Alex Kliment

This is a great point. Trump's "transactional" way isn't effective here because Putin, at least on Ukraine, isn't transactional. He's ideological at a world-historic level that's difficult for the US mind to grasp. People laughed at Putin's 28-minute history lesson for Tucker.

Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe

What I think this administration does not understand is that this isn't about the money for Putin and continuing to make it about money just reinforces Putin's ideas about Americans as hollow, soft cowards who place material well-being above spiritual values.

In Damascus they're saying Trump's call to lift sanctions was "the second biggest day in my life after the fall of Assad." But what happens now? Can Syria seize the moment? I wrote on this, w/ thoughts from the great @IbrahimAlAssil & @FirasMaksad https://t.co/VrdLqqCXBX

RT @IbrahimAlAssil: My comments to @gzeromedia on Syria and sanctions relief and the domestic and regional challenges ahead. https://t.co/…

Whether you agree with them or not, Oren and co are essential reading if you wish to understand the new American right and the possibly revolutionary changes that are going on in U.S. politics/economy/society right now.

Oren Cass @oren_cass

Today, @AmerCompass turns 5! 🥂🙌🎇To celebrate: We're announcing next month's release of "The New Conservatives," an anthology of our most influential writing. Pre-order now! Also, I thought I'd count down 5 of the most notable transformations we've wrought...

The "Staaahp It" doctrine has not been great so far, no.

CanWePleaseTalk? podcast @CANWEPLEASTALK

“Vladimir, Nooo!” Well, turns out @gzeromedia correspondent Alex Kliment (@SaoSasha) knew how these negotiations would turn out for President Trump, as he told us recently on the show. Full interview - https://t.co/B4SwzdAypi #russia #ukraine #news https://t.co/QDK2sUTiQ6

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The current level of market volatility has been surpassed only twice in the past 25 years. The first time was the Global Financial Crisis, the second was the start of the pandemic. https://t.co/Drep3igvO7

Of course the stock market is crashing, it's composed of companies and investors whose entire outlook was shaped by precisely the economic policies/pieties of the past 40 years that Trump is trying to bury. The crash is a *feature* not a bug, and should be viewed/analyzed as such

It's 1999 and you are participating in the anti-WTO protests wreaking havoc in Seattle and I am telling you that in 25 years Donald Trump is going to be president and that his policy ideas are going to be similar to yours.

What Trump had to say about Canada in 1987. “I do a little business…” https://t.co/yib04ARtgn

Trump wants this over "fast" -- Putin wants slow. The trouble is, Trump has no usable leverage that can change Putin's clock to "fast." Trump may see an interest in pretending otherwise for now, but at some point he will have to accept this fact, and try to spin it accordingly.

The Khalil deportation arguments that say "this can't violate 1A because 1A doesn't apply to permanent residents" remind me of the arguments that said "social media can't violate 1A because 1A doesn't apply to private companies ."

Banner days for democracy and free speech at the moment, as an EU member has banned the leading presidential candidate because of what he said about NATO, while the US is now deporting a permanent resident because of what he said about Gaza.

One thing you're not seeing much of in the reporting on Romania's decision to defend democracy by banning the leading presidential candidate after annulling the election he won, is that the banned guy's establishment opponent ALSO thinks this is a bad idea https://t.co/u8K6wMqcqd

Hold onto this tweet for when any ceasefire talks begin, because what Rubio is suggesting here is that Russia’s objective is actually the military occupation of *all* of Ukraine up to the Polish border.

Marco Rubio @marcorubio

Just making things up. No one has made any threats about cutting Ukraine off from Starlink And say thank you because without Starlink Ukraine would have lost this war long ago and Russians would be on the border with Poland right now

Reminder that the story of the Panama Canal isn’t just about commerce and geopolitics and all this, it’s about vast sweeps of family history, culture, and human experiences that continue to echo today. 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Esteeban @INFINITE_SGE

My grandmother & her family moved to Panama from Jamaica because of the canal. My parents grew up & worked in that area & earned their citizenship to the U.S. because of it. I was then born in the U.S. & watched as Panama gained control of the canal once again. Annnddd Its GONE🫡

Now that BlackRock is buying those Panama canal ports, it’s extra important to remember what the canal itself has to do with Bad bunny and Donald Trump. https://t.co/RefJg2Zb4i