Here at the Reflecting Pool where a big chunk ofTrump's blue paint-apoxie has peeled off the bottom of the pool and is bobbling in the water.
DOUTHAT: Let's be honest -- the tone of the administration is not consistently a Christian tone. There is a tone of aggressive uncharity
JD VANCE: Tonal arguments are ways of, frankly, policing working class ways of communication, and covering them in elite preferences
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Macron is such a mischievous little bitch he knew exactly what he was doing. I love him.
"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"
Who would have thought that Meloni turns into the EU politician who, next to Sanchez, goes most visibly on public offensive against Trump?
JD Vance: “If you give Donald Trump an IQ test with the other 45 presidents that the United States has had, I guarantee he'd be either near the top or at the top”
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Some nutty stuff in @maggieNYT @jonathanvswan book on Trump's failed effort to end Ukraine war, including Witkoff returning from Kremlin w/signed Putin doodle memorializing the "3+2" land for peace deal they wanted to force on Kyiv. Witkoff, touting "personal chemistry" with Putin, framed it.
Leaving Vienna after a typically thought-provoking @ecfr.eu Annual Council Meeting.
Main takeaway: in 2024 Europeans were denying the death of the transatlantic alliance; in 2025 they were between anger and bargaining; in 2026 they are at depression and approaching acceptance.
Onwards.
President Trump on financial sanctions & international role of the US dollar: “We have taken their money, it’s their money. If we didn’t give it back, nobody would ever invest in the dollar again.” www.ft.com/content/905e...
