Max Boot
@maxboot.bsky.social
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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A president who is cutting foreign aid to the world’s poorest countries is committing $20 billion to rescue Argentina from its fiscal irresponsibility. This looks like an Argentina First foreign policy and it isn’t motivated by US national security interests. wapo.st/49bKyew
Opinion | Trump’s incoherent foreign policy defies explanation
Many MAGA loyalists don’t bat an eye as Trump mediates conflicts while also saber-rattling.
wapo.st
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A president who is cutting foreign aid to the world’s poorest countries is committing $20 billion to rescue Argentina from its fiscal irresponsibility. This looks like an Argentina First foreign policy and it isn’t motivated by US national security interests. wapo.st/49bKyew
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now they've done it www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
The Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of the tariffs it has levied.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
now they've done it www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Trump’s pronouncements are so often unexpected and disconnected from reality that they leave foreign policy scholars, and foreign leaders, bewildered. wapo.st/49bKyew
Opinion | Trump’s incoherent foreign policy defies explanation
Many MAGA loyalists don’t bat an eye as Trump mediates conflicts while also saber-rattling.
wapo.st
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Trump’s pronouncements are so often unexpected and disconnected from reality that they leave foreign policy scholars, and foreign leaders, bewildered. wapo.st/49bKyew
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"Trump’s pronouncements are so often unexpected and disconnected from reality that they leave foreign policy scholars, and foreign leaders, bewildered," @maxboot.bsky.social writes. https://wapo.st/4p3JrlQ
Opinion | Trump’s incoherent foreign policy defies explanation
Many MAGA loyalists don’t bat an eye as Trump mediates conflicts while also saber-rattling.
wapo.st
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"Trump’s pronouncements are so often unexpected and disconnected from reality that they leave foreign policy scholars, and foreign leaders, bewildered," @maxboot.bsky.social writes. https://wapo.st/4p3JrlQ
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It's bizarre for a president who brags about all the wars he’s ended to suggest going “guns-a-blazing” into Nigeria. Or, potentially, into Venezuela: Trump has now assembled the largest U.S. naval armada in the Caribbean since 1962, and he is blustering about toppling Maduro. wapo.st/49bKyew
Opinion | Trump’s incoherent foreign policy defies explanation
Many MAGA loyalists don’t bat an eye as Trump mediates conflicts while also saber-rattling.
wapo.st
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It's bizarre for a president who brags about all the wars he’s ended to suggest going “guns-a-blazing” into Nigeria. Or, potentially, into Venezuela: Trump has now assembled the largest U.S. naval armada in the Caribbean since 1962, and he is blustering about toppling Maduro. wapo.st/49bKyew
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Why threaten to attack Venezuela or Nigeria? Why vow to test nuclear weapons? Why bail out Argentina? It makes little sense, but the incoherence of Trump’s approach also doesn’t much matter, certainly not to most of his followers. wapo.st/49bKyew
Opinion | Trump’s incoherent foreign policy defies explanation
Many MAGA loyalists don’t bat an eye as Trump mediates conflicts while also saber-rattling.
wapo.st
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Why threaten to attack Venezuela or Nigeria? Why vow to test nuclear weapons? Why bail out Argentina? It makes little sense, but the incoherence of Trump’s approach also doesn’t much matter, certainly not to most of his followers. wapo.st/49bKyew
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Trump’s incoherence serves to keep the world off balance and to keep the spotlight on him. It’s mainly a problem for analysts who struggle to figure out what he’s up to and what he might do next. But, from his perspective, driving “elitists” and “globalists” bonkers is a bonus. wapo.st/49bKyew
Opinion | Trump’s incoherent foreign policy defies explanation
Many MAGA loyalists don’t bat an eye as Trump mediates conflicts while also saber-rattling.
wapo.st
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Trump’s incoherence serves to keep the world off balance and to keep the spotlight on him. It’s mainly a problem for analysts who struggle to figure out what he’s up to and what he might do next. But, from his perspective, driving “elitists” and “globalists” bonkers is a bonus. wapo.st/49bKyew
Trump’s incoherence serves to keep the world off balance and to keep the spotlight on him. It’s mainly a problem for analysts who struggle to figure out what he’s up to and what he might do next. But, from his perspective, driving “elitists” and “globalists” bonkers is a bonus. wapo.st/49bKyew
Opinion | Trump’s incoherent foreign policy defies explanation
Many MAGA loyalists don’t bat an eye as Trump mediates conflicts while also saber-rattling.
wapo.st
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Trump’s incoherence serves to keep the world off balance and to keep the spotlight on him. It’s mainly a problem for analysts who struggle to figure out what he’s up to and what he might do next. But, from his perspective, driving “elitists” and “globalists” bonkers is a bonus. wapo.st/49bKyew
Why threaten to attack Venezuela or Nigeria? Why vow to test nuclear weapons? Why bail out Argentina? It makes little sense, but the incoherence of Trump’s approach also doesn’t much matter, certainly not to most of his followers. wapo.st/49bKyew
Opinion | Trump’s incoherent foreign policy defies explanation
Many MAGA loyalists don’t bat an eye as Trump mediates conflicts while also saber-rattling.
wapo.st
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Why threaten to attack Venezuela or Nigeria? Why vow to test nuclear weapons? Why bail out Argentina? It makes little sense, but the incoherence of Trump’s approach also doesn’t much matter, certainly not to most of his followers. wapo.st/49bKyew
It's bizarre for a president who brags about all the wars he’s ended to suggest going “guns-a-blazing” into Nigeria. Or, potentially, into Venezuela: Trump has now assembled the largest U.S. naval armada in the Caribbean since 1962, and he is blustering about toppling Maduro. wapo.st/49bKyew
Opinion | Trump’s incoherent foreign policy defies explanation
Many MAGA loyalists don’t bat an eye as Trump mediates conflicts while also saber-rattling.
wapo.st
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It's bizarre for a president who brags about all the wars he’s ended to suggest going “guns-a-blazing” into Nigeria. Or, potentially, into Venezuela: Trump has now assembled the largest U.S. naval armada in the Caribbean since 1962, and he is blustering about toppling Maduro. wapo.st/49bKyew
Trump seems to make decisions based on a whim, often driven by disinformation. There’s no “White genocide” in South Africa, for example, but Trump has cited that myth in making White Afrikaners virtually the only refugees he will admit. wapo.st/49bKyew
Opinion | Trump’s incoherent foreign policy defies explanation
Many MAGA loyalists don’t bat an eye as Trump mediates conflicts while also saber-rattling.
wapo.st
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Trump seems to make decisions based on a whim, often driven by disinformation. There’s no “White genocide” in South Africa, for example, but Trump has cited that myth in making White Afrikaners virtually the only refugees he will admit. wapo.st/49bKyew
Any coherence imposed on Trump’s often self-contradictory approach is largely an artificial construct. Even the label Trump has adopted—“America First”—was suggested to him in 2016 by David Sanger; Trump didn’t think of it on his own and he certainly has not faithfully adhered to it. wapo.st/49bKyew
Opinion | Trump’s incoherent foreign policy defies explanation
Many MAGA loyalists don’t bat an eye as Trump mediates conflicts while also saber-rattling.
wapo.st
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Any coherence imposed on Trump’s often self-contradictory approach is largely an artificial construct. Even the label Trump has adopted—“America First”—was suggested to him in 2016 by David Sanger; Trump didn’t think of it on his own and he certainly has not faithfully adhered to it. wapo.st/49bKyew
Is Trump a peacemaker or a warmonger? An interventionist or an isolationist? The answer is: yes. He contains multitudes, and it’s nearly impossible to sort out or explain the disparate strands of his foreign policy. wapo.st/49bKyew
Opinion | Trump’s incoherent foreign policy defies explanation
Many MAGA loyalists don’t bat an eye as Trump mediates conflicts while also saber-rattling.
wapo.st
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Is Trump a peacemaker or a warmonger? An interventionist or an isolationist? The answer is: yes. He contains multitudes, and it’s nearly impossible to sort out or explain the disparate strands of his foreign policy. wapo.st/49bKyew
Trump insists that U.S. strikes “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear enrichment program this summer, but regional officials and analysts have become less convinced in the months since, and they warn another outbreak of war between Israel and Iran is only a matter of time. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/w...
The Dangerous Stalemate Over Iran’s Nuclear Program
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November 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Trump insists that U.S. strikes “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear enrichment program this summer, but regional officials and analysts have become less convinced in the months since, and they warn another outbreak of war between Israel and Iran is only a matter of time. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/w...
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“Less than 48 hours earlier, U.S. officials said, Trump had been watching Fox News aboard Air Force One…”
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Exclusive | Inside Trump’s ‘Guns-a-Blazing’ Threat and Nigeria’s Race to Head It Off
The West African country is trying to persuade the president not to insert the U.S. military or cut off aid as largely Muslim cattle herdsmen are accused of killing Christians.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
“Less than 48 hours earlier, U.S. officials said, Trump had been watching Fox News aboard Air Force One…”
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November 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I’m shocked the Kennedy Center hasn’t already been renamed the Trump Center. www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Sources: Trump wants D.C. stadium named for him
A senior White House source said there have been back-channel communications with a member of the Commanders ownership group, led by Josh Harris, to express Trump's desire to have the $3.7 billion dom...
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November 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I’m shocked the Kennedy Center hasn’t already been renamed the Trump Center. www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
No U.S. officials will attend the Group of 20 summit in South Africa this month, President Donald Trump said Friday, repeating his claim that White South Africans there are being murdered and oppressed — an allegation that lacks any evidence. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump says U.S. officials will not attend G-20 summit in South Africa
In making the announcement, the president repeated claims — which lack any evidence — that White South Africans are being murdered and persecuted.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
No U.S. officials will attend the Group of 20 summit in South Africa this month, President Donald Trump said Friday, repeating his claim that White South Africans there are being murdered and oppressed — an allegation that lacks any evidence. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Rodríguez, 30, is among the more than 600,000 Venezuelans who have, as of Friday, lost temporary protected status, or TPS — a designation that shielded them from deportation and allowed many to work and live in the United States. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Venezuelans begin fleeing U.S. as protections end and threat of war looms
TPS expired for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans on Friday. Many are shuttering business, selling homes and boarding planes, or scrambling to find a way to stay.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Rodríguez, 30, is among the more than 600,000 Venezuelans who have, as of Friday, lost temporary protected status, or TPS — a designation that shielded them from deportation and allowed many to work and live in the United States. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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“..’There’s a baby in the back!’ an onlooker shouted. Minutes later, someone cried out, ‘They’re about to drive!’
“.. Another agent, wearing body armor and carrying a rifle, got into the passenger seat ..”
@nytimes.com #ICE
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“.. Another agent, wearing body armor and carrying a rifle, got into the passenger seat ..”
@nytimes.com #ICE
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November 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
“..’There’s a baby in the back!’ an onlooker shouted. Minutes later, someone cried out, ‘They’re about to drive!’
“.. Another agent, wearing body armor and carrying a rifle, got into the passenger seat ..”
@nytimes.com #ICE
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
“.. Another agent, wearing body armor and carrying a rifle, got into the passenger seat ..”
@nytimes.com #ICE
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
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Latest Army general to be jammed up over alleged wokeness is Pat Work, who led the Ranger company that fast-roped into the Korengal to recover the bodies during Operation Red Wings and was the 82nd brigade commander who dug ISIS out of Mosul
November 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Latest Army general to be jammed up over alleged wokeness is Pat Work, who led the Ranger company that fast-roped into the Korengal to recover the bodies during Operation Red Wings and was the 82nd brigade commander who dug ISIS out of Mosul
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The fall of Pokrovsk does not mean the fall of Kostiantynivka, Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, or Sloviansk.
The war will continue with slow gains and massive Russian casualties.
Ukraine makes Russia pay for every kilometer of ground.
War of Attrition.
The war will continue with slow gains and massive Russian casualties.
Ukraine makes Russia pay for every kilometer of ground.
War of Attrition.
November 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The fall of Pokrovsk does not mean the fall of Kostiantynivka, Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, or Sloviansk.
The war will continue with slow gains and massive Russian casualties.
Ukraine makes Russia pay for every kilometer of ground.
War of Attrition.
The war will continue with slow gains and massive Russian casualties.
Ukraine makes Russia pay for every kilometer of ground.
War of Attrition.
Some good insights here about authoritarian personalities, including Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
Opinion | The Season of the Wolves
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Some good insights here about authoritarian personalities, including Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
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This thread is horrifying, and is only happening with the complicity of Congress and the Supreme Court
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This thread is horrifying, and is only happening with the complicity of Congress and the Supreme Court