Max Boot
@maxboot.bsky.social
CFR fellow, Washington Post columnist. Pulitzer finalist for biography. Author: REAGAN: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND, NYT bestseller and NYT 10 best books of 2024. Man of many hats. Repost ≠ endorsement. maxboot.net.
Sort of reminiscent of Queen Victoria also being the empress of India. Like I said, Trump seems to have gone from isolationism to imperialism without passing go: wapo.st/4pApDGu
January 12, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Sort of reminiscent of Queen Victoria also being the empress of India. Like I said, Trump seems to have gone from isolationism to imperialism without passing go: wapo.st/4pApDGu
Remember that one of Trump’s justifications for attacking Venezuela was its appropriation of assets in 2007 from ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips. So much for that!
January 12, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Remember that one of Trump’s justifications for attacking Venezuela was its appropriation of assets in 2007 from ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips. So much for that!
From the wife of the deputy White House chief of staff. Our NATO ally Denmark needs to worry that Greenland could be the next target of the “Dunroe Doctrine.”
January 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
From the wife of the deputy White House chief of staff. Our NATO ally Denmark needs to worry that Greenland could be the next target of the “Dunroe Doctrine.”
Don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/w...
December 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/w...
A key point from Zachary Karabell that reinforces the TACO narrative. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
December 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A key point from Zachary Karabell that reinforces the TACO narrative. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Symbolic air strikes, whether in Syria or Nigeria, will not defeat ISIS. Many of Trump’s other actions, from cutting foreign aid to trying to eliminate online moderation, are actually undermining the struggle against ISIS and other terrorist groups. As i just wrote: wapo.st/4qrV8U5
December 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Symbolic air strikes, whether in Syria or Nigeria, will not defeat ISIS. Many of Trump’s other actions, from cutting foreign aid to trying to eliminate online moderation, are actually undermining the struggle against ISIS and other terrorist groups. As i just wrote: wapo.st/4qrV8U5
The Trump administration attack on content moderation online may be intended to benefit right-wing trolls but, as I note in this @postopinions.bsky.social column, it will also benefit jihadist terrorist groups like ISIS that recruit online: wapo.st/4qrV8U5
December 24, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The Trump administration attack on content moderation online may be intended to benefit right-wing trolls but, as I note in this @postopinions.bsky.social column, it will also benefit jihadist terrorist groups like ISIS that recruit online: wapo.st/4qrV8U5
Trump’s new envoy admits his goal is to steal territory from a NATO ally.
December 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Trump’s new envoy admits his goal is to steal territory from a NATO ally.
How would this be worded any differently if it were issued by the Kremlin?
December 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
How would this be worded any differently if it were issued by the Kremlin?
Even Hegseth is still Secretary of Defense! Congress hasn’t renamed DOD.
December 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Even Hegseth is still Secretary of Defense! Congress hasn’t renamed DOD.
The anti-European, pro-Russian sentiment in the Trump administration is off the charts.
December 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The anti-European, pro-Russian sentiment in the Trump administration is off the charts.
Appalling and alarming:
December 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Appalling and alarming:
Fascinating insights from @wsj.com re how Putin has manipulated Trump and Witkoff. U.S. billionaires who know nothing of Russia are easy marks for the wily former KGB officer. www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
December 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Fascinating insights from @wsj.com re how Putin has manipulated Trump and Witkoff. U.S. billionaires who know nothing of Russia are easy marks for the wily former KGB officer. www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
This is now in the White House. As a Reagan biographer, I am aware of no evidence that RR was a “fan” of Trump. I am, however, aware of evidence that Trump was no fan of RR—in 1987 Trump took out an ad claiming the world was “laughing” at the US because other nations were “taking advantage” of us.
December 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is now in the White House. As a Reagan biographer, I am aware of no evidence that RR was a “fan” of Trump. I am, however, aware of evidence that Trump was no fan of RR—in 1987 Trump took out an ad claiming the world was “laughing” at the US because other nations were “taking advantage” of us.
One of the President’s closest aides making clear that this is a war for oil.
When do we invade Saudi Arabia and numerous other countries which also nationalized their oil industries?
When do we invade Saudi Arabia and numerous other countries which also nationalized their oil industries?
December 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
One of the President’s closest aides making clear that this is a war for oil.
When do we invade Saudi Arabia and numerous other countries which also nationalized their oil industries?
When do we invade Saudi Arabia and numerous other countries which also nationalized their oil industries?
This doesn’t add up. If the drugs were not heading to America, how could the people on the boat be a threat to America? www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This doesn’t add up. If the drugs were not heading to America, how could the people on the boat be a threat to America? www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Whats the difference between an order “to kill the people” and a “no quarter” order? I can well believe Hegseth said the former but not the latter, but isn’t the consequence the same? If this is accurate, Bradley’s denial seems to be very narrowly worded. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
December 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Whats the difference between an order “to kill the people” and a “no quarter” order? I can well believe Hegseth said the former but not the latter, but isn’t the consequence the same? If this is accurate, Bradley’s denial seems to be very narrowly worded. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
I love how this dumb bot can’t decide if the email is from Zadie Smith or Julia Ioffe (aka “Loffe”). I keep getting these spam emails supposedly from famous authors. Hard to figure out the point. Not asking me to enter my bank account no! Most pointless scam ever.
December 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I love how this dumb bot can’t decide if the email is from Zadie Smith or Julia Ioffe (aka “Loffe”). I keep getting these spam emails supposedly from famous authors. Hard to figure out the point. Not asking me to enter my bank account no! Most pointless scam ever.
I’ve been inundated with what appears to be AI generated spam offering to help promote my books. Coming from “people” with wild, made-up names. One example below. Is anyone else getting this? Wonder what the point of this scam is?
November 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I’ve been inundated with what appears to be AI generated spam offering to help promote my books. Coming from “people” with wild, made-up names. One example below. Is anyone else getting this? Wonder what the point of this scam is?
The Nobel Peace Prize campaign gathers steam.
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Nobel Peace Prize campaign gathers steam.
Doesn’t seem like an attack on Venezuela is imminent given that the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier battle group, which has been ordered to the Caribbean, is still near Italy.
October 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Doesn’t seem like an attack on Venezuela is imminent given that the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier battle group, which has been ordered to the Caribbean, is still near Italy.