Edward Luce
@edwardluce.bsky.social
FT's US columnist/commentator. Author of several books including NYT best selling biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski (Simon & Schuster 2025). People lacking a sense of humour might get muted.
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BREAKING via Star-Tribune: GOP gubernatorial candidate ends bid, says he can’t support "stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.”
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Chris Madel ends GOP bid for governor, says he can’t support federal ‘retribution’ against Minnesota
His exit comes as some other Republicans have started to distance themselves from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the state.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM
BREAKING via Star-Tribune: GOP gubernatorial candidate ends bid, says he can’t support "stated retribution on the citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so.”
Read more www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
Read more www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
UK's Reform party is making me think twice about using the word "reform", which is a shame. Reform should not mean 'vandalise your country's national interest while pretending to be patriotic'.
January 26, 2026 at 5:22 PM
UK's Reform party is making me think twice about using the word "reform", which is a shame. Reform should not mean 'vandalise your country's national interest while pretending to be patriotic'.
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January 26, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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Old gift link expired already. Here's another. as.ft.com/r/4a2581e2-3...
January 26, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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"A competent autocrat selects his enemies with skill. Trump’s Achilles Heel is that he gets worse at this with experience." Me on his administration's darkly comical and profoundly inept depiction of Pretti and Good as terrorists. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/60a0a558-2...
ICE and America’s flailing autocrat
[FREE TO READ] Easily discredited propaganda is undermining Trump’s assault on the constitution
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January 26, 2026 at 3:49 PM
"A competent autocrat selects his enemies with skill. Trump’s Achilles Heel is that he gets worse at this with experience." Me on his administration's darkly comical and profoundly inept depiction of Pretti and Good as terrorists. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/60a0a558-2...
The hope was that public video would make law enforcement think twice, resting on the naive idea that we're dealing with generally law-abiding officers. ICE beats people up and kills in full knowledge they're being filmed. They have lethal impunity.
January 25, 2026 at 1:39 AM
The hope was that public video would make law enforcement think twice, resting on the naive idea that we're dealing with generally law-abiding officers. ICE beats people up and kills in full knowledge they're being filmed. They have lethal impunity.
Feel that Maga's gargantuan 2nd amendment hypocrisy is being underplayed. Dems should defund ICE and call GOP's bluff by going for gun control.
January 25, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Feel that Maga's gargantuan 2nd amendment hypocrisy is being underplayed. Dems should defund ICE and call GOP's bluff by going for gun control.
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Minnesota is the best of us.
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Minnesota is the best of us.
Trump's cold-blooded belittling of British and other non-US Nato sacrifices in Afghanistan apparently leading all British broadcast bulletins. Trump lied to avoid military service. Hopefully his diatribe will boomerang onto Nigel Farage.
January 23, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Trump's cold-blooded belittling of British and other non-US Nato sacrifices in Afghanistan apparently leading all British broadcast bulletins. Trump lied to avoid military service. Hopefully his diatribe will boomerang onto Nigel Farage.
Gold prices rose by the most this week since the 2008 financial meltdown. Haven against chaos. All due to Trump. www.ft.com/content/6d7a...
Gold heads for best week since 2008 as Greenland crisis rattles dollar
Price closes in on $5,000 per ounce and silver tops $100 as Trump’s shortlived tariffs threat sparks rush into precious metals
www.ft.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Gold prices rose by the most this week since the 2008 financial meltdown. Haven against chaos. All due to Trump. www.ft.com/content/6d7a...
There were 35 US strikes on Caribbean boats between Sept 2 and Jan 3 (one every 3 days). None in the 21 days since then. Funny that.
January 23, 2026 at 5:11 PM
There were 35 US strikes on Caribbean boats between Sept 2 and Jan 3 (one every 3 days). None in the 21 days since then. Funny that.
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From this zinger of a paragraph
January 23, 2026 at 2:28 PM
From this zinger of a paragraph
"Having wracked my brains, I've come up with a slogan for Britain’s middle power opportunity: 'Take back control'." My Swamp Notes with @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on why Carney has laid out the rest of the west's only sane response to Trump. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/672930fc-c...
Britain’s golden middle power opening
[FREE TO READ] Prime Minister Keir Starmer has a chance to really ‘take back control’
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January 23, 2026 at 2:06 PM
"Having wracked my brains, I've come up with a slogan for Britain’s middle power opportunity: 'Take back control'." My Swamp Notes with @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on why Carney has laid out the rest of the west's only sane response to Trump. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/672930fc-c...
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Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States of America.
At least until tomorrow.
At least until tomorrow.
January 21, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States of America.
At least until tomorrow.
At least until tomorrow.
Remind me, what was the 25th amendment for?
January 21, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Remind me, what was the 25th amendment for?
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“As America prepares to commemorate its 250th anniversary, the republic is flirting with its own funeral.” My column. www.ft.com/content/dede...
America’s barbarian turn
No ideological code can fully capture Trump’s actions
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:25 PM
“As America prepares to commemorate its 250th anniversary, the republic is flirting with its own funeral.” My column. www.ft.com/content/dede...
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The inimitable @edwardluce.bsky.social is spot on: "Standing up to #Trump offers no guarantee of success. Submission, on the other hand, is certain to fail." www.ft.com/content/dede... via @financialtimes.com
America’s barbarians inside the gates
No ideological code can fully capture Trump’s actions
www.ft.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:08 AM
The inimitable @edwardluce.bsky.social is spot on: "Standing up to #Trump offers no guarantee of success. Submission, on the other hand, is certain to fail." www.ft.com/content/dede... via @financialtimes.com
Watching Mark Carney's Davos speech and his total clarity and gravity about the world having turned fills me with embarrassment about Keir Starmer's self-abasement to Trump. It doesn't work!
January 21, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Watching Mark Carney's Davos speech and his total clarity and gravity about the world having turned fills me with embarrassment about Keir Starmer's self-abasement to Trump. It doesn't work!
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must-read column today by @edwardluce.bsky.social who accurately analysed the dangers posed by Trump long before many commentators
www.ft.com/content/dede...
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January 20, 2026 at 2:36 PM
must-read column today by @edwardluce.bsky.social who accurately analysed the dangers posed by Trump long before many commentators
www.ft.com/content/dede...
www.ft.com/content/dede...
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European leaders, notably Merz & Meloni, need to read and internalize this from the excellent @edwardluce.bsky.social: “Standing up to Trump offers no guarantee of success. Submission, on the other hand, is certain to fail.”
www.ft.com/content/dede...
www.ft.com/content/dede...
America’s barbarian turn
No ideological code can fully capture Trump’s actions
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:02 PM
European leaders, notably Merz & Meloni, need to read and internalize this from the excellent @edwardluce.bsky.social: “Standing up to Trump offers no guarantee of success. Submission, on the other hand, is certain to fail.”
www.ft.com/content/dede...
www.ft.com/content/dede...
“As America prepares to commemorate its 250th anniversary, the republic is flirting with its own funeral.” My column. www.ft.com/content/dede...
America’s barbarian turn
No ideological code can fully capture Trump’s actions
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:25 PM
“As America prepares to commemorate its 250th anniversary, the republic is flirting with its own funeral.” My column. www.ft.com/content/dede...
The time for sane-washing is surely over.
If you can’t admit Trump is a dangerous, lunatic moron, you’re part of the problem. My latest.
www.thedailybeast.com/now-is-the-t...
www.thedailybeast.com/now-is-the-t...
Now Is the Time to Admit It, America: Trump Is a Dangerous, Lunatic Moron
If you can’t see it now, you’re the problem.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:13 AM
The time for sane-washing is surely over.
"The US has squandered its most valuable financial asset: trust. It risks paying a heavy price for this for decades to come." Important piece by my colleague @katie0martin.ft.com on the hit to the dollar and US borrowing costs of Trump's derangement. www.ft.com/content/9f73...
Trump’s Arctic ambitions torch the most important US asset
The market reaction to the threat of tariffs on supposed allies over Greenland has been extremely telling
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:10 AM
"The US has squandered its most valuable financial asset: trust. It risks paying a heavy price for this for decades to come." Important piece by my colleague @katie0martin.ft.com on the hit to the dollar and US borrowing costs of Trump's derangement. www.ft.com/content/9f73...
Really enjoyed this.
All AMERICANS Should Learn These Lessons - Edward Luce youtu.be/poKe1SCDsHA
All AMERICANS Should Learn These Lessons - Edward Luce
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January 13, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Really enjoyed this.