Thomas L Friedman
@thomaslfriedman.bsky.social
New York Times Foreign Affairs Columnists and Author
My column: We’re In a New Everything-Is-Connected Epoch. But What to Call It?
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Opinion | We’re In a New Everything-Is-Connected Epoch. But What to Call It?
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November 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
My column: We’re In a New Everything-Is-Connected Epoch. But What to Call It?
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My column: Trump’s China Trade Policy Is a Hot Mess
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Opinion | Trump’s China Trade Policy Is a Hot Mess
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November 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
My column: Trump’s China Trade Policy Is a Hot Mess
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My column: Mr. Trump, on the Middle East, Please Move Fast and Break Things www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...
Opinion | Mr. Trump, on the Middle East, Please Move Fast and Break Things
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October 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
My column: Mr. Trump, on the Middle East, Please Move Fast and Break Things www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...
My column: Give Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if He Does the Hard Parts to Come www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
Opinion | Give Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if He Does the Hard Parts to Come
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October 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
My column: Give Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if He Does the Hard Parts to Come www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
My column: Trump’s Peace Plan: Perhaps Impossible, but Never More Necessary www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Peace Plan: Perhaps Impossible, but Never More Necessary
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September 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
My column: Trump’s Peace Plan: Perhaps Impossible, but Never More Necessary www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...
My column: If Only We’d Fight as Hard to Save Our Democracy as Ukrainians Are to Save Theirs www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
Opinion | If Only We’d Fight as Hard to Save Our Democracy as Ukrainians Are to Save Theirs
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September 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
My column: If Only We’d Fight as Hard to Save Our Democracy as Ukrainians Are to Save Theirs www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
My column: Our Allies Are Asking: ‘Why Does Putin Still Own Trump?’ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
Opinion | Our Allies Are Asking: ‘Why Does Putin Still Own Trump?’
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September 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
My column: Our Allies Are Asking: ‘Why Does Putin Still Own Trump?’ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
My column: A Plea for President Trump With a Fragile Country on Edge www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/o...
Opinion | A Plea for President Trump With a Fragile Country on Edge
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September 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My column: A Plea for President Trump With a Fragile Country on Edge www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/o...
My column: The One Danger That Should Unite the
U.S. and China www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
U.S. and China www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
Opinion | The One Danger That Should Unite the U.S. and China
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September 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
My column: The One Danger That Should Unite the
U.S. and China www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
U.S. and China www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
My column: Israel’s Gaza Campaign Is Making It a Pariah State www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/o...
Opinion | Israel’s Gaza Campaign Is Making It a Pariah State
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August 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
My column: Israel’s Gaza Campaign Is Making It a Pariah State www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/o...
My column: Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Trump Is
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Opinion | Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Trump Is
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August 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
My column: Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Trump Is
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Smart piece by Rahm Emanuel on why so many men are struggling today. It's housing, stupid.
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Opinion | What’s really depressing America’s young men
The U.S. has two overlapping problems: the housing crisis and despondency in young men.
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August 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Smart piece by Rahm Emanuel on why so many men are struggling today. It's housing, stupid.
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My column: The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...
Opinion | The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away
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August 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
My column: The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...
My column: How Netanyahu Played Trump for a Fool in Gaza
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Opinion | How Netanyahu Played Trump for a Fool in Gaza
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July 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My column: How Netanyahu Played Trump for a Fool in Gaza
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My blog post: Mamdani, Be a Convener, Not a Commentator www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
Opinion | Conversations and insights about the moment.
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July 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My blog post: Mamdani, Be a Convener, Not a Commentator www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
My blog post: Mamdani, Be a Convener, Not a Commentator www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/o...
Opinion | Mamdani, Be a Convener, Not a Commentator
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July 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
My blog post: Mamdani, Be a Convener, Not a Commentator www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/o...
My column: How Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Make China Great Again www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/o...
Opinion | How Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Make China Great Again
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July 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
My column: How Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Make China Great Again www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/o...
My column: My column: If This Mideast War Is Over, Get Ready for Some Interesting Politics www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...
Opinion | If This Mideast War Is Over, Get Ready for Some Interesting Politics
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June 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
My column: My column: If This Mideast War Is Over, Get Ready for Some Interesting Politics www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...
My column: How the Attacks on Iran Are Part of a Much Bigger Global Struggle www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/o...
Opinion | How the Attacks on Iran Are Part of a Much Bigger Global Struggle
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June 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
My column: How the Attacks on Iran Are Part of a Much Bigger Global Struggle www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/o...
My column: The Smart Way for Trump to End the Israel-Iran War
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Opinion | The Smart Way for Trump to End the Israel-Iran War
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June 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
My column: The Smart Way for Trump to End the Israel-Iran War
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My column: How to Think About What’s Happening With Iran and Israel www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/o...
Opinion | How to Think About What’s Happening With Iran and Israel
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June 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My column: How to Think About What’s Happening With Iran and Israel www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/o...
My column: This Israeli Government Is a Danger to Jews Everywhere
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Opinion | This Israeli Government Is a Danger to Jews Everywhere
The price will be high if people don’t resist Netanyahu’s ugly, nihilistic Gaza policy.
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June 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
My column: This Israeli Government Is a Danger to Jews Everywhere
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If you want a real treat, join me on Monday, June 9, at 6 pm at Planet Word museum to listen to a lecture by Harvard's legendary philosopher Michael Sandel, whose Justice course is one of the most popular courses ever, on how to conduct hard conversations.
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Debating Big Questions with Michael Sandel — Planet Word Museum
For years, Michael Sandel’s legendary course “Justice” has packed Harvard’s biggest auditorium, leading students through debates about the hardest moral and civic questions of our time. His BBC series...
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June 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
If you want a real treat, join me on Monday, June 9, at 6 pm at Planet Word museum to listen to a lecture by Harvard's legendary philosopher Michael Sandel, whose Justice course is one of the most popular courses ever, on how to conduct hard conversations.
planetwordmuseum.org/events/debat...
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My column: We Are Being Governed by the Trump Organization Inc. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/o...
Opinion | We Are Being Governed by the Trump Organization Inc.
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June 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
My column: We Are Being Governed by the Trump Organization Inc. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/o...
My podcast with NYT Opinions: Tom Friedman on Why Life Is Getting Much, Much Harder for Benjamin Netanyahu: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/o...
Opinion | Tom Friedman on Why Life Is Getting Much, Much Harder for Benjamin Netanyahu
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May 30, 2025 at 1:05 AM
My podcast with NYT Opinions: Tom Friedman on Why Life Is Getting Much, Much Harder for Benjamin Netanyahu: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/o...