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Robert E Kelly

@Robert_E_Kelly108k followers

Professor of Political Science, Pusan National University - 부산대학교 정치외교학과 교수; BBC Dad; Cleveland native

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1Mar 10, '24BBC Dad content Today is the 7th anniversary of the BBC Dad blooper. So here it is again, with some recent family pictures in the thread below. 12148×32.5M213k24k20k
2Mar 14, '23Some BBC Dad content since the 6th anniversary of the original video was last Friday. Marion had a singing performance this past weekend, so we got some nice family pictures. Thank411×6.2M45k2.8k708
5Mar 10, '25Today is the eighth anniversary of the 'BBC Dad' blooper, so here are some recent family pictures. The kids are growing fast. 1109×1.6M14k1.4k868
7Mar 11, '23lol Because the blow-up mattress I was to lazy to deflate makes the room70.7×1.1M6.3k313143
8Sep 15, '23Trump is NOT a deal-maker. How many more times do we have to say this? In the most important negotiation of his presidency and career - with Kim Jong-Un over N Korean nukes - Trump61.6×931k6.1k906178
9May 3, '25I went to Catholic schools, and this would have gotten you suspended. Anti-Catholic blasphemy is now ‘owning the libs’? Or is this some kind of evangelical, insider mockery? MAGA i56×847k11k1k153
10May 4, '25MAGA loves to call its opponents ‘communists,’ but this is literally a neo-Marxist critique of consumerism51.7×782k20k2.3k842
11Sep 21, '23Some BBC Dad content: Marion had a flute performance the other day. She got very excited. And James, well, he’s good at making trouble47.9×724k5.6k54798
12Jun 28, '24This #Debate is a master-class in what’s wrong with our media-saturated, horse-race obsessed politics Trump is just lying and making stuff up. But he says it ‘vigorously’ and doesn43.4×656k11k2.7k355
13Apr 2, '25I would qualify this👇: MAGA is an ideology of US decline - It is explicitly backward-looking for its model (America was great in the past but is not now). - That past greatness wa40.6×614k7.2k1k1.4k
14Sep 19, '25This is a terrible mistake This is the ‘brain drain visa.’ It brings talent to the US from all over the world, supports the creation of new companies & tech, fires GDP growth T39.6×599k9.9k1.7k556
15Mar 11, '23She’s a yoga teacher. Hence the flexibility37.8×571k2.7k7330
16Jul 19, '24The media owes Biden a huge apology after that disaster Can we now have 3 weeks of intense speculation on Trump’s mental health, plus endless calls for him to quit? Biden is litera33.9×512k24k6k227
17Aug 16, '25Trump’s meeting w/ Putin went like his meetings w/ Kim Jong-Un in 2018/19: - Thrown together at the last minute - Nothing came of them - T did no prep, so had no idea how negotiate31.9×483k11k1.3k261
18Mar 10, '23Today’s the sixth anniversary of the BBC Dad video There’s not too much more to add, I think, so I just re-tweeted my brief thread from last year. The pictures included are still p29.8×451k3.3k31272
19Feb 24, '24This would get Trump fired from almost any serious institution in the country. But yeah, let's elect him president. jfc29.7×449k8.6k1.3k177
20Feb 29, '24This 👇 nicely illustrates how often MAGA conspiracies are really just people who don’t understand process in a deep, complex, modern state like the US. Normal bureaucracy becomes 20.7×313k3k47475
21Sep 19, '25I went to Catholic schools in the 80s, under JP II, and no one talked like Kirk even then The American hierarchy is so wildly out of touch with US Catholic opinion. Wow18.7×283k7.5k809265
22May 29, '23Nothing says populism like letting rich people cheat on their taxes17.9×271k2.9k64219
23May 2, '23As we careen toward a wholly unnecessary financial crisis next month, the media need to hammer away that raw GOP/MAGA/Fox partisanship is creating this. Trump got three (!) clean d17.3×262k3.2k1.1k21
24Sep 14, '25This All these people talking about ‘civil war’ should go read about the Spanish civil war to see what it’s like when neighbor turns on neighbor over ideology The lazy, incendiary 16.3×246k4.4k761331
25Jul 5, '24And to think the media is melting down over Biden’s bad debate performance when this👇 is our future If we return this clown to office, we’ve no one to blame but ourselves. He’s ne16.1×243k2.6k61929
26Aug 22, '25If they’re openly using political power like this against their enemies, it strongly signals that they never expect to be on the receiving end of that abuse. They’re sending a lot 15×226k4.6k1.2k243
27Dec 23, '17Merry Christmas. To all the people who follow me because of the video or my children, thank you. We are flattered by your kindness.14.2×033k4.4k5
28Jun 22, '20So Bill Barr is on Fox now claiming that mail-in voting will bring fraud. Good grief. What a hack Barr has turned out to be. He just keeps going lower and lower for Trump.14.1×030k5.4k43
29Mar 10, '24This is a nice video of how basically normal Biden is. Yeah, he’s old; yeah, you disagree with him on some policy issue. But he’s vastly more humane and good-hearted than Trump who13.1×199k2.5k37888
30May 1, '25I went to North Korea in 2012, and this is literally how our minders talked about the Kim Dynasty13×197k9.4k1.3k228
31Jul 15, '24The assassination attempt says more about MAGA’s febrile dysfunction than the rest of us - a Republican - exploiting Republican-supported gun laws - fired a gun beloved by Republic12.9×195k4.4k1.2k230
32Nov 6, '24Japan and South Korea better bury the hatchet and start talking jointly to Australia, the Phils, and maybe India. It’s gonna be a long, lonely 4 years12.5×190k3.3k516225
33Sep 13, '25Does this sound like America to you? Do you know anyone who wants to be governed by someone who talks like this? This is frightening…and really weird12×182k4.7k1.2k274
35Jun 22, '25You can tell he’s never been to church10.5×159k7.5k404119
36Nov 5, '24I can’t tell you how many times we expats have been asked this👇in the last 4 years. I’m not sure Americans at home realize just how many people in friendly countries think we’ve l10.4×157k4k41992
37Aug 30, '25The truth is literally the exact opposite of what he says here. And he’s in the cabinet and on TV. One day, we’re gonna look back in amazement that charlatans like this were in pos10.4×157k3.6k75094
38Mar 11, '18This has been re-tweeted 1200 times, so I guess I should say this was only bc I am traveling and had to use a laptop. Once I’m home, it will be the same set-up as always.9.7×022k3.6k9
39Oct 15, '25Ten years into his political career, and Trump still think asylum-seekers are releasees from foreign mental health asylums Why does his staff not tell him?9.6×146k3.7k677133
40Sep 14, '23All this talk about Biden's age is besides the point & is just the press hankering for the fun of a horse-race next year In reality, 2024 is easy: it's a 2-party system & y8.9×134k2.7k51932
41Jun 10, '18Whoa. This is sliding toward what we have all feared: Kim flatters Trump; no one’s around to warn Trump; T gives something important away, because he doesn’t understand the issues,8.8×014k4.8k38
42Aug 8, '19The last few weeks of the Trump Show have been more awful than usual but also inadvertently revelatory @ Trump's coalition.If you've paid attention, you've suspected this stuff for8.3×011k4.4k643
43Jun 24, '25He’s so out of his depth. He talked the same way when Russia & Ukraine didn’t magically stop fighting when he told them to He won’t do the work, learn the issues, do the shuttl7.7×116k4k831100
44Feb 25, '20People keep asking what it’s like to be in South Korea during corona. So no, it’s not World War Z; it’s this. I can’t go to work, and my kids can’t go to school. So we’re playing a7.3×016k2.7k167
45May 30, '24So now, when you vote for Trump this fall, you’re not just voting for an incompetent, authoritarian, racist, grifting, sexual predator. You’re voting for a convicted felon too. Goo6.9×104k3.2k44846
47Nov 5, '18My post on the midterm. I’ve been a registered Republican my whole life but just voted a straight Dem ticket for the first time ever,including for a candidate I thought inferior to5.5×09.9k2.8k46
48Aug 2, '24You’re gonna miss Biden & his quiet competence Yeah, he’s old, but he’s done this stuff for a long time & knows how to get things done. & he has the basic love of count5.4×81k2.8k32832
50Jan 1, '20This a lie. This is just not true. Kim signed nothing binding regarding nukes or missiles. No Kim ever has. And Republicans used to know that the Kims shouldn’t be trusted. But now5.1×09.2k2.9k70
51Mar 11, '21Since it's the 4 year anniversary of the BBC Dad video, here are some answers to typical questions and a few new pics: A. You staged the whole thing to get famous! Good grief. Plea5.0×010k1.8k348
53Mar 1, '22Some BBC Dad content4.7×012k805155
58May 21, '18Thoughts on Moon’s meeting with Trump tomorrow: 1) It increasingly looks like the Moon administration overstated North Korea’s willingness to deal. Moon will probably get an earful3.6×04.2k2.1k129
60Jun 5, '20Shannon Bream, on Fox naturally, just said that ‘in this challenging time, Donald Trump is leaning on his spiritual advisors.’ Your daily reminder that it’s all just a huge con3.3×07.6k97823
61Aug 23, '19Jesus christ. Trump really is mentally ill.3.0×07k86711
63Jun 30, '19Trump is lying again at Panmunjom. Obama was NOT on the cusp of attacking N Korea. T keeps saying this to create the impression that he’s made progress on NK, and, presumably, bc h2.8×05.2k1.5k20
64Jan 1, '18I will be on @BBCWorld in an hour to talk about...whatever - you just wanna know if I am going to leave my office door open or not2.7×05.8k1k0
65Aug 23, '24Even if you disagree with Harris on policy, the fact that she smiles and laughs and seems happy is such a relief. Trump is such a joyless creep.2.6×39k2.3k1605
67Mar 9, '22Today is the 5th anniversary of the 'BBC Dad' event and probably the last time I will mark this date here on Twitter My wife and I remain deeply grateful for all the kindness about2.3×05k561221
68Mar 10, '17I will be on @BBCNewsMedia / @BBCWorld in 10 minutes to talk about the Korean impeachment.2.2×04.3k53152
71Aug 16, '19Just when you think Trump can’t get any worse or bizarre, he does. His idiocy and incompetence is just mind-boggling, as is why anyone would vote for someone this colossally stupid2.0×03.7k89028
72May 8, '20I keep saying this about S Korea’s success: there’s none of this. No politicization, freaky right-wing rejection of science, anti-vaxxers/militias/MAGA pundits, ‘patriotic’ store-o1.9×03.5k88359
73Jul 19, '18I know McFaul & Russia are the huge right now, but this should not slip below the waves: Trump basically just admitted that we are back to Obama's strategic patience on N Korea1.8×02.7k1.2k30
75Jun 12, '18Post-presser, let’s just say it: Trump is a dove on North Korea. There is nothing ‘strong’ about the following: 1. Gave the summit for nothing. 2. Ducked human rights. 3. Gave up m1.7×02.3k1.2k27
76Apr 9, '17I will be on @BBCWorld in 90 minutes to talk about N Korea. No, my kids will not show up (and yes, for god's sake, I will be wearing pants).1.7×02.8k1k0
77Aug 25, '21The biggest surprise, revelation even, of Afghanistan’s fall is not that the Taliban are bad or that the departure is messy. We knew that already It’s how belligerent, even militar1.7×03.7k49096
78May 15, '20Is this worse than telling people to drink bleach? Probably not, but it’s close.1.7×03.3k64427
80Jun 28, '18It’s finally happened, the moment the Trump family has been waiting for all year: a serious speaker on North Korea - at the #jejuforum - suggested we may soon see a Trump Tower in 1.6×02.3k1.1k22
87Sep 30, '20Wow, Trump is just openly lying about his taxes now.1.4×03.5k3830
88Jan 2, '20It’s been awhile since my last BBC Dad post, so here are some nice holiday pictures. (Note the fun Grinch pajamas.) Happy New Year.1.4×03.4k29440
90May 9, '20He literally doesn’t understand that voting by mail or in-person are both legal options.1.4×03k4855
96Aug 17, '20It’s been awhile since we’ve done some BBC content, so here is Marion after doing her math homework correctly and James in his Hawaiian outfit for the beach with his sandals on bac1.1×02.9k10519
98Oct 22, '20Hackish Trump confidante caught up in a Borat movie. *sigh* How absolutely fitting of the Trump era’s clownish debasement.1.0×02.5k2414
99Oct 8🧵Good article👇, but IMO, ideology is playing an underdiscussed, background condition role in the S Korea-Ukraine flap - So far explanations for the Lee Jae-Myung administration’s0.8×12k822939

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