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"You can't trust Donald Trump."
"But you can trust Trump to be Trump."
@mattduss.bsky.social from @cipolicy.bsky.social on how Australia & other countries can understand the US President.
🎧 theaus.in/4nrpSTe
@emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol
"But you can trust Trump to be Trump."
@mattduss.bsky.social from @cipolicy.bsky.social on how Australia & other countries can understand the US President.
🎧 theaus.in/4nrpSTe
@emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol
October 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
"You can't trust Donald Trump."
"But you can trust Trump to be Trump."
@mattduss.bsky.social from @cipolicy.bsky.social on how Australia & other countries can understand the US President.
🎧 theaus.in/4nrpSTe
@emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol
"But you can trust Trump to be Trump."
@mattduss.bsky.social from @cipolicy.bsky.social on how Australia & other countries can understand the US President.
🎧 theaus.in/4nrpSTe
@emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol
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"The credibility of any U.S. foreign policy initiative, by Trump or any president, is undermined by the U.S.'s own internal political crisis, visible to the world," @mattduss.bsky.social told the NYT
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
Trump Leaves Behind a Reeling Washington to Chase a Deal With China
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"The credibility of any U.S. foreign policy initiative, by Trump or any president, is undermined by the U.S.'s own internal political crisis, visible to the world," @mattduss.bsky.social told the NYT
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
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“The Knesset vote may be symbolic, but the expulsion of Palestinian communities and rapid settlement expansion are not,” @mattduss.bsky.social said about Israel's preliminary approval of a bill to annex a settlement city in the West Bank
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
Trump to Israel: West Bank annexation could end US support
"It won't happen," President Donald Trump said of annexation.
www.al-monitor.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
“The Knesset vote may be symbolic, but the expulsion of Palestinian communities and rapid settlement expansion are not,” @mattduss.bsky.social said about Israel's preliminary approval of a bill to annex a settlement city in the West Bank
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
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“What’s bizarre is that the Trump organisation is so deeply leveraged in the Middle East that the corruption could sustain the ceasefire." @mattduss.bsky.social told @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
The ‘enormous conflict of interest’ at centre of Jared Kushner’s Gaza ceasefire deal
US president’s son-in-law was instrumental in getting deal – which could bring him huge windfall if plan to redevelop Gaza ever comes to fruition
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“What’s bizarre is that the Trump organisation is so deeply leveraged in the Middle East that the corruption could sustain the ceasefire." @mattduss.bsky.social told @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Echoing CIP's statement, @mattduss.bsky.social emphasizes the need for sustained pressure to advance the ceasefire and achieve lasting peace for Gazans and Israelis.
October 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Echoing CIP's statement, @mattduss.bsky.social emphasizes the need for sustained pressure to advance the ceasefire and achieve lasting peace for Gazans and Israelis.
“The Democrats need to empower messengers that the establishment is scared of, people who don’t delight megadonors. Democrats need to stake their claims on a set of strong beliefs, and see if Americans will follow.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...
Opinion | The N.F.L. Gets It. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“The Democrats need to empower messengers that the establishment is scared of, people who don’t delight megadonors. Democrats need to stake their claims on a set of strong beliefs, and see if Americans will follow.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...
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🎧 Listen: @mattduss.bsky.social on Bob Woodward's book 'War' and the limitations of DC’s most famous chronicler.
www.thenation.com/podcast/poli...
www.thenation.com/podcast/poli...
The Emptiness of Bob Woodward
On The Nation Podcast: Matt Duss on the limitations of DC’s most famous chronicler.
www.thenation.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🎧 Listen: @mattduss.bsky.social on Bob Woodward's book 'War' and the limitations of DC’s most famous chronicler.
www.thenation.com/podcast/poli...
www.thenation.com/podcast/poli...
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New from @mattduss.bsky.social for @cipolicy.bsky.social: following President Trump’s meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House, and the Trump administration’s release of a “21-point plan” to end the conflict in Gaza.
September 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
New from @mattduss.bsky.social for @cipolicy.bsky.social: following President Trump’s meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House, and the Trump administration’s release of a “21-point plan” to end the conflict in Gaza.
“the moment for building a great progressive majority party has arrived, a coalition asserting itself against a sclerotic political elite, our economic overlords in Big Tech and Wall Street and a radical right crusading against its own country.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...
Opinion | Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer.
www.nytimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“the moment for building a great progressive majority party has arrived, a coalition asserting itself against a sclerotic political elite, our economic overlords in Big Tech and Wall Street and a radical right crusading against its own country.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...
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State Dept's revoking visa of Colombia's president because he said in Spanish
"That's why from here, from New York I ask all the soldiers of the army of the United States not to point their guns at people. Disobey the orders of Trump. Obey the orders of humanity."
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
"That's why from here, from New York I ask all the soldiers of the army of the United States not to point their guns at people. Disobey the orders of Trump. Obey the orders of humanity."
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
State Dept's revoking visa of Colombia's president because he said in Spanish
"That's why from here, from New York I ask all the soldiers of the army of the United States not to point their guns at people. Disobey the orders of Trump. Obey the orders of humanity."
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
"That's why from here, from New York I ask all the soldiers of the army of the United States not to point their guns at people. Disobey the orders of Trump. Obey the orders of humanity."
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Recognizing Palestine doesn’t reward terrorism, it rewards diplomacy. The failure to do so for so long is what led to Oct 7. But now states must follow up that recognition with concrete action.
My piece in @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/25/p...
My piece in @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/25/p...
Recognize Palestine, Then Put Real Pressure on Israel
Meaningful international support for Palestinian liberation remains necessary to defeat terrorism.
foreignpolicy.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Recognizing Palestine doesn’t reward terrorism, it rewards diplomacy. The failure to do so for so long is what led to Oct 7. But now states must follow up that recognition with concrete action.
My piece in @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/25/p...
My piece in @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/25/p...
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“How to Fix America” 🎧➡️ @mattduss.bsky.social joined @gideonrachman.bsky.social on the @financialtimes.com Rachman Review to discuss the challenges defining America’s future.
www.ft.com/content/4581...
www.ft.com/content/4581...
How to fix America
‘Our politics is deeply corrupt and people need to understand that’
www.ft.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“How to Fix America” 🎧➡️ @mattduss.bsky.social joined @gideonrachman.bsky.social on the @financialtimes.com Rachman Review to discuss the challenges defining America’s future.
www.ft.com/content/4581...
www.ft.com/content/4581...
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Democrats should build their future policy platform against one clear idea: anti-corruption.
And this should go not just for domestic policy, but for foreign policy as well.
Writing on the topic with Trevor Sutton and Matt Duss for @foreignaffairs.com:
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
And this should go not just for domestic policy, but for foreign policy as well.
Writing on the topic with Trevor Sutton and Matt Duss for @foreignaffairs.com:
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Anticorruption Angle
Democrats should build a foreign policy around fighting graft.
www.foreignaffairs.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Democrats should build their future policy platform against one clear idea: anti-corruption.
And this should go not just for domestic policy, but for foreign policy as well.
Writing on the topic with Trevor Sutton and Matt Duss for @foreignaffairs.com:
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
And this should go not just for domestic policy, but for foreign policy as well.
Writing on the topic with Trevor Sutton and Matt Duss for @foreignaffairs.com:
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Unlike Trump, Lula's UN address offered a “positive and unifying vision of the multilateral system, of international law and of norms that uphold human dignity and human security. As far as I could tell, Lula was the real leader of the free world today.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Trump at U.N.: ‘Your countries are going to hell’
The Washington Post’s essential guide to power and influence in D.C. President Donald Trump said the U.N. is not up to its task, and that the world is suffering because of it.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Unlike Trump, Lula's UN address offered a “positive and unifying vision of the multilateral system, of international law and of norms that uphold human dignity and human security. As far as I could tell, Lula was the real leader of the free world today.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.
September 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.
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The Palestinians in El Salvador – A Prosperous, yet Largely Depoliticized Diaspora.
@mpaarlberg.bsky.social traces 19th-century Palestinian immigration to El Salvador and the community’s economic, cultural, and political evolution.
www.palquest.org/en/highlight...
@mpaarlberg.bsky.social traces 19th-century Palestinian immigration to El Salvador and the community’s economic, cultural, and political evolution.
www.palquest.org/en/highlight...
The Palestinians in El Salvador
Highlight - A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora - El Salvador, one of the smallest countries in Central America, is an unlikely home for what has become the third largest Palestinian diaspora in....
www.palquest.org
September 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Palestinians in El Salvador – A Prosperous, yet Largely Depoliticized Diaspora.
@mpaarlberg.bsky.social traces 19th-century Palestinian immigration to El Salvador and the community’s economic, cultural, and political evolution.
www.palquest.org/en/highlight...
@mpaarlberg.bsky.social traces 19th-century Palestinian immigration to El Salvador and the community’s economic, cultural, and political evolution.
www.palquest.org/en/highlight...
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Senators, representatives, and Presidential aspirants can all work to change this back to a first principle of restraint, and they should do so, argues John Ramming Chappell for @cipolicy.bsky.social. internationalpolicy.org/publications...
September 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Senators, representatives, and Presidential aspirants can all work to change this back to a first principle of restraint, and they should do so, argues John Ramming Chappell for @cipolicy.bsky.social. internationalpolicy.org/publications...
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Fall Books features Matt Duss on the crisis of Democratic foreign policy, Becca Rothfeld on Ingeborg Bachmann, Laila Lalami on the Internet's lost souls, Sarah Chihaya on Susan Choi, Elias Rodriques on James Baldwin, and @jeetheer.bsky.social on William Buckley: www.thenation.com/issue/octobe...
September 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Fall Books features Matt Duss on the crisis of Democratic foreign policy, Becca Rothfeld on Ingeborg Bachmann, Laila Lalami on the Internet's lost souls, Sarah Chihaya on Susan Choi, Elias Rodriques on James Baldwin, and @jeetheer.bsky.social on William Buckley: www.thenation.com/issue/octobe...
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“It’s an attack on diplomacy itself, making clear that Netanyahu intends to see Israel’s accelerating campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza through to the end…. This will have disastrous consequences for future peace efforts, and for U.S. security.” - @mattduss.bsky.social
A 'unilateral' Israeli strike on a U.S. ally left the White House tongue-tied
After Hours of Mixed Signals From Both Israeli and U.S. Officials, the White House Distanced Itself From Israel's Strike in Doha. One Thing Is Clear: The Strike Will Have Significant Ramifications for...
www.haaretz.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“It’s an attack on diplomacy itself, making clear that Netanyahu intends to see Israel’s accelerating campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza through to the end…. This will have disastrous consequences for future peace efforts, and for U.S. security.” - @mattduss.bsky.social
“what is one to make of a book that, after detailing how Biden and his team helped perpetrate an era-defining catastrophe in Gaza, proceeds to describe that team as ‘an example of steady and purposeful leadership’?”
On Woodward’s “War” @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/worl...
On Woodward’s “War” @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/worl...
The Catastrophe of Democratic Foreign Policy
A new book on the Biden’s wars serves as a stark reminder that the Democrats need to formulate a new foreign policy—as well as reckon with the one they had.
www.thenation.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“what is one to make of a book that, after detailing how Biden and his team helped perpetrate an era-defining catastrophe in Gaza, proceeds to describe that team as ‘an example of steady and purposeful leadership’?”
On Woodward’s “War” @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/worl...
On Woodward’s “War” @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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“‘War’ reflects how the Democratic Party establishment desperately wants to see itself…More than any other recent president, Biden embodied the foreign policy establishment, and that establishment cannot admit failure”
@mattduss.bsky.social on Bob Woodward’s “War”
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
@mattduss.bsky.social on Bob Woodward’s “War”
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
The Catastrophe of Democratic Foreign Policy
A new book on the Biden’s wars serves as a stark reminder that the Democrats need to formulate a new foreign policy—as well as reckon with the one they had.
www.thenation.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“‘War’ reflects how the Democratic Party establishment desperately wants to see itself…More than any other recent president, Biden embodied the foreign policy establishment, and that establishment cannot admit failure”
@mattduss.bsky.social on Bob Woodward’s “War”
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
@mattduss.bsky.social on Bob Woodward’s “War”
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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Trump’s Pentagon rebrand shows what @mattduss.bsky.social ss calls “belligerent chest-thumping, not peacemaking — with dangerous consequences for U.S. security, global standing, and our armed forces.” @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/u...
President of Peace, Department of War. A New Name Sends Mixed Signals.
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Trump’s Pentagon rebrand shows what @mattduss.bsky.social ss calls “belligerent chest-thumping, not peacemaking — with dangerous consequences for U.S. security, global standing, and our armed forces.” @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/u...
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NEW
🧵The White House has now issued its first formal legal justification for the lethal attack on a vessel in the Caribbean.
This War Powers report to Congress is long on bluster and short on substance.
This letter does not adequately justify the premeditated killing of apparent civilians. 1/n
🧵The White House has now issued its first formal legal justification for the lethal attack on a vessel in the Caribbean.
This War Powers report to Congress is long on bluster and short on substance.
This letter does not adequately justify the premeditated killing of apparent civilians. 1/n
September 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
NEW
🧵The White House has now issued its first formal legal justification for the lethal attack on a vessel in the Caribbean.
This War Powers report to Congress is long on bluster and short on substance.
This letter does not adequately justify the premeditated killing of apparent civilians. 1/n
🧵The White House has now issued its first formal legal justification for the lethal attack on a vessel in the Caribbean.
This War Powers report to Congress is long on bluster and short on substance.
This letter does not adequately justify the premeditated killing of apparent civilians. 1/n
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Matt Duss is always worth reading: www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
Hypocrisy as foreign policy
The Gaza war has deepened a rift already dividing Western leaders from their publics — and fractured the centre-left along the way
www.ips-journal.eu
August 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Matt Duss is always worth reading: www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...
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“Washington will never succeed in building a more democratic, equal, and peaceful world if it fails to control endemic graft.”
@cjcmichel.bsky.social, Trevor Sutton, and @mattduss.bsky.social call on Democrats to build a policy agenda focused on anticorruption:
@cjcmichel.bsky.social, Trevor Sutton, and @mattduss.bsky.social call on Democrats to build a policy agenda focused on anticorruption:
The Anticorruption Angle
Democrats should build a foreign policy around fighting graft.
fam.ag
August 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“Washington will never succeed in building a more democratic, equal, and peaceful world if it fails to control endemic graft.”
@cjcmichel.bsky.social, Trevor Sutton, and @mattduss.bsky.social call on Democrats to build a policy agenda focused on anticorruption:
@cjcmichel.bsky.social, Trevor Sutton, and @mattduss.bsky.social call on Democrats to build a policy agenda focused on anticorruption: