Edward Luce

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“Every unhappy nation is unique. But the mood overlap between countries such as Hungary and Serbia, both of which have recently thrown out rightwing populists in corruption-dominated elections, and today’s America is striking.” My column as.ft.com/r/c8ced69e-f...

Amazon keeps telling me I've "landed a complimentary gift." Gifts are complimentary by definition you tautologists.

When the next US Congress investigates corruption, Trump's oil-deal-of-the-century with Alejandro Betancourt, the face of Venezuelan corruption, should be top of its list. Two kleptocracies working together. Brilliant essay by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

"Realism" is an empty doctrine - and "realists" are just mimicking Moscow talking points, says @EdwardGLuce giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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Mearsheimer: "Ukraine Isn’t being abandoned, It’s being managed. Trump can't abandon Ukraine because the deep state just won't let him do that." For a perfect example of Trump sane-washing watch this. danieldavisdeepdive.substack.com/p/mearsheime...

"We are entering what may be the most dangerous phase in the life of the most dangerous political leader America has ever known." 💯

Can't think of a contemporary scholar who has so discredited himself and his work as Mearsheimer has done over Ukraine.

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“Another US president would be pressuring Russia to stop slaughtering innocents. Trump is instead giving them the means to kill more.” Me on Trump’s darkest turn yet against Ukraine. as.ft.com/r/0f7ee7f8-3...

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The concluding paragraph of today's FT column on America's moral decay under Trump by @edwardluce.bsky.social

"Though there's no suggestion that Hegseth will set up a pay-per-view scheme for Hasan’s execution, Trump would undoubtedly pay keen attention to the ratings. He is a life-long enthusiast for capital punishment." Me on Trump's ominous bread and circuses vibe. as.ft.com/r/90c044c5-a...

Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played

Another excellent column from @edwardluce.bsky.social One of many great lines: "It goes without saying that such dross annoys those who take pride in what is good about western civilisation." www.ft.com/content/3c8d...

This is where we are. Live stream executions for Maga porn. Such barbarism is not easily wiped away.

Getting bored of US statesmen grokking "western civilization" to erect intellectually feeble scaffolding to justify attacks on liberal democracy in Europe - most recently Rubio at the Acropolis. Stop plundering Plato to justify your will to power.

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It could not be clearer. @edwardluce.bsky.social is exactly right. America's billionaires need to understand that shirking their responsibilities and debts to society is a losing formula and a political error.

“A rational billionaire would see the merits of buying social peace. An enlightened one would acknowledge his debts to federal science, public education and chance.Alas, there are few such super-rich to be found.” Me on the demagoguery against Prop 40. as.ft.com/r/4f1869f4-5...

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I hope you'll read this from @edwardluce.bsky.social about what DC post election will be like. I hope Dems will take in the implicit warning that disunity or lack of resolve could lead to a waste of the next two years and more damage to the country from Trump. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

“Public opinion has turned decisively against Trump. His negative approval rating is twice as bad today as it was on the eve of his party’s 2018 drubbing.” My column on why Trump will pretend he bears no responsibility for the looming GOP defeat. as.ft.com/r/f337d285-0...

A few critics said I overlooked Trump's upcoming Xi summit in my column this week on Trump's boredom with substance and obsession with monuments to himself. Guess which part of Trump's Xi interactions was his favourite? Showing Xi his new ballroom.

Democrats coming at Trump from the right on China. They're not evolving.

Donald Trump has “checked out” and, bored of the business of governing, the US president is now singularly obsessed with building monuments to himself, argues Edward Luce. Read today's column from @edwardluce.bsky.social in #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/FybYK2B

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"The term “lame duck” would be haunting any other president’s sleep. But the concept is alien to Trump. He spends more of his time telling people about his architectural plans than he devotes to Iran, AI or the economy. Insoluble problems hold no interest." My column. as.ft.com/r/928f5cb7-6...

"Were America consciously trying to put China off from talking about AI it could not have arranged it better." My Swamp Notes with Demetri Sevastopulo on next week's stillborn Trump-Xi summit. as.ft.com/r/b02a4c1e-7...

Brings to mind this @edwardluce.bsky.social line on Trump: "Four years ago, he said bitcoin was a 'scam'. Now he wants to make America the 'crypto capital of the world'. To see that as a U-turn is to miss how Trump works. The second statement follows naturally from the first."

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"Bessent is badly harming himself in his quest not to disappoint the president. As one Washington veteran quipped: “Bessent makes Steve Mnuchin look like Alexander Hamilton.”" My column. as.ft.com/r/1f88e3d7-1...

Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children www.propublica.org/article/dona...

I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.

The next 9/11, or far worse, is there in plain sight. Yet apparently it is communism not AI that threatens America. Me on Dallas, Trump and our unlearning species. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/9a8a91e3-a...

While warning about communism, Trump vows to bribe Americans with their own money (borrowed from China) so that he can keep control of Congress and get even richer. And he calls this proposed budget-destroying bribe a "dividend". Read David.

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@edwardluce.bsky.social on the two money-obsessed buffoons Trump used to negotiate war vs peace www.ft.com/content/bc02... Kushner and Witkoff’s blind amateurism

"“Albania is not for sale,” says the normally pro-American Albanian street. If Kushner and Witkoff would listen, other parts of the world are trying to tell them the same thing." My column. as.ft.com/r/cd22dbcd-a...

Late summer in England

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Evening from either side of our hotel room