Max Boot
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CFR fellow, Washington Post columnist. Pulitzer finalist for biography. Author: REAGAN: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND, NYT bestseller and NYT 10 best books of 2024. Man of many hats. Repost ≠ endorsement. maxboot.net.
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Trump has imposed sanctions on 8 ICC judges and 3 prosecutors. “The sanctioned ICC staff,” Reuters noted, “now sit on the U.S. Treasury Department’s Specially Designated Nationals list, alongside suspected al Qaeda terrorists, Mexican drug traffickers and North Korean arms dealers.” wapo.st/3MsWi3c
Opinion | Trump has a strongman’s contempt for international law
The president’s indifference to domestic legal constraints is reflected in his actions outside the U.S.
wapo.st
February 9, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Trump has imposed sanctions on 8 ICC judges and 3 prosecutors. “The sanctioned ICC staff,” Reuters noted, “now sit on the U.S. Treasury Department’s Specially Designated Nationals list, alongside suspected al Qaeda terrorists, Mexican drug traffickers and North Korean arms dealers.” wapo.st/3MsWi3c
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Trump is apparently worried the ICC could someday prosecute him or his aides. That’s unlikely. But that this could even be a concern highlights a dispiriting turn of events: The U.S. has gone from siding with the law-abiding nations of the world to standing with the rogue regimes. wapo.st/3MsWi3c
Opinion | Trump has a strongman’s contempt for international law
The president’s indifference to domestic legal constraints is reflected in his actions outside the U.S.
wapo.st
February 9, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Trump is apparently worried the ICC could someday prosecute him or his aides. That’s unlikely. But that this could even be a concern highlights a dispiriting turn of events: The U.S. has gone from siding with the law-abiding nations of the world to standing with the rogue regimes. wapo.st/3MsWi3c
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Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by ICE in Trump's first year back in the White House had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security document obtained by CBS News.
Less than 14% of those ICE arrested had violent criminal records, data show
The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.
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February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by ICE in Trump's first year back in the White House had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security document obtained by CBS News.
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This woman is in charge of the US Agency for Global Media, which is supposed to serve and represent the best American values
February 9, 2026 at 3:10 AM
This woman is in charge of the US Agency for Global Media, which is supposed to serve and represent the best American values
Whether seeking to deport migrants without hearings or refusing to spend appropriated funds or unilaterally tearing down the East Wing, Trump has shown scant regard for legal limits on his authority. It’s hardly surprising that he has shown similar indifference to international law. wapo.st/3MsWi3c
Opinion | Trump has a strongman’s contempt for international law
The president’s indifference to domestic legal constraints is reflected in his actions outside the U.S.
wapo.st
February 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Whether seeking to deport migrants without hearings or refusing to spend appropriated funds or unilaterally tearing down the East Wing, Trump has shown scant regard for legal limits on his authority. It’s hardly surprising that he has shown similar indifference to international law. wapo.st/3MsWi3c
Trump seems bent on destroying the very foundations of a rules-based order. He told the New York Times last month, “I don’t need international law.” The only limit on his authority abroad he recognizes is his “own morality.” Given his long record of amorality, that’s scant comfort. wapo.st/3MsWi3c
Opinion | Trump has a strongman’s contempt for international law
The president’s indifference to domestic legal constraints is reflected in his actions outside the U.S.
wapo.st
February 9, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Trump seems bent on destroying the very foundations of a rules-based order. He told the New York Times last month, “I don’t need international law.” The only limit on his authority abroad he recognizes is his “own morality.” Given his long record of amorality, that’s scant comfort. wapo.st/3MsWi3c
Trump is apparently worried the ICC could someday prosecute him or his aides. That’s unlikely. But that this could even be a concern highlights a dispiriting turn of events: The U.S. has gone from siding with the law-abiding nations of the world to standing with the rogue regimes. wapo.st/3MsWi3c
Opinion | Trump has a strongman’s contempt for international law
The president’s indifference to domestic legal constraints is reflected in his actions outside the U.S.
wapo.st
February 9, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Trump is apparently worried the ICC could someday prosecute him or his aides. That’s unlikely. But that this could even be a concern highlights a dispiriting turn of events: The U.S. has gone from siding with the law-abiding nations of the world to standing with the rogue regimes. wapo.st/3MsWi3c
In attacking the ICC, the Trump administration is in bad company. After Putin was indicted for war crimes in Ukraine, the Kremlin responded by issuing arrest warrants for three ICC officials. wapo.st/3MsWi3c
Opinion | Trump has a strongman’s contempt for international law
The president’s indifference to domestic legal constraints is reflected in his actions outside the U.S.
wapo.st
February 9, 2026 at 12:04 PM
In attacking the ICC, the Trump administration is in bad company. After Putin was indicted for war crimes in Ukraine, the Kremlin responded by issuing arrest warrants for three ICC officials. wapo.st/3MsWi3c
Trump has imposed sanctions on 8 ICC judges and 3 prosecutors. “The sanctioned ICC staff,” Reuters noted, “now sit on the U.S. Treasury Department’s Specially Designated Nationals list, alongside suspected al Qaeda terrorists, Mexican drug traffickers and North Korean arms dealers.” wapo.st/3MsWi3c
Opinion | Trump has a strongman’s contempt for international law
The president’s indifference to domestic legal constraints is reflected in his actions outside the U.S.
wapo.st
February 9, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Trump has imposed sanctions on 8 ICC judges and 3 prosecutors. “The sanctioned ICC staff,” Reuters noted, “now sit on the U.S. Treasury Department’s Specially Designated Nationals list, alongside suspected al Qaeda terrorists, Mexican drug traffickers and North Korean arms dealers.” wapo.st/3MsWi3c
Trump said, “I don’t need international law.” In a similar vein, Stephen Miller dismissed talk of “international niceties,” insisting that “we live in a world … that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. Those are the iron laws of the world.” wapo.st/3MsWi3c
Opinion | Trump has a strongman’s contempt for international law
The president’s indifference to domestic legal constraints is reflected in his actions outside the U.S.
wapo.st
February 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Trump said, “I don’t need international law.” In a similar vein, Stephen Miller dismissed talk of “international niceties,” insisting that “we live in a world … that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. Those are the iron laws of the world.” wapo.st/3MsWi3c
Even though Trump has since backtracked on annexing Greenland, his threats already violated the U.N. Charter: It requires members to “refrain … from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.” wapo.st/3MsWi3c
Opinion | Trump has a strongman’s contempt for international law
The president’s indifference to domestic legal constraints is reflected in his actions outside the U.S.
wapo.st
February 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Even though Trump has since backtracked on annexing Greenland, his threats already violated the U.N. Charter: It requires members to “refrain … from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.” wapo.st/3MsWi3c
Since 1945, the U.S., while guilty of hypocrisy and inconsistency, has generally been on the side of a rules-based international order. Trump, however, seems bent on destroying the very foundations of a rules-based order. wapo.st/3MsWi3c
Opinion | Trump has a strongman’s contempt for international law
The president’s indifference to domestic legal constraints is reflected in his actions outside the U.S.
wapo.st
February 9, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Since 1945, the U.S., while guilty of hypocrisy and inconsistency, has generally been on the side of a rules-based international order. Trump, however, seems bent on destroying the very foundations of a rules-based order. wapo.st/3MsWi3c
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👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country?
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
The disappearing art gallery in your post office
The U.S. Postal Service is home to thousands of historic works of art in post offices nationwide. Hundreds have been lost, sold or destroyed.
wapo.st
February 8, 2026 at 2:08 PM
👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country?
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
Biden organized meetings of the world’s democracies. Trump is organizing a meeting of the world’s dictators. But so far only Orban has said he is going.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/w...
Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Sets Date to Meet in Washington, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Biden organized meetings of the world’s democracies. Trump is organizing a meeting of the world’s dictators. But so far only Orban has said he is going.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/w...
Those who give $1 million or more will get invitations to a “private Freedom 250 thank you reception” hosted by Trump, with a “historic photo opportunity.” Those who give $2.5 million or more also are being offered speaking roles at an event in Washington on July 4. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/u...
For $1 Million, Donors to U.S.A. Birthday Group Offered Access to Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Those who give $1 million or more will get invitations to a “private Freedom 250 thank you reception” hosted by Trump, with a “historic photo opportunity.” Those who give $2.5 million or more also are being offered speaking roles at an event in Washington on July 4. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/u...
This whole story needs to be seen to be believed. The level of grifting is off the charts…
Zach Witkoff worked as a project manager for his father’s property firm, the Witkoff Group, and then co-led his family’s investment firm, Witkoff Capital. “I started at the bottom,” Witkoff said in a 2024 speech introducing his father. “He showed me that success came from hard work, not handouts.”
The younger Witkoff now tours the globe alongside a phalanx of aides with an American flag pinned to his suit jacket…. He sports a Richard Mille timepiece worth half a million dollars on one day, a $250,000 rose-gold Patek Philippe on another. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
February 8, 2026 at 1:22 PM
This whole story needs to be seen to be believed. The level of grifting is off the charts…
Zach Witkoff worked as a project manager for his father’s property firm, the Witkoff Group, and then co-led his family’s investment firm, Witkoff Capital. “I started at the bottom,” Witkoff said in a 2024 speech introducing his father. “He showed me that success came from hard work, not handouts.”
The younger Witkoff now tours the globe alongside a phalanx of aides with an American flag pinned to his suit jacket…. He sports a Richard Mille timepiece worth half a million dollars on one day, a $250,000 rose-gold Patek Philippe on another. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
One Generation Runs the Country. The Next Cashed In on Crypto.
Sons of top Trump administration officials made billions for their families, but their investors didn’t always fare so well.
www.wsj.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Zach Witkoff worked as a project manager for his father’s property firm, the Witkoff Group, and then co-led his family’s investment firm, Witkoff Capital. “I started at the bottom,” Witkoff said in a 2024 speech introducing his father. “He showed me that success came from hard work, not handouts.”
The younger Witkoff now tours the globe alongside a phalanx of aides with an American flag pinned to his suit jacket…. He sports a Richard Mille timepiece worth half a million dollars on one day, a $250,000 rose-gold Patek Philippe on another. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
One Generation Runs the Country. The Next Cashed In on Crypto.
Sons of top Trump administration officials made billions for their families, but their investors didn’t always fare so well.
www.wsj.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:06 PM
The younger Witkoff now tours the globe alongside a phalanx of aides with an American flag pinned to his suit jacket…. He sports a Richard Mille timepiece worth half a million dollars on one day, a $250,000 rose-gold Patek Philippe on another. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Zelensky is obviously trying to mobilize Europeans—and American friends of Ukraine—to prevent a Trump-Witkoff-Kushner sellout of Ukraine in exchange for fanciful promises of Russian riches. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
Zelensky says Russia is proposing huge economic deals with U.S.
The Ukrainian president said the Trump administration was pushing for a June deadline to end Russia’s war.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Zelensky is obviously trying to mobilize Europeans—and American friends of Ukraine—to prevent a Trump-Witkoff-Kushner sellout of Ukraine in exchange for fanciful promises of Russian riches. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
Zelensky said that Washington had proposed a deadline for bringing the war in Ukraine to an end “by June” and that he expected that “they will probably pressure the parties according to this timeline.”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
Zelensky says Russia is proposing huge economic deals with U.S.
The Ukrainian president said the Trump administration was pushing for a June deadline to end Russia’s war.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Zelensky said that Washington had proposed a deadline for bringing the war in Ukraine to an end “by June” and that he expected that “they will probably pressure the parties according to this timeline.”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
Law enforcement officers and prosecutors have begun to describe these attacks as a contemporary strain of nihilism, an online revival of the philosophical stance that arose in the 19th century to deny the existence of moral truths and meaning in the universe. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Killers without a cause: The rise in nihilistic violent extremism
Amid a burst of high-profile targeted violence, authorities have identified a new source of terror.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Law enforcement officers and prosecutors have begun to describe these attacks as a contemporary strain of nihilism, an online revival of the philosophical stance that arose in the 19th century to deny the existence of moral truths and meaning in the universe. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...