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.
I’ve been inundated with what appears to be AI generated spam offering to help promote my books. Coming from “people” with wild, made-up names. One example below. Is anyone else getting this? Wonder what the point of this scam is?
November 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I’ve been inundated with what appears to be AI generated spam offering to help promote my books. Coming from “people” with wild, made-up names. One example below. Is anyone else getting this? Wonder what the point of this scam is?
The Nobel Peace Prize campaign gathers steam.
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Nobel Peace Prize campaign gathers steam.
Doesn’t seem like an attack on Venezuela is imminent given that the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier battle group, which has been ordered to the Caribbean, is still near Italy.
October 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Doesn’t seem like an attack on Venezuela is imminent given that the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier battle group, which has been ordered to the Caribbean, is still near Italy.
Significant from a former Scalia clerk and leading conservative legal activist.
October 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Significant from a former Scalia clerk and leading conservative legal activist.
Putin keeps “tapping” Trump along.
October 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Putin keeps “tapping” Trump along.
Joe Biden is a class act. Trump reviles him nonstop yet Biden praises Trump for the hostage release.
October 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Joe Biden is a class act. Trump reviles him nonstop yet Biden praises Trump for the hostage release.
A picture is worth a thousand words about how isolated Israel has become.
September 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
A picture is worth a thousand words about how isolated Israel has become.
From the aspiring Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
September 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
From the aspiring Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
Trump’s latest excuse to do nothing about Russian aggression. He knows Europe won’t join his self-destructive trade war with China.
September 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Trump’s latest excuse to do nothing about Russian aggression. He knows Europe won’t join his self-destructive trade war with China.
I have to admit I find Gov Newsom’s parodies of the Trump social media style pretty funny. Someone in his office has a talent for this kind of thing!
August 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I have to admit I find Gov Newsom’s parodies of the Trump social media style pretty funny. Someone in his office has a talent for this kind of thing!
Now, after making nice with Putin, Trump seems to be encouraging Ukraine to attack Russian territory. If he wants to put pressure on Putin, why not just impose the sanctions he threatened?
August 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Now, after making nice with Putin, Trump seems to be encouraging Ukraine to attack Russian territory. If he wants to put pressure on Putin, why not just impose the sanctions he threatened?
I am being driven bonkers by a deluge of fundraising texts from some Democratic campaign firm which thinks my name is Carol. I keep blocking individual texts but new ones keep appearing! More intrusive than junk mail. I’m not even a Democrat.
August 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I am being driven bonkers by a deluge of fundraising texts from some Democratic campaign firm which thinks my name is Carol. I keep blocking individual texts but new ones keep appearing! More intrusive than junk mail. I’m not even a Democrat.
I’m imagining all the media stories about Biden’s mental acuity—and GOP attacks—if Biden had referred to St Petersburg as “Leningrad” (a name that was discarded more than 30 years ago).
August 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I’m imagining all the media stories about Biden’s mental acuity—and GOP attacks—if Biden had referred to St Petersburg as “Leningrad” (a name that was discarded more than 30 years ago).
I discussed where the Gaza conflict is headed next with my @washingtonpost.com colleagues @dmarusic.bsky.social and @shadihamid.bsky.social. We’re not optimistic! bit.ly/46BL9VD
July 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I discussed where the Gaza conflict is headed next with my @washingtonpost.com colleagues @dmarusic.bsky.social and @shadihamid.bsky.social. We’re not optimistic! bit.ly/46BL9VD
The cost of appointing an unqualified secretary of defense and firing the national security advisor: a policy process that is utterly chaotic.
July 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The cost of appointing an unqualified secretary of defense and firing the national security advisor: a policy process that is utterly chaotic.
From Poland’s foreign minister.
July 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
From Poland’s foreign minister.
This makes a mockery of Trump’s attempts to justify his mass deportations as a war on criminal gangs. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...
June 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This makes a mockery of Trump’s attempts to justify his mass deportations as a war on criminal gangs. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...
Just saw "Centered: Joe Lieberman." What a great tribute to a great man--a "super mensch," as his son said--and a reminder of how much we need, and miss, centrism and bipartisanship in our polarized politics. centeredfilm.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Just saw "Centered: Joe Lieberman." What a great tribute to a great man--a "super mensch," as his son said--and a reminder of how much we need, and miss, centrism and bipartisanship in our polarized politics. centeredfilm.com
I was on CNN last night discussing Trump’s dilemma of whether to bomb Fordow. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
June 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I was on CNN last night discussing Trump’s dilemma of whether to bomb Fordow. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
How does the Israel-Iran war end? I discussed with my @postopinions.bsky.social colleagues David Ignatius and Jason Willick. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
June 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
How does the Israel-Iran war end? I discussed with my @postopinions.bsky.social colleagues David Ignatius and Jason Willick. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
Lots of empty space on the mall half an hour before the parade starts.
June 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Lots of empty space on the mall half an hour before the parade starts.
Putin’s refusal to stop attacking Ukraine has not affected his chummy relationship with Trump. Is there a world leader, aside from Netanyahu, that Trump talks to more often? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
June 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Putin’s refusal to stop attacking Ukraine has not affected his chummy relationship with Trump. Is there a world leader, aside from Netanyahu, that Trump talks to more often? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
Gee, I wonder why people are protesting. www.wsj.com/us-news/prot...
June 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Gee, I wonder why people are protesting. www.wsj.com/us-news/prot...