James Gibney
@jamesgibney.bsky.social
editor at @opinion.bsky.social, ex-Atlantic, NYT, Smithsonian, Foreign Policy, US Department of State, TNR, Wilson Quarterly, TWM. Seeking knowledge, entertainment, bad puns...
It’s morally defensible to welcome the removal of Nicolás Maduro while still acknowledging the US violation of international law, says @jpspinetto.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
How to Navigate Venezuela’s Murky Moral Waters
For those who think about politics in terms of ideology and rigid categories, the extraordinary events in Venezuela pose an uncomfortable question: what is the morally correct position to take in a dr...
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January 23, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s morally defensible to welcome the removal of Nicolás Maduro while still acknowledging the US violation of international law, says @jpspinetto.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The Goldberg Variations may be my first line of audio defense in maintaining my equilibrium and sanity. But without Glenn Gould's humming....Going with Olafsson
January 21, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The Goldberg Variations may be my first line of audio defense in maintaining my equilibrium and sanity. But without Glenn Gould's humming....Going with Olafsson
A hyper-energized secretary-general like IAEA chief Rafael Grossi could halt the UN’s slide into irrelevance, says @jpspinetto.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Argentina's Grossi Could Rescue the UN From Irrelevance
Remember the United Nations?
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January 21, 2026 at 3:53 PM
A hyper-energized secretary-general like IAEA chief Rafael Grossi could halt the UN’s slide into irrelevance, says @jpspinetto.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The only thing worse than the stilted, staccato delivery of podcasters is the exaggerated head, shoulder and hand motions of social media videos. Please, just calm down. You don't have to dance your stories.
January 20, 2026 at 3:46 PM
The only thing worse than the stilted, staccato delivery of podcasters is the exaggerated head, shoulder and hand motions of social media videos. Please, just calm down. You don't have to dance your stories.
I just love the way Coltrane floats into Blue in Green on a tendril of cigarette smoke
January 19, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I just love the way Coltrane floats into Blue in Green on a tendril of cigarette smoke
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial 'outside agitator' idea." MLK
January 19, 2026 at 4:33 PM
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial 'outside agitator' idea." MLK
An overwhelming majority of Americans oppose Trump's attempt to take over Greenland. Trump's solution: force ALL AMERICANS to pay more for products in order to underwrite his illegal attempts to take over a NATO ally's territory. Truly crazy. Vladimir Putin is having his wet dreams fulfilled.
January 17, 2026 at 8:50 PM
An overwhelming majority of Americans oppose Trump's attempt to take over Greenland. Trump's solution: force ALL AMERICANS to pay more for products in order to underwrite his illegal attempts to take over a NATO ally's territory. Truly crazy. Vladimir Putin is having his wet dreams fulfilled.
Leo XIV and Trump are opposites in every way except one: They're both American. And one of them has the better worldview, says @andreaskluth.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The Pope and the President Offer Competing Americanisms
An odd couple of two Americans, each powerful in his own way, throws into relief the ambiguous, portentous and often tortuous relationship between the United States and the world. Whose vision will wi...
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January 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Leo XIV and Trump are opposites in every way except one: They're both American. And one of them has the better worldview, says @andreaskluth.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
By failing to confront Venezuela’s historic collapse, Brazil has left itself sidelined and powerless just as the US reshapes South America, says @jpspinetto.bsky.social
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Brazil Is the Big Loser of Latin America's Geopolitical Reshuffle
Brazil’s leadership ambitions are having a bad moment.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:06 PM
By failing to confront Venezuela’s historic collapse, Brazil has left itself sidelined and powerless just as the US reshapes South America, says @jpspinetto.bsky.social
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"USMCA is a good deal for everybody." 10/18/24: "I've made some great trade deals for us, the USMCA." 1/20/24: "We ended the...worst trade deal ever made, and we replaced it with...USMCA, the best trade deal ever made. 1/13/26: USMCA is "irrelevant" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Calls North American Trade Pact He Brokered ‘Irrelevant’
President Donald Trump expressed indifference toward the North American trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, portending a lengthy renegotiation of the US’s largest free-trade pact.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:11 PM
"USMCA is a good deal for everybody." 10/18/24: "I've made some great trade deals for us, the USMCA." 1/20/24: "We ended the...worst trade deal ever made, and we replaced it with...USMCA, the best trade deal ever made. 1/13/26: USMCA is "irrelevant" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
With the World Cup returning to North America, even Argentine @jpspinetto.bsky.social sees Brazil as best placed to end its long wait for a sixth title www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Bet on Brazil to Reclaim World Cup Glory in 2026
This year promises yet more upheaval, but don’t despair: 2026 also brings the World Cup, the best possible placebo for the pains of everyday life.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:58 PM
With the World Cup returning to North America, even Argentine @jpspinetto.bsky.social sees Brazil as best placed to end its long wait for a sixth title www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
@andreaskluth.bsky.social puts America's foreign policy on the couch -- and it's "dark and deadly" www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
If Rubio Is America’s Superego, Stephen Miller Is the Id
The American attack on Venezuela to snatch-and-grab its dictator was many things: militarily masterful, legally cynical, strategically and morally warped, and entirely uncertain in its ultimate outcom...
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January 8, 2026 at 12:52 PM
@andreaskluth.bsky.social puts America's foreign policy on the couch -- and it's "dark and deadly" www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
For all its military prowess and geopolitical schemes, the unprecedented US intervention in Venezuela will be judged by its ability to restore political freedom, says @jpspinetto.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
US Success in Venezuela Won’t Be Judged By Oil
Big party, brutal hangover.
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January 8, 2026 at 12:50 PM
For all its military prowess and geopolitical schemes, the unprecedented US intervention in Venezuela will be judged by its ability to restore political freedom, says @jpspinetto.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Billionaire John Paulson and his gold mine reap the benefits of the US push for its own critical mineral supply -- and potentially foul a pristine landscape in the American West. Sharp digging by @sheridanprasso.bsky.social and Joe Deaux of @bloomberg.com, with some ugly paydirt
John Paulson Gets a Gold Mine in America’s Critical Minerals Scramble
The Pentagon is pushing to develop a domestic supply of antimony, often found alongside the precious metal. That could be a bonanza for the billionaire hedge fund manager and Trump supporter.
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January 8, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Billionaire John Paulson and his gold mine reap the benefits of the US push for its own critical mineral supply -- and potentially foul a pristine landscape in the American West. Sharp digging by @sheridanprasso.bsky.social and Joe Deaux of @bloomberg.com, with some ugly paydirt
If Donald Trump had been president during the Cuban Missile Crisis, none of us would be here today, and Earth would be a glowing orb populated solely by radioactive mutant cockroaches. 25th Amendment, anybody? truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
Remember, for all of those big NATO fans, they were at 2% GDP, and most weren’t paying their bills, UNTIL I CAME ALONG. The USA was, foolishly, paying for them! I, respectfully, got them to 5% GDP, AN...
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January 7, 2026 at 3:42 PM
If Donald Trump had been president during the Cuban Missile Crisis, none of us would be here today, and Earth would be a glowing orb populated solely by radioactive mutant cockroaches. 25th Amendment, anybody? truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
"A reasonable question to ask is whether President Trump really wants the Cuban regime to collapse." @eduardoelreportero.bsky.social parses the odds of its survival. open.substack.com/pub/eduardoe...
What happens to Cuba?
I wouldn't rush to make a call
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January 7, 2026 at 2:31 PM
"A reasonable question to ask is whether President Trump really wants the Cuban regime to collapse." @eduardoelreportero.bsky.social parses the odds of its survival. open.substack.com/pub/eduardoe...
ust because the financial markets haven't crashed doesn't mean that the Trump administration's policies aren't doing serious economic harm, says @opinion.bloomberg.com's Clive Crook www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
No Crash, No Problem? Good Luck With That
Just how much disruption can America’s economy — and the world’s — endure?
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January 7, 2026 at 1:53 PM
ust because the financial markets haven't crashed doesn't mean that the Trump administration's policies aren't doing serious economic harm, says @opinion.bloomberg.com's Clive Crook www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
When BloombergView changed to Bloomberg Opinion, a lot of stuff just vanished from the web. Via Wayback Machine, I found this piece I wrote in 2014 about the US's long, and occasionally very nasty, reach in LatAm: t.co/JLtfkAIfHt
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January 6, 2026 at 6:34 PM
When BloombergView changed to Bloomberg Opinion, a lot of stuff just vanished from the web. Via Wayback Machine, I found this piece I wrote in 2014 about the US's long, and occasionally very nasty, reach in LatAm: t.co/JLtfkAIfHt
"The Street has been conditioned to take what Tesla dishes out," says @liamdenning.bsky.social. Time for investors to wake up and look under the hood.
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Tesla Is Swapping Its EV Crown For Even More Promises
Two questions hang over Tesla Inc. as 2026 kicks off: Will the company deliver on its seemingly impossible to fulfill pledges and will Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk continue to successfully negate...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
"The Street has been conditioned to take what Tesla dishes out," says @liamdenning.bsky.social. Time for investors to wake up and look under the hood.
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President Trump's Venezuela "strategy" demonstrates how openly breaking the law abroad mirrors his assault on constitutional limits at home, @noahfeldman.bsky.social says
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Snatching Maduro From Venezuela Was Illegal — and Damaging
America’s incursion into Venezuela for the extraction of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife to the US for trial was illegal under both international and US law. Announcing that the US intends to “r...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:57 PM
President Trump's Venezuela "strategy" demonstrates how openly breaking the law abroad mirrors his assault on constitutional limits at home, @noahfeldman.bsky.social says
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"The surest way [for the GOP] to put their majority in the US Senate at risk is to keep telling Americans that the only thing wrong with the economy is that the Democrats and the media are driving a false narrative," writes
@davidmdrucker.bsky.social
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The GOP Is Kidding Itself About the Economy
No amount of narrative-setting can convince American voters that the economy is better or worse than their own experience dictates. That’s what I’ve been telling the Republicans who’ve asked me, earne...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:55 PM
"The surest way [for the GOP] to put their majority in the US Senate at risk is to keep telling Americans that the only thing wrong with the economy is that the Democrats and the media are driving a false narrative," writes
@davidmdrucker.bsky.social
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This may well be the year we question putting humans behind the wheel and get the world’s first trillionaire, @nirkaissar.bsky.social says. When the Doctor weighs in on ten surprises that might become real, it's good to listen
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Ten Unexpected Things 2026 May Bring
Every year around the holidays, I’m reminded of the late, great Wall Street strategist Byron Wien’s annual “Ten Surprises” list, his contrarian takes on issues of the day published every new year. Alw...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM
This may well be the year we question putting humans behind the wheel and get the world’s first trillionaire, @nirkaissar.bsky.social says. When the Doctor weighs in on ten surprises that might become real, it's good to listen
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Wise words from @opinion.bloomberg.com's Mihir Sharma: "Those predicting the imminent death of trade clearly forgot about services, technology, and the strange, chaotic mathematics of value addition. But the biggest thing they failed to account for is people." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Why US Tariffs Failed to Dent Global Trade
Last year was supposed to mark the moment international trade was dismantled. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, we were told, were so unprecedented in scale and ambition that they might stop globaliza...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Wise words from @opinion.bloomberg.com's Mihir Sharma: "Those predicting the imminent death of trade clearly forgot about services, technology, and the strange, chaotic mathematics of value addition. But the biggest thing they failed to account for is people." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Fact is, given the strategic and demographic challenges the US faces, Uncle Sam needs more tax revenue. But there are good and bad ways to do that. @opinion.bloomberg.com's Allison Schrager explains how to separate the sheep from the goats www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
January 6, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Fact is, given the strategic and demographic challenges the US faces, Uncle Sam needs more tax revenue. But there are good and bad ways to do that. @opinion.bloomberg.com's Allison Schrager explains how to separate the sheep from the goats www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Strategic pundits gotta pundit, I know. And yes, Trump's many minions brim with strategies, doctrines, analogies. But TRUMP HAS NO STRATEGY: just ego, greed, narcissism, and an unslakable thirst for vengeance. His id is all. Deal with it.
January 5, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Strategic pundits gotta pundit, I know. And yes, Trump's many minions brim with strategies, doctrines, analogies. But TRUMP HAS NO STRATEGY: just ego, greed, narcissism, and an unslakable thirst for vengeance. His id is all. Deal with it.