Max Boot
Columnist at The Washington Post
Senior Fellow at The Council on Foreign Relations
CFR fellow, WaPo columnist. Pulitzer finalist for biography. Author, NYT bestseller: REAGAN: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND. https://t.co/y4c7U40qzz
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1 week ago |
washingtonpost.com | Max Boot
With President Donald Trump now having been in office for more than 100 days, concern is growing that he is accumulating so much executive authority that American democracy is in peril. A New Yorker headline asks — in reference to “other countries” that “have watched their democracies slip away gradually” — “Is It Happening Here?” I put the question last week to one of the world’s foremost authorities on democracy.
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3 weeks ago |
washingtonpost.com | Max Boot
In its well intentioned but rushed and ham-handed attempts to end the war in Ukraine, the Trump administration is flirting with disaster. Apparently, President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, real estate developer Steve Witkoff, has crafted a peace plan after traveling to Moscow for three lengthy meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin — but never once going to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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3 weeks ago |
washingtonpost.com | Max Boot
Here’s the most dangerous concession to Putin in Trump’s peace plan (washingtonpost.com) Here’s the most dangerous concession to Putin in Trump’s peace plan By Max Boot 2025042415320800 In its well intentioned but rushed and ham-handed attempts to end the war in Ukraine, the Trump administration is flirting with disaster.
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3 weeks ago |
washingtonpost.com | Max Boot
Hegseth is in over his head. No wonder the Pentagon is a mess. (washingtonpost.com) Hegseth is in over his head. No wonder the Pentagon is a mess. By Max Boot 2025042217320000 Is there a better example of the Peter Principle — the theory that, sooner or later, most employees get promoted above their level of competence — than Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth?
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3 weeks ago |
washingtonpost.com | Max Boot
Israel is getting sucked deeper into a Gaza quagmire (washingtonpost.com) Israel is getting sucked deeper into a Gaza quagmire By Max Boot 2025042109450000 Since suffering the worst attack in Israel's history on Oct. 7, 2023, the Israel Defense Forces have won one battle after another against both Hamas and Hezbollah, greatly diminishing the threat posed by both terrorist groups.
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RT @MaxBoot: “Five of the Best Presidential Biographies.” Honored to have @economist.com recommend my Reagan book alongside other preside…
“Five of the Best Presidential Biographies.” Honored to have @economist.com recommend my Reagan book alongside other presidential biographies by Robert Caro, David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin and David Remnick—all writers I greatly admire. https://t.co/fdKr4UFumO https://t.co/7u8UKcArTB
If you have a Christmas Amazon gift card burning a hole in your pocket, might I recommend “Ronald Reagan: His Life and Legend”.... At 880 pages, the book looks intimidating. But Boot is a skillful writer and I flew through the book in a couple of weeks. https://t.co/0S8z0QQP5j
