Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸

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CFR fellow, WaPo columnist. Pulitzer finalist for biography. REAGAN: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND: NYT bestseller & NYT 10 best books of 2024. Writing John McCain bio.

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1Apr 14, '22I am frightened by the impact on society and politics if Elon Musk acquires Twitter. He seems to believe that on social media anything goes. For democracy to survive, we need more 9.5×031k4.2k605
2Nov 10, '17I honestly did not think that any “conservatives” would stoop so low as to defend a pedophile. Wrong. There is no limit to how far they will go to win elections, no line they will 4.8×030k11k0
3Sep 23, '17Trump a lot tougher on Colin Kaepernick than on Vladimir Putin. Protesting American anthem: bad. Subverting American democracy: no big deal.4.5×027k12k0
4Nov 19, '18The entire Republican Party is now attacking a war hero battling leukemia. Have you no shame.4.2×028k8.2k58
5Feb 1, '20Will I ever rejoin the GOP? No. Trump will leave office some day (I hope!), but he will leave behind a quasi-authoritarian party that is as corrupt as he is. The failure to call wi4.2×027k7.3k117
6Mar 18, '20So it looks like @JoeBiden will be the second Democratic president in a row who will have to deal with the economic carnage that occurred during a Republican administration.4.1×031k6.4k66
7Aug 31, '19I will vote for any Democratic nominee, even Warren or Sanders, despite my profound disagreement with their far-left agenda. Saving American democracy from a mad king matters more 3.3×021k5.2k146
8Nov 20, '18All you need to know about @realDonaldTrump is that he's tougher on Adm. Bill McRaven than he is on Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. Or Vladimir Putin. Or Kim Jong-un.3.1×022k6.6k46
9Jul 20, '18I opposed Obama. Now I would take him back in a nanosecond. His presidency appears to be a lost golden age when reason and morality reigned. My latest in @PostOpinions:3.1×018k6.6k128
10Aug 12, '17Trump condemns Hillary, NYT, WP, Schwarzenegger, McConnell, McCain, Sessions, Comey, Mueller etc. But won't condemn Putin or Alt Right.3.0×018k7.4k0
11May 10, '17We will find out soon who in Congress believes in the Republican Party and who believes in the Republic.2.8×016k7.1k0
12Nov 20, '19Jim Jordan seems to think that shouting VERY LOUDLY and talking VERY FAST makes his ridiculous arguments more credible. He is wrong.2.8×024k2.8k11
13Jul 4, '18I join other principled conservatives in rooting for a Democratic takeover of both houses in November. Like postwar Germany and Japan, the Republican Party must first be destroyed 2.7×013k4.7k82
14Feb 5, '20I never want to hear a word of criticism of @MittRomney again. He stood and delivered. He showed what integrity and courage in politics look like. His example shames the cowards of2.7×022k3.4k37
15Feb 12, '20Please, Democrats, do the smart thing and coalesce quickly around one of the three moderates—Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, or Michael Bloomberg—who are still standing after the fi2.7×012k2.5k126
16Mar 21, '20You almost can’t blame Trump for epic incompetence: He is who he is. He didn’t deceive anyone. I blame the voters who elected him—and the senators who refused to impeach him. They 2.5×017k4.4k75
17Mar 1, '22I’m not a praying man, but if I were, I would be on my hands and knees thanking the Almighty that during the worst crisis in Europe since 1945, the United States is led by Joe Bide2.3×019k2.7k79
18Jul 15, '19I am ashamed to have spent most of my life as a Republican. I have significant differences with AOC and her Squad--perhaps even greater differences on the issues than I have with t2.3×018k3.6k99
19Apr 5, '20Previously I called Trump the worst president in modern times—not of all time. But in the past month we have seen enough to take away the qualifier. With his mishandling of the cor2.3×015k4.2k78
20Jun 28, '20Hong Kong, with 7.5 mil­lion res­i­dents, is one of the most densely pop­u­lated places on earth, but recorded only six deaths from Covid-19 de­spite hav­ing no lock­down....The ma2.3×013k5.9k273
21May 17, '19Both Barr and Mnuchin should be impeached.2.1×014k4k17
22Oct 6, '20How does Trump still have 41% approval?!?2.1×016k1.5k18
23May 24, '19So Trump’s position is that his tax returns should be kept private but the CIA’s “sources and methods” should be made public.2.1×012k4.9k54
24May 24, '19I’ve never criticized Robert Mueller before. I have the highest respect for his integrity. His report is a meticulous chronicle of presidential criminality & misconduct. But he2.0×014k3.6k19
25Mar 21, '20I weep in anger and frustration imagining what might have been if Hillary Clinton had won. We couldn’t have avoided the coronavirus, but we could have ameliorated its effects. We c1.9×012k2.8k65
26Oct 9, '18As I look back with the clarity of hindsight, I am convinced that coded racial appeals had at least as much, if not more, to do with the electoral success of the modern GOP than al1.9×08.8k3.5k210
27Jul 24, '20I disagree with @AOC on a lot of issues but she is vastly smarter, more articulate, and simply a better person than most of her Republican critics like @RepTedYoho.1.9×017k2.3k87
28Nov 10, '18The White House said that bad weather grounded Trump’s helicopters. Yet bad weather did not stop Macron or Merkel from attending ceremonies. And it did not stop Dunford or Kelly fr1.9×010k4.2k46
29Oct 20, '18The leader of the Free World speaks the truth.1.8×013k3.6k19
30Oct 24, '19This is obscene1.8×012k3.9k55
31Jan 18, '21If Fox won’t stop peddling sedition, then large cable companies such as Comcast and Charter Spectrum, which carry Fox and provide much of its revenues in the form of user fees, nee1.8×012k3.4k84
32Jun 10, '18I can't stop thinking about this interview. Unless I'm missing something, these are the most hostile comments any US official has made about any US ally, ever. This is tougher than1.8×010k4.1k49
33Oct 18, '20If Ron Johnson cannot substantiate this deranged charge he should be censured by the Senate like Joe McCarthy was.1.8×013k3k43
34Feb 8, '18I was a lifelong Republican, but I now agree with @benjaminwittes & @jon_rauch when they call for voters to support Democrats because “the Republican Party, as an institution, 1.8×09.2k4.8k0
35Dec 17, '17So the official Trump transition emails, sent on government servers, should remain private but the texts of FBI agents and the emails of Hillary are properly public? Got it. Consis1.7×011k4.3k0
36Nov 5, '17I’m sick & tired of “thoughts and prayers” for mass shooting victims. What we need: legislation & regulation. Start with assault-weapon ban.1.7×09.6k3.5k0
37Nov 2, '20Win or lose, Never Trumpers can hold their heads high. We made our best case, wrote our most cogent columns, produced our most convincing commercials. I know that I left it all out1.7×013k1.3k69
38Feb 18, '17Any foreign intel service that doesn't have an agent as a member or employee of Mar-a-Lago is guilty of rank incompetence.1.7×09.6k4.7k3
39Sep 22, '18What kind of people would think this video is an argument against @BetoORourke? People who approve of police brutality against African Americans. In other words, racists. That’s wh1.7×012k3.5k31
40Aug 11, '19If Republicans weren’t in the tank, we would not have to wait until Nov 2020 to get rid of Trump. His utterances in the past few days make clear that, for the safety of the country1.6×011k3.2k51
41Jul 25, '18Experts who examined the Kremlin campaign—which included stealing Democratic emails, spreading propaganda online and hacking voter rolls—concluded that it did affect an extremely c1.6×07.9k4.7k129
42Feb 23, '21Can someone explain to me why the OMB director needs Senate confirmation but the national security adviser doesn’t?1.6×015k1.8k25
43May 1, '20From former chairman of Washington State Republican Party ==>1.6×012k3k33
44Oct 31, '18I’m sick and tired of Trump. And I’m sick and tired of Republicans who go along with Trump—defending, abetting and imitating his egregious excesses. If you’re sick and tired too, h1.6×08.8k3.5k46
45Mar 27, '19I have tremendous respect for ⁦@RepAdamSchiff⁩. Watching him in action over the past 2 years, I have found him to be smart, principled, and dogged. He is fighting for the country. 1.6×012k2.5k28
46Nov 22, '17The latest reason I can’t be a Republican anymore: I’m against pedophilia.1.6×011k2.9k0
47May 4, '19“I am with him.” US president stands with a vicious dictator who murdered Otto Warmbier, keeps more than 100,000 political prisoners in his gulags, and builds nuclear weapons. Imag1.5×09.7k3.3k37
48Aug 5, '19Former FBI agent: “There’s some reluctance among agents to bring forth an investigation that targets what the president perceives as his base. It’s a no-win situation for the FBI a1.5×06.9k3.6k132
49Jan 16, '19Very disappointing to see @MittRomney did not vote to maintain sanctions on a Russian oligarch close to Paul Manafort.1.5×08.1k2.5k28
50Jun 20, '19Rubio has decided that Trump is the future of the Republican Party. He’s probably right. That’s why I’m not a Republican anymore—and why I couldn’t imagine supporting Rubio for any1.5×09.6k2.6k37
51Mar 7, '22Just noting that @Snowden--the self-proclaimed champion of individual freedom and scourge of the U.S. government--has not posted a single tweet about Russia's barbaric and illegal 1.5×012k1.9k84
52Jul 29, '22It’s frustrating to read news accounts which say Russia accuses Ukraine of killing 53 of its own POWs while Ukraine accuses Russia of killing them—as if the two claims were equally1.5×012k2k38
53May 30, '18I would love for anyone--anyone!--from the administration to explain why it's ok for Trump and his kids to get loans and trademark protections from China while he's in office.1.5×09.2k3.4k8
54Mar 4, '20Bernie’s speech offered hate (of the rich, the corporations, the political establishment, and of his chief rival, Biden, although he didn’t name him). Biden’s offered hope—a hope o1.5×012k2k24
55Oct 29, '18If Murdoch and his sons won’t rein in its extremist propaganda, advertisers should flee Fox, and investors should flee its parent company, News Corp. Its stock should become as tox1.4×08k3.8k38
56Dec 20, '18Jim Mattis is gone. Stephen Miller remains. God help America. And the world.1.4×011k2.4k12
57Dec 27, '17I once scoffed at claims of “white male privilege,” dismissing such criticisms as mere “political correctness.” But in the Trump era I have had my consciousness raised. Seriously. 1.4×07.6k2.9k6
58Jun 9, '19Bill Barr claims to be a principled defender of the presidency. But when Bill Clinton was under attack by Ken Starr, Barr sided with Starr. He only defends Republican presidents.1.4×09.2k2.9k48
59Feb 19, '20We have a president who can barely speak English and Mayor Pete is getting criticized for not speaking Norwegian perfectly. 🤣1.4×012k1.5k23
60Oct 13, '19And it’s all the fault of the president you support.1.4×012k1.9k5
61Jan 6, '19I’ve often been critical of @FoxNews propaganda but Chris Wallace is a real newsman.1.4×011k1.8k25
62Jul 22, '17And Congress has complete power to impeach, especially if president admits guilt by pardoning himself and/or his family and staff.1.4×08.9k3.1k0
63May 8, '20Devastating indictment of Kushner from an ex-employee: “When I knew him, he seemed constitutionally incapable of considering the humanity of other people as a starting point.”1.3×07.8k3k161
64Mar 31, '22It is ridiculous that the West hesitates to comply with Zelensky’s requests for weapons like tanks, airplanes, and S-300s. The Russian warmonger is on his heels. The Ukrainians are1.3×010k2.1k69
65Nov 17, '18You have taken a courageous and principled stand, @RepSwalwell. There is no reason why any civilian should own an assault weapon. And gun prohibition and buyback much more effectiv1.3×06.9k1.7k11
66Dec 14, '17So it turns out that FBI agents, like the rest of us, have opinions. These 2 criticized Bernie Sanders, Eric Holder, Chelsea Clinton, Donald Trump. So what? Real news is their priv1.3×06.9k3.4k0
67Jul 25, '19Nixon was more law-abiding than Trump.1.3×010k2k17
68Oct 7, '18I too will crawl over broken glass. To vote for Democrats who will act as a check on Trump’s unrestrained and unprecedented abuse of power.1.3×08k1.7k8
69Feb 27, '19Michael Cohen, a convicted felon, sounds more credible and convincing than the president of the United States.1.3×010k1.8k14
70Dec 11, '17So it appears the Port Authority terrorist was from Bangladesh, a country not on Trump’s travel ban, and had been here 7 years. In other words, he was radicalized in US. This is th1.2×07.3k3.1k0
71Sep 30, '17Last weekend Trump was attacking African-American NFL players. This weekend he is attacking Puerto Rican hurricane victims. See a pattern?1.2×07.7k2.7k0
72Jul 31, '17Entire day has gone by without any comment from Trump on expulsion of US diplomats from Russia. He'd never turn cheek if Rosie insulted him.1.2×07.6k2.8k0
73Feb 26, '19Kim's uncle and half-brother were not available for comment.1.2×09k2.1k16
74Oct 29, '20Even though I’m not a Democrat, I’m voting straight-ticket Democratic on Nov. 3 — and for as long as necessary to make Republicans come to their senses. The GOP needs to be detoxif1.2×07.7k1.4k57
75Nov 25, '18Behold the dangerous criminals and terrorists who threaten America.1.2×07.2k2.7k10
76Mar 17, '18Trump has declared war on the FBI. It is a war he will lose.1.2×07.5k2.1k11
77May 8, '19Really big issue is how Trump survived financially after 1994. Where did he get the cash to stay afloat? That’s what is hidden in more recent tax returns.1.1×07.4k2.2k30
78Oct 14, '19Most of the time, the costs of Trump presidency are inchoate —laws broken, norms transgressed. But with immigrant children in cages or Kurds in line of fire, the costs are all too 1.1×07.3k2.3k39
79Oct 30, '19“Conservatives” who have spent a lifetime preaching personal responsibility always find some excuse for Trump’s misconduct.1.1×07.8k1.6k33
80Jul 17, '18Trump is deathly afraid of being laughed at. News flash, Mr President: The world is laughing at you. This is the silliest spin ever!1.1×07.4k2.1k12
81Dec 4, '19The percentage of Republicans who view Russia as an ally has nearly doubled since Trump took office. The party’s transformation into a Russian lickspittle makes me sick; “GOP” migh1.1×06.8k2.5k39
82Nov 1, '19The coveted war criminal endorsement1.1×07.9k2.1k58
83Jun 13, '19Trump this week: It’s wrong to spy on Kim Jong Un but OK to spy on Joe Biden.1.1×07.4k2.4k33
84Mar 26, '22Biden may have committed a gaffe when he said “This man cannot remain in power.” Certainly the walk-back from the White House suggests this was the case. But I would rather have a 1.1×09.5k1.1k28
85Feb 8, '20In case anyone is in any doubt that Trump is retaliating against witnesses who testified against him.1.1×07.7k2.1k36
86Mar 31, '20"Trump was so distracted by impeachment that he couldn't focus on the coronavirus." Then maybe he shouldn't have committed impeachable conduct? Just spitballing here.1.1×08.7k1.4k16
87Feb 14, '19I bet John McCain wouldn't have.1.1×09.1k1.2k7
88Sep 23, '19I’ve defended Mattis before for not speaking out but I can’t defend this.1.1×07.9k1.4k25
89Dec 18, '18The sound you hear is a million conspiracy theories exploding1.1×08.1k1.9k13
90Mar 6, '20By the way I realize we are all used to it by now but ... it’s not normal for a president to walk around wearing a hat with his campaign slogan on it. Esp when he is not campaignin1.1×07.2k1.5k27
91Dec 14, '18Democrats are more fiscally conservative now than Republicans.1.0×06.8k1.8k27
92Feb 16, '19Now do gun deaths, Hugh.1.0×08.7k1.3k11
93Jun 10, '18As far as I can tell, Trudeau was a gracious host and tried to get along with Trump. Trump then blasted the other G-7 members to the press. Trudeau replied in his own press confere1.0×06.8k2k10
94Mar 2, '19This is obscene. Trump is bragging about getting Otto Warmbier “out.” He came home in a coma and died six days later. The only reason Kim released him was because he knew that Otto1.0×07.6k1.9k13
95Jun 16, '19I don’t know if I qualify as a “prominent conservative” but I voted for Clinton in 2016, urged a vote for the entire Democratic ticket in 2018, and will renew that call in 2020. Th1.0×06.7k1.4k14
96Nov 17, '19Earth to Barr: Trump does not treat his critics as “the loyal opposition." He calls them “human scum,” “traitors,” & “the enemy of the people.” And it is Trump and toadies—not 1.0×06.9k2k47
97Oct 2Out in paperback October 20.1.0×4.9k401
98Oct 9, '19I can think of one. Fox News.0.9×07.7k1.2k10
99Nov 4, '19You mean the generals he didn't consult before abandoning the Kurds?0.9×07.2k1.2k23
100Dec 10, '19Bill Barr is the second most dangerous man in America.0.9×06.7k1.4k15
101Oct 11, '21The success of the Biden presidency is said to hinge on the outcome of the massive spending bills now before Congress. That may be true, but their fate won’t affect how I vote. I’m0.9×07.1k1.2k35

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