, were about the war": Trump seems uninterested in discussing Iran even as it consumes his presidency. @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
“.. There’s no point in deceiving ourselves: Trump now sounds little different than Vladimir Putin in how he justifies the conflict—and in how much power he has claimed for himself to dictate America’s participation in it.”
@sbg1.bsky.social
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"I don’t get bored,"Trump insisted. "Forty-six seconds later," @sbg1.bsky.social writes, "he began waxing about the 'very, very beautiful' new White House ballroom he’s building, which he thinks will be 'the most beautiful ballroom anywhere in the world.'" www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Trump claimed he would focus on his war with Iran for as long as it takes. Forty-six seconds later, he was waxing on about his ‘very, very beautiful’ new ballroom.
My new column on Washington at war: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Trump claimed he would focus on his war with Iran for as long as it takes. Forty-six seconds later, he was waxing on about his ‘very, very beautiful’ new ballroom.
My new column on Washington at war: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Trump 2.0 is doing all the things that critics feared he would do in Trump 1.0.
"Forget the predictions and all the pregame hype. There was no resetting of the narrative, no course correction or even a meaningful explanation of what the course is," writes @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Trump's speech proved it's not possible to explain to America how he's going to get the country out of a mess he does not believe exists.
My column on the longest, wrongest State of the Union yet: www.newyorker.com/trumps-state...
Another excellent podcast from the Washington Roundtable with Ruth Ben-Ghiat, the foremost authority on authoritarianism and where we are today.
A must listen.
@eosnos.bsky.social
@janemayer.bsky.social
@sbg1.bsky.social
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
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Fascinating history of strongmen: The dopamine hit from power and impunity is intoxicating, but, craving a bigger hit, you go nuts -- and you lose the public. That's "autocratic backfire." With @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social @janemayer.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
@sbg1.bsky.social: Not even during the Civil War or the Red Scare crackdown of WWI or the worst excesses of McCarthyism did any President attempt what Trump has this week. He failed with one indictment and one grand jury, but he has three more years to go. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
@reuters.com
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