Mark Toth
@marktoth.bsky.social
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President Trump’s statement on his call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Agreed to upcoming reciprocal state visits.
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
President Trump’s statement on his call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Agreed to upcoming reciprocal state visits.
Team Trump is not reading the room, let alone the Russians. Putin is playing a divide & conquer game & the White House is falling for it.
This post is a 💯% win for Russia.
Trump slams Ukraine. He attacks Europe (thus dividing Washington from NATO as Dmitriev intended).
This post is a 💯% win for Russia.
Trump slams Ukraine. He attacks Europe (thus dividing Washington from NATO as Dmitriev intended).
November 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Team Trump is not reading the room, let alone the Russians. Putin is playing a divide & conquer game & the White House is falling for it.
This post is a 💯% win for Russia.
Trump slams Ukraine. He attacks Europe (thus dividing Washington from NATO as Dmitriev intended).
This post is a 💯% win for Russia.
Trump slams Ukraine. He attacks Europe (thus dividing Washington from NATO as Dmitriev intended).
Tomorrow, at 7AM ET, at @thehill.com, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I examine Trump’s alleged 28-point plan & why it is being leaked.
Clearly, as reported, it’s a nonstarter for Ukraine. Ditto NATO.
So why now?
Hint: Someone in the Kremlin is pulling a power move.
Clearly, as reported, it’s a nonstarter for Ukraine. Ditto NATO.
So why now?
Hint: Someone in the Kremlin is pulling a power move.
November 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Tomorrow, at 7AM ET, at @thehill.com, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I examine Trump’s alleged 28-point plan & why it is being leaked.
Clearly, as reported, it’s a nonstarter for Ukraine. Ditto NATO.
So why now?
Hint: Someone in the Kremlin is pulling a power move.
Clearly, as reported, it’s a nonstarter for Ukraine. Ditto NATO.
So why now?
Hint: Someone in the Kremlin is pulling a power move.
Always a high honor to be interviewed by Ashim Kumar on @tvpworld.bsky.social. Today, we covered Ukraine’s growing corruption scandal & what’s behind Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s latest peace proposal.
Link below.
Link below.
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Always a high honor to be interviewed by Ashim Kumar on @tvpworld.bsky.social. Today, we covered Ukraine’s growing corruption scandal & what’s behind Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s latest peace proposal.
Link below.
Link below.
Truly hope each & every Veteran has enjoyed your day. Godspeed to you & thank you for your service.
My apologies for the late note, a Tsunami of a head cold hit me over the weekend & I still am trying to resurface.
Peace, Mark
My apologies for the late note, a Tsunami of a head cold hit me over the weekend & I still am trying to resurface.
Peace, Mark
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Truly hope each & every Veteran has enjoyed your day. Godspeed to you & thank you for your service.
My apologies for the late note, a Tsunami of a head cold hit me over the weekend & I still am trying to resurface.
Peace, Mark
My apologies for the late note, a Tsunami of a head cold hit me over the weekend & I still am trying to resurface.
Peace, Mark
Many Americans do not know who Kirill Dmitriev is. They should.
Putin’s adviser is trolling all of us & is attempting to woo the far right to undermine support for Ukraine.
Tomorrow, at 7AM ET at @thehill.com, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I delve into his shenanigans.
Putin’s adviser is trolling all of us & is attempting to woo the far right to undermine support for Ukraine.
Tomorrow, at 7AM ET at @thehill.com, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I delve into his shenanigans.
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Many Americans do not know who Kirill Dmitriev is. They should.
Putin’s adviser is trolling all of us & is attempting to woo the far right to undermine support for Ukraine.
Tomorrow, at 7AM ET at @thehill.com, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I delve into his shenanigans.
Putin’s adviser is trolling all of us & is attempting to woo the far right to undermine support for Ukraine.
Tomorrow, at 7AM ET at @thehill.com, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I delve into his shenanigans.
President Donald Trump’s telephone call is over with Putin. Call me suspicious but Russia is just again playing for time.
Talk is cheap. Especially in Russian. Best Trump send a message tomorrow via US Tomahawks to Ukraine when he meets with Zelensky at the White House.
Talk is cheap. Especially in Russian. Best Trump send a message tomorrow via US Tomahawks to Ukraine when he meets with Zelensky at the White House.
October 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
President Donald Trump’s telephone call is over with Putin. Call me suspicious but Russia is just again playing for time.
Talk is cheap. Especially in Russian. Best Trump send a message tomorrow via US Tomahawks to Ukraine when he meets with Zelensky at the White House.
Talk is cheap. Especially in Russian. Best Trump send a message tomorrow via US Tomahawks to Ukraine when he meets with Zelensky at the White House.
A very welcomed statement by President Donald Trump.
Obviously, I’d like Team Trump to do more but I laud the president finally putting Putin in his place.
Crimea?
Let’s go Ukraine. As @general-ben.bsky.social has always argued, it’s the decisive terrain of this war.
Obviously, I’d like Team Trump to do more but I laud the president finally putting Putin in his place.
Crimea?
Let’s go Ukraine. As @general-ben.bsky.social has always argued, it’s the decisive terrain of this war.
September 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A very welcomed statement by President Donald Trump.
Obviously, I’d like Team Trump to do more but I laud the president finally putting Putin in his place.
Crimea?
Let’s go Ukraine. As @general-ben.bsky.social has always argued, it’s the decisive terrain of this war.
Obviously, I’d like Team Trump to do more but I laud the president finally putting Putin in his place.
Crimea?
Let’s go Ukraine. As @general-ben.bsky.social has always argued, it’s the decisive terrain of this war.
The devil is in the wording. “All NATO countries.” The reality is Slovakia & Hungary are highly unlikely to ever stop buying Russian oil & energy.
BTW, Trump was angry when Ukraine hit the oil & gas lines feeding Hungary.
Creating unlikely goals solves nothing.
BTW, Trump was angry when Ukraine hit the oil & gas lines feeding Hungary.
Creating unlikely goals solves nothing.
September 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The devil is in the wording. “All NATO countries.” The reality is Slovakia & Hungary are highly unlikely to ever stop buying Russian oil & energy.
BTW, Trump was angry when Ukraine hit the oil & gas lines feeding Hungary.
Creating unlikely goals solves nothing.
BTW, Trump was angry when Ukraine hit the oil & gas lines feeding Hungary.
Creating unlikely goals solves nothing.
Could it be, finally, that Donald Trump is finally seeing what Col. @JESweet2022, U.S. Army (ret.) & I have been warning about for 3 years?
That Russia & China are conspiring against us?
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
That Russia & China are conspiring against us?
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
September 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Could it be, finally, that Donald Trump is finally seeing what Col. @JESweet2022, U.S. Army (ret.) & I have been warning about for 3 years?
That Russia & China are conspiring against us?
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
That Russia & China are conspiring against us?
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
Momentous day. At my West coast place in California prepping for a media hit in Ukraine re: @ZelenskyyUa’s meeting with @realDonaldTrump.
Send me your thoughts & in the next 30 minutes & will address on air if time.
Hazy morning here. Kind of symbolic of where we are at. Eh?
Send me your thoughts & in the next 30 minutes & will address on air if time.
Hazy morning here. Kind of symbolic of where we are at. Eh?
August 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Momentous day. At my West coast place in California prepping for a media hit in Ukraine re: @ZelenskyyUa’s meeting with @realDonaldTrump.
Send me your thoughts & in the next 30 minutes & will address on air if time.
Hazy morning here. Kind of symbolic of where we are at. Eh?
Send me your thoughts & in the next 30 minutes & will address on air if time.
Hazy morning here. Kind of symbolic of where we are at. Eh?
If various reporting is accurate & Putin’s primary demand is Kyiv withdrawing from all of the Donbas, then it would be akin to Zelensky committing military suicide as Ukraine’s fortress belt — a key reason why Russia’s invasion has slowed to a foot’s pace — would be lost.
August 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
If various reporting is accurate & Putin’s primary demand is Kyiv withdrawing from all of the Donbas, then it would be akin to Zelensky committing military suicide as Ukraine’s fortress belt — a key reason why Russia’s invasion has slowed to a foot’s pace — would be lost.
Let me put it this way, especially for my youngest son’s generation.
South Park was more respectful this week to @realDonaldTrump than Russian President Vladimir Putin was today in Alaska.
It is high time Team Trump realizes they are getting played by the Kremlin.
South Park was more respectful this week to @realDonaldTrump than Russian President Vladimir Putin was today in Alaska.
It is high time Team Trump realizes they are getting played by the Kremlin.
August 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Let me put it this way, especially for my youngest son’s generation.
South Park was more respectful this week to @realDonaldTrump than Russian President Vladimir Putin was today in Alaska.
It is high time Team Trump realizes they are getting played by the Kremlin.
South Park was more respectful this week to @realDonaldTrump than Russian President Vladimir Putin was today in Alaska.
It is high time Team Trump realizes they are getting played by the Kremlin.
Putin maintains maximalist approach by claiming any solution must address its causes.
In Russia’s view, the only there is for Ukraine to essentially capitulate.
Lots of words. Little discernible meaning save Trump saving there is no deal until there is a deal.
No ceasefire.
In Russia’s view, the only there is for Ukraine to essentially capitulate.
Lots of words. Little discernible meaning save Trump saving there is no deal until there is a deal.
No ceasefire.
August 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Putin maintains maximalist approach by claiming any solution must address its causes.
In Russia’s view, the only there is for Ukraine to essentially capitulate.
Lots of words. Little discernible meaning save Trump saving there is no deal until there is a deal.
No ceasefire.
In Russia’s view, the only there is for Ukraine to essentially capitulate.
Lots of words. Little discernible meaning save Trump saving there is no deal until there is a deal.
No ceasefire.
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Trump meeting with Putin in Alaska next week.
Trump meeting with Putin in Alaska next week.
August 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Trump meeting with Putin in Alaska next week.
Trump meeting with Putin in Alaska next week.
Shout out to Drudge for picking up my article today with Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) that is running in @thehill.com —Iran’s nuclear phoenix is rising.
One in a month is an honor. Two in a three days is truly humbling.
One in a month is an honor. Two in a three days is truly humbling.
July 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Shout out to Drudge for picking up my article today with Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) that is running in @thehill.com —Iran’s nuclear phoenix is rising.
One in a month is an honor. Two in a three days is truly humbling.
One in a month is an honor. Two in a three days is truly humbling.
Khamenei continuing to take victory laps he doesn’t deserve.
Nor does the Islamic Republic of Iran. Khamenei is not going to change his stripes.
Not on nukes, not on repressing the Iranian people.
Nor does the Islamic Republic of Iran. Khamenei is not going to change his stripes.
Not on nukes, not on repressing the Iranian people.
June 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Khamenei continuing to take victory laps he doesn’t deserve.
Nor does the Islamic Republic of Iran. Khamenei is not going to change his stripes.
Not on nukes, not on repressing the Iranian people.
Nor does the Islamic Republic of Iran. Khamenei is not going to change his stripes.
Not on nukes, not on repressing the Iranian people.
➡️ Donald Trump making it clear he wants Israeli prosecutors to back off of Benjamin Netanyahu.
Plus, he makes a no so veiled threat to withhold U.S. funding to Israel if they do not comply. ↖️
Plus, he makes a no so veiled threat to withhold U.S. funding to Israel if they do not comply. ↖️
June 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
➡️ Donald Trump making it clear he wants Israeli prosecutors to back off of Benjamin Netanyahu.
Plus, he makes a no so veiled threat to withhold U.S. funding to Israel if they do not comply. ↖️
Plus, he makes a no so veiled threat to withhold U.S. funding to Israel if they do not comply. ↖️
As @jonsweet.bsky.social & I penned at @thehill.com yesterday, disruption — in this case bombing Iran’s nuclear weapons program — will only get you so far.
We also warned Trump that Iran isn’t interested in peace or unconditional surrender.
An end goal is needed.
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
We also warned Trump that Iran isn’t interested in peace or unconditional surrender.
An end goal is needed.
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
June 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
As @jonsweet.bsky.social & I penned at @thehill.com yesterday, disruption — in this case bombing Iran’s nuclear weapons program — will only get you so far.
We also warned Trump that Iran isn’t interested in peace or unconditional surrender.
An end goal is needed.
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
We also warned Trump that Iran isn’t interested in peace or unconditional surrender.
An end goal is needed.
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
➡️ In Star Wars terms, the delusion runs deep in this one. Jesting aside, clearly his speech is designed for domestic consumption.
That he has to spin fictions to this degree tells me his regime is badly shaken & fearful of uprising. ↖️
That he has to spin fictions to this degree tells me his regime is badly shaken & fearful of uprising. ↖️
June 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
➡️ In Star Wars terms, the delusion runs deep in this one. Jesting aside, clearly his speech is designed for domestic consumption.
That he has to spin fictions to this degree tells me his regime is badly shaken & fearful of uprising. ↖️
That he has to spin fictions to this degree tells me his regime is badly shaken & fearful of uprising. ↖️
➡️ Example of why disrupting is not the same as thing as winning.
I touch on this in my upcoming 7AM ET Thursday column with @jonsweet.bsky.social in @thehill.com ↖️
I touch on this in my upcoming 7AM ET Thursday column with @jonsweet.bsky.social in @thehill.com ↖️
June 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
➡️ Example of why disrupting is not the same as thing as winning.
I touch on this in my upcoming 7AM ET Thursday column with @jonsweet.bsky.social in @thehill.com ↖️
I touch on this in my upcoming 7AM ET Thursday column with @jonsweet.bsky.social in @thehill.com ↖️
➡️ Donald Trump announces a ceasefire between the U.S., Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran. ↖️
June 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
➡️ Donald Trump announces a ceasefire between the U.S., Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran. ↖️
➡️ Khamenei posted this on his Farsi account. Notably, he didn’t on his English X account.
It’s fantasy of course. None of the 6 ballistic missiles he fired at the U.S. military in Qatar got through.
All were intercepted. ↖️
It’s fantasy of course. None of the 6 ballistic missiles he fired at the U.S. military in Qatar got through.
All were intercepted. ↖️
June 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
➡️ Khamenei posted this on his Farsi account. Notably, he didn’t on his English X account.
It’s fantasy of course. None of the 6 ballistic missiles he fired at the U.S. military in Qatar got through.
All were intercepted. ↖️
It’s fantasy of course. None of the 6 ballistic missiles he fired at the U.S. military in Qatar got through.
All were intercepted. ↖️