Talk about a spectacularly wrong prediction! Lindsey Graham lobbied Trump to attack Iran with an absurdly optimistic timeline. I don’t know a single serious Mideast or military expert who expected that Iran would capitulate, or its government would fall, after a month of U.S. and Israeli bombing!

The US-Saudi agreement was signed yesterday without the Saudis joining the Abraham Accord and with permission for them to enrich uranium. Is Trump breaking the deal after less than a day? Or is this just another meaningless social media post that is detached from reality? 🤔

Some administration officials can’t even wait to end one war before starting another. No doubt dropping a few bombs on Mali will solve the problem, just like it did in Iran. Not!

This goes to show what I wrote on Monday: that, even though it’s not possible to hold elections in wartime, Ukraine remains a democracy. Zelensky listens to, rather than represses, protesters. This is why Ukraine will win—because of the strength of its civil society. wapo.st/4wcqOQt

Somehow I doubt this threat will deter a regime that in January killed thousands, possibly tens of thousands, of its own people to stay in power.

To use a technical military term, we are up a creek without a paddle. Trump has no good military option to open the Strait of Hormuz. Talking on MS NOW.

Very fair criticism from former British defense secretary.

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Is it real life or Saturday Night Life? At this point it’s hard to tell. Colin Jost can just replay this and the audience will be in stitches.

Trump is trying to avoid the choice he faces: Is he going to allow Iran to charge a toll on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz or is he going to escalate militarily? My take on CNN International.

Trump isn’t making much progress toward ending the Iran war or ending the Iranian nuclear program. My take on CNN.

Hegseth can’t defeat Iran, but he will win the battle against facial hair come hell or high water.

Important if Trump means it. Although I fear a lot of Ukrainians will die before it can start making its own Patriots. It’s imperative for other countries to send their stockpiles to Ukraine as an interim measure.

Trump on Iranian leaders June 16 (“smart people”) vs Trump on Iranian leaders today (“scum”). Who knows what he will be saying tomorrow?

Trump not knowing what’s in America’s foundational texts is very on-brand.

MAGA can’t decide if Europe is run by Communists or Islamists.

Trump probably doesn’t realize you’re not supposed to give political speeches to uniformed military audiences. Vance does and he doesn’t care. So annoying. He thinks he can cross the line because he turns it into a big joke. That’s not how this works.

Unbelievable how Trump can turn any speech into an attack on US allies. How about criticizing Russia for a change?

Leaders fighting forever wars don’t usually come out and admit it.

Hard to follow Trump’s “logic,” as usual. Is he suggesting that Xi Jinping WANTS more Chinese people to become American citizens? More likely Xi wants Chinese people to stay home rather than suffer a brain drain to America.

Honestly not as bad as I feared. But Pulte has no business being DNI.

I’m sure Trump will catch the vandals desecrating the Reflecting Pool just about the time that Captain Queeg catches the thieves who absconded with his strawberries.

I don’t know if President Trump is capable of being humble, but the outcome of the Iran war should be a humbling experience. Speaking on CNN International.

Trump is paying Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz—which was already open before he launched this war. Speaking on CNN International.

This doesn’t happen very often but Trump is right.

Just imagine how Fox News and the Republicans would react if Obama or Biden were praising the hardline Iranian leadership like this. 🫣

I’m sure the Lebanese are overjoyed to see Trump inciting Syria to renew its attempts to dominate their country (whose independence Syria only recognized in 2008).

The “deal” Trump is negotiating with Iran is just an attempt to escape the quagmire in which he has ensnared the entire world—beginning with his ill-fated decision to leave the nuclear accord in 2018. Speaking on CNN.

One of the supposed adults in the cabinet saying one of the craziest things I’ve ever heard.

Trump tried to tank the global economy with tariffs. He failed because China and then the Supreme Court made him back down. But now he’s trying again with the Iran war. What did voters think would happen when they gave the worst president in history a second chance at the job?