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Peter Baker

Washington, D.C.

Chief White House Correspondent at The New York Times

Analyst at MSNBC

Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times and MSNBC analyst. Proud husband of @sbg1 and proud father of @tab_delete. Co-Author of "THE DIVIDER."

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  • 1 week ago | virginislandsdailynews.com | Peter Baker

    The trip down that escalator took less than 30 seconds, but it opened a much longer journey for the man and his country. It has been 10 years now, as of Monday, since Donald Trump descended to the lobby of his namesake tower to announce his campaign for president. Ten years of jaw-dropping, woke-busting, scandal-defying, status quo-smashing politics that have transformed America for good or ill in profoundly fundamental ways.

  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Peter Baker

    She was “horrified” when President Trump berated Ukraine’s president on camera in the Oval Office. She thought the president’s peace overtures amounted to “appeasement.” But when she came under pressure to stop calling Russia the “aggressor” for invading its neighbor, it was just too much. Bridget A. Brink, a career foreign service officer, resigned in April as ambassador to Ukraine in protest of Mr. Trump’s approach to the war.

  • 1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Peter Baker

    When President Donald Trump first sought to stage a military parade in Washington, a four-star general argued against it, telling him that “it’s what dictators do.” Trump was unbothered by the comparison, and so on Saturday tanks will roll down the streets of the nation’s capital for the first time in decades. Nor was Trump evidently concerned about being accused of authoritarian excess for deploying troops to Los Angeles to quell protests against his immigration crackdown.

  • 1 week ago | mahoningmatters.com | Peter Baker

    (News Analysis)When President Donald Trump first sought to stage a military parade in Washington, a four-star general argued against it, telling him that “it’s what dictators do.” Trump was unbothered by the comparison, and so on Saturday tanks will roll down the streets of the nation’s capital for the first time in decades. Nor was Trump evidently concerned about being accused of authoritarian excess for deploying troops to Los Angeles to quell protests against his immigration crackdown.

  • 2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Peter Baker

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Peter Baker
Peter Baker @peterbakernyt
6 Jun 25

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, has been returned to the US, but now faces charges related to transporting undocumented migrants. @DevlinBarrett @alanfeuer @GlennThrush https://t.co/EKp7aHD9xp

Peter Baker
Peter Baker @peterbakernyt
6 Jun 25

Best news lead of the week, courtesy of @michellelprice "Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s alliance took off like one of SpaceX’s rockets. It was supercharged and soared high. And then it blew up." https://t.co/aKJ7Q4g6Hv

Peter Baker
Peter Baker @peterbakernyt
6 Jun 25

"A spat that showed just how much the world’s richest man and its most powerful politician resemble angry middle schoolers," writes @sbg1 https://t.co/qiAtS7dRyj