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The Cable on Substack Lead Global Security Analyst, Washington Post Author, Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi & the Battle for the 21st Century

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1Feb 13, '24.@elonmusk is now urging Americans to contact members of Congress to urge them not to support Ukraine funding: “This spending does not help Ukraine… Having all these boys die for n448×3.8M18k2.9k389
2Feb 14, '25Multiple lawmakers here in Munich told me the U.S. Congressional delegation presented Zelensky with a piece of paper they wanted him to sign which would grant the U.S. rights to 50314×2.7M19k4k1.1k
3Feb 18, '24Vance says he didn’t attend the meeting with Zelensky because he didn’t think he would learn anything new. I talked to those Senators who bothered to show up. Vance would have lear138×1.2M5.8k1.3k94
4Feb 14, '25After Vance met with the co-leader of Germany’s far right AfD party, one German expert here in Munich told me: “First, America de-Nazified Germany. Now, America is re-Nazifying Ger82.1×699k5.3k2k306
5Dec 8, '24Senator Vance. With all due respect. I interviewed the Bishop of Aleppo. He told me his community members are safe and give Syrians credit for being able to live together. He said 71.3×607k5.8k707330
6Feb 21, '25If Vance had been around in 1776 he might have argued that the American Revolution was a lost cause, because of course the British would always be mightier. This is Ukraine’s war o62.3×531k8.1k1.1k230
7Feb 13, '25No matter what you think about USAID and the need to reform it, there’s no defense for cutting off almost all humanitarian aid without any warning or contingency planning whatsoeve55.4×472k6.9k1.6k249
8Feb 13, '24The Ukrainians want to keep fighting because they have seen what happens under Russian occupation. Mass murder. Mass deportation of children. Putin is the psycho. Ukrainians just w45.9×391k5.4k88166
9Feb 6, '25Rubio failing to show up for the G20 is another gift to China, which will happily fill the leadership vacuum this administration is creating. To justify that absence by pointing to42.2×360k5.3k1.1k152
10Sep 13, '25Denmark no longer sees the United States as a reliable and non-threatening partner and it just cost our companies $8 billion. Turns out threatening to invade and annex Greenland wa36.6×312k8k1.9k180
11Sep 30, '20Biden is wrong, the Trump administration did press the Chinese government to allow U.S. CDC representatives into Wuhan. Beijing refused.6.8×027k8k86
12Oct 11, '19Turkey almost killed the US soldiers in Syria that Trump said don’t even exist. Trump has betrayed the US military just as he has betrayed their Kurdish partners.6.7×027k7.5k63
13Mar 27, '20Wuhan reported only about 2,500 #coronavirus deaths, but 5,000 urns were delivered to one mortuary over just 2 days. “Wuhan has seven other mortuaries.” @shanghaiist6.4×016k9.9k617
14Oct 3, '19By the way, Rudy is admitting to manufacturing White House logos and sticking them on non-White House documents and pushing the real government to act on them.5.7×018k7.5k180
15Jul 14, '19The President of the United States telling minority AMERICAN Congresswomen to go back to the countries they came from? This is a new, terrible, racist, sad low, even for Trump.5.3×023k4.5k35
16Aug 30, '19President Trump's aides said he lied about calls from China in order to manipulate the markets, according to CNN. Wow.5.1×013k6.8k129
17Jul 15, '19That the first female Muslim-American refugee elected to Congress has to endure racist attacks from the U.S. president is a stain on all Americans and a disgrace of historical prop4.7×022k4k33
18Jul 20, '21Hey guys, @RandPaul was right and Fauci was wrong. The NIH was funding gain of function research in Wuhan but NIH pretended it didn't meet their "gain of function" definition to av4.7×017k5.2k300
19Sep 30, '20Trump is wrong, Hunter Biden was not "dishonorably discharged" from the Navy. He was administratively separated after failing a drug test.4.6×07.5k1.7k51
20Feb 25, '18I wish @Twitter would just give everybody an easy way to verify their identity and then give us an easy way to filter out those who won't. The whole platform would be a nicer, safe4.2×019k3.2k2
21Mar 13, '20Hey guys, looks like we just killed another senior Iranian military commander. Sorry to interrupt.4.1×013k4.9k174
22Jul 26, '19DIA analysts say North Korea may have produced 12 nuclear weapons since the first Trump-Kim summit. Wow.4.0×08.3k5.8k125
23Aug 28, '18Mattis shoots down the Erik Prince contractor plan for Afghanistan: “When Americans put their country’s reputation on the line, privatizing it is probably not a good idea.”3.8×016k3.8k22
24Jan 26, '17Exclusive: The State Department’s entire senior management team just resigned @washingtonpost3.6×04.2k6.4k0
25Jul 28, '19The only country where Vladimir Putin WON'T let Russians interfere in politics is Russia3.1×011k4.2k35
26Jan 13, '20This is not an actual foreign policy accomplishment. Also, Twitter is banned in Iran.2.9×013k2.6k44
27Apr 6, '20U.S. companies are finding out they don't own their own factories in China. When they tried to export THEIR medical equipment, the Chinese government stopped them: @nypost2.9×06.6k4.4k168
28Aug 12, '19This is what an American president should be saying right now.2.7×012k2.3k34
29Nov 20, '18Dear @SecPompeo, please stop saying we have to ignore human rights to protect our national security interests. Promoting human rights is in our national security interest.2.6×011k2.9k14
30Jun 3, '19This @nytimes exposé on Elaine Chao and her family's business ties to the Chinese government and its companies is shocking and cries out for Congressional oversight and investigati2.6×07.5k3.7k91
31Dec 21, '18This @AP account of how Erdogan convinced Trump to pull out of Syria and Bolton, Mattis and Pompeo tried to stop it is downright scary.2.5×05.8k4.1k188
32Aug 11, '18Republican @RepTomGarrett says he was told in a closed briefing that Russian meddling contributed to last year's conflict and violence in Charlottesville. Wow. @CNN2.5×07.3k3.8k31
33Apr 7, '17Trump administration told Russia about its war plans before they told the U.S. Congress.2.4×05.4k4.2k0
34Jul 16, '18Trump told the Finnish President Just now he enjoyed spending time with him at the NATO summit. Finland is not part of NATO. #awkward @jaketapper @camanpour2.4×07.3k2.8k15
35Oct 9, '19Leaked State Dept emails show that everybody knew the Ukraine aid was being held up for corrupt purposes, but officials decided to look the other way: @nytimes2.3×06.3k3.8k98
36Sep 19, '18Hillary to @maddow: "I don't know whether Trump is a witting or unwitting tool of Putin. I don't know that. But it's clear he's playing checkers & Putin is playing 3 dimensiona2.3×09.8k2k9
37Oct 5, '16Pence is right. Clinton & Obama tried to negotiate an Iraq troop extension but failed. Bush admin always anticipated such an extension.2.2×07.9k3k0
38Feb 7, '20As the guy who broke that story, I must say there is zero overlap between the Obama NSC staffer (who secretly leaked and lied) and Vindman (who testified under oath). It’s a ridicu2.2×09.3k2.3k83
39Apr 14, '20Exclusive: State Department cables warned of safety issues at Wuhan lab studying bat coronaviruses2.2×05.3k3.2k328
40May 29, '21Most MSM reporters didn’t “ignore” the lab leak theory, they actively crapped all over it for over a year while pretending to be objective out of a toxic mix of confirmation bias, 2.2×08.2k2.3k164
41Jun 19, '17.@SenWhitehouse tells @wolfblitzer there is a ton of evidence Mike Flynn is a cooperating witness with the FBI. Wow.2.2×06.3k3.2k0
42Oct 3, '19Rudy admits to CNN he passed the packet of Ukraine conspiracy theories and attacks on a U.S. ambassador to Pompeo. "They (the State Department) told me they would investigate it."2.0×07.2k2.3k48
43Jan 3, '20“This strike was aimed at deterring future attack plans.” By the Pentagon’s own logic, if Iran retaliates, the strike mission failed its key goal. Remember that.2.0×06.7k2.8k101
44Mar 2, '22No mention of the Afghanistan withdrawal last year in Biden's SOTU speech. It's almost as if the administration doesn't want to talk about the thousands of Afghans we left behind.2.0×09.1k1.6k25
45Sep 5, '20John Kelly slavishly lied for Trump, praised Trump and defended Trump for years. The least he can do now is tell the truth about what Trump said, one way or the other. His silence 2.0×09.4k1.3k18
46Aug 17, '21President Biden has spoken to ZERO other world leaders since Kabul fell to the Taliban, Jake Sullivan says.2.0×07.7k1.7k37
47Oct 4, '19Invoking the fight against corruption to corruptly persecute political rivals under the cover of authority is what the Chinese Communist Party does every day. Never thought I'd see2.0×07.1k2.5k51
48Sep 16, '18Why does everyone say Manafort’s crimes had nothing to with the campaign. He was working corruptly for pro-Putin interests. He was indebted to them and communicated with them durin2.0×08.1k2k18
49Jul 13, '18American reporters who took stories from Guccifer 2.0 or DC Leaks have to wonder if they weren't used as a tool of a foreign military intelligence operation against our country.1.9×07k2.1k11
50Jun 12, '18The more Trump talks about the deal, the worse it sounds. U.S. stops exercises, pledges to remove troops, no new sanctions, all in exchange for vague promises of denuclearization. 1.9×05.9k2.4k14
51Sep 28, '21Gen. Milley on the Afghanistan evacuation mission: "It was a logistical success but a strategic failure." Wow.1.9×07.6k1.4k38
52Oct 8, '18Working with the American government bad, but working with the Chinese Communist Party censors no problem? Amazing.1.9×06.6k2.5k26
54Sep 26, '19.@murraywaas on Giuliani: "The Ukrainian initiative appears to have begun in service of formulating a rationale by which the president could pardon Manafort, as part of an effort t1.8×04.9k2.7k202
55Apr 14, '17There should be pool coverage of the WH entrances to track visitors if the WH won't release the logs.1.8×05.9k2.6k0
56Jan 3, '20Right now, we have two separate U.S. government explanations for assassinating Soleimani. Pentagon: It was meant to deter future Iranian aggression. Pompeo: "There was an imminent 1.8×06.2k1.7k65
57Mar 16, '20“The Chinese Virus”1.8×03.7k8636
58Apr 14, '18Pentagon reporter points out that Assad has been using chemical weapons on a regular basis so why attack now? Mattis has no real answer.1.8×05.6k2.3k9
59Oct 13, '19What’s so clear is that Trump has no idea what’s he talking about and doesn’t care enough to learn - and that is the scariest part of all of this.1.8×07.7k1.6k14
60Mar 26, '22Too late. We all heard Biden say: “For god’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.” The world heard it. No way to unring that bell.1.7×06.9k1.4k59
61Apr 3, '20“scientists don’t rule out that an accident at a research laboratory in Wuhan might have spread a deadly bat virus that had been collected for scientific study,” writes @IgnatiusPo1.7×04.3k2k171
62Dec 19, '18When your U.S. foreign policy is being celebrated by the Russian embassy, you're doing it wrong. cc: @realDonaldTrump1.7×05.8k2.2k17
63Jun 19, '19Exclusive: State Department official Andrea Thompson, who is in charge of negotiations with Moscow, didn’t disclose ties to the boyfriend of Russian agent Maria Butina @washingtonp1.7×03.8k2.7k57
64Jan 18, '19Reporters on the border tell me migrants often carry small heavy rugs to throw over the barbed wire and then dump them when they make it to the U.S. side. Has nothing to do with Is1.6×06.1k1.8k23
65Mar 26, '22WH official: When Reagan said “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall,” he did not mean to suggest any physical walls be torn down and certainly not in Berlin. He was referring to Pink1.6×07.9k96291
66Nov 25, '19So the official story is Navy Secretary Spencer was fired for secretly promising Trump to do exactly what Trump wanted? Does that make any sense at all?1.6×06.4k1.4k61
67Jul 24, '20Breaking: Chinese researcher fugitive has left the San Francisco consulate and been arrested, will appear likely today in CA Eastern District Court. - Senior Justice Department Off1.6×05.3k2.1k26
68Jan 31, '17Over 1,000 State Dept employees have now signed the dissent cable. Spicer's "get with the program or go" message not going over well.1.6×04.7k2.5k0
69Apr 20, '18Comey tells @maddow he commissioned an internal FBI investigation into leaks to Giuliani about the Hillary investigation. Wow.1.5×05.8k1.8k11
71Jan 20, '17There are more people marching in this parade than watching it.1.5×04.1k2.6k0
72Mar 8, '22.@CNN reports Biden to ban all Russian energy imports today. Winston Churchill once said, “You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing after they have tried everyth1.5×06.8k1.1k88
73Sep 28, '21Gen. McKenzie: "I recommended we keep 2,500 troops in Afghanistan." Also says he predicted withdrawing them would cause the Afghan army to collapse and the Taliban taking over. Gen1.5×06.4k1.2k40
75Apr 19, '19To those reporters who worked with DC Leaks and Guccifer 2.0, congratulations on being used as a tool of a Russian military intelligence attack on our country.1.4×05.9k1.4k27
76Nov 5, '19Amb Sondland confirmed the quid pro quo in testimony, said it was clear the Trump-Zelensky meeting was conditioned on announcing investigations into 2016 and the Bidens. Wow. @mkra1.4×05.2k1.6k13
77Apr 26, '20Chinese state propagandists promoting @BillGates defense of the Chinese government.1.4×03.8k1.7k55
78Aug 17, '21Bagram Air Base would have been a much better place to mount a huge military evacuation mission than the airport with one runway half controlled by the Taliban. Too bad we closed i1.4×06.2k1.1k43
79Oct 3, '19Here's the statement State Dept gave me in May about Amb. Yovanovitch's departure: "Ambassador Yovanovitch is concluding her 3-year diplomatic assignment in Kyiv in 2019 as planned1.4×04.2k1.9k31
80Dec 6, '17Tillerson and Mattis were both opposed to Trump’s Jerusalem announcement due to security concerns.1.3×03.6k1.9k0
81Aug 17, '21National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says the Taliban have guaranteed safe passage for Americans in Afghanistan to the Kabul airport. So Americans are meant to trust their lives1.3×05.2k1k29
82Dec 23, '18Zero senior Trump officials were willing to go on the Sunday shows and defend his Syria decision. Nobody wants to explain this blunder to the American people. Disgraceful.1.3×04.6k1.4k10
83Oct 3, '19.@HillaryClinton tells @maddow: "Ukraine is the canary in the coal mine about what this president and his allies have been up to."1.2×05.1k1.2k11
85Dec 12, '21Chris Wallace announces that after 18 years, today was his last time hosting @FoxNewsSunday. "I have decided to leave FOX. I want to try something new."1.2×05.3k49517
86Sep 23, '20Even after accepting disinformation from Russian agents, Johnson and Grassley couldn't come up with anything new or interesting on Hunter Biden Read @karoun @thamburger @PaulSonne 1.2×03.6k1.5k51
87Oct 8, '22.@elonmusk throws Taiwan under the bus, suggests “a special administrative zone for Taiwan that is reasonably palatable, probably won't make everyone happy.” He doesn’t understand 1.2×04.3k68473
88Aug 19, '18This is funding to stabilize the area we just liberated from ISIS. It’s going to cost a lot more when ISIS returns and we have to fight them again. This is the definition of stupid1.2×04.5k1.3k17
89Dec 27, '20.@jaketapper on @kayleighmcenany: “This is what she does, she tells lies, all the time. She can’t acknowledge reality. So I’m just not going to put someone like that on air.” @bria1.2×05.7k72313
90Dec 20, '18Make no mistake, Mattis didn’t just retire, he quit.1.1×04.8k1.1k8
91Oct 17, '21Wait, what?1.1×04.4k1.3k42
92Mar 22, '17Nunes freelancing and increased coordination with the White House is already bolstering calls for a select committee. cc: @Evan_McMullin1.1×03.8k1.6k0
93Aug 28, '18Trump threatening Google with punishment if they don’t appease his political demands smacks of authoritarianism the likes of which we see from the Chinese government.1.1×04.2k1.3k10
94Aug 1, '22If China does something aggressive when the Pelosi delegation visits Taiwan, that's China starting a crisis, not the United States. The Chinese government should take a deep breath1.1×04.4k57238
95Oct 3, '20Dr. Sean Conley is being coy and evasive, giving conflicting information on whether Trump has been on oxygen and when was he diagnosed. This is unacceptable. His credibility is in 1.0×04.2k9387
96Aug 1, '19.@KamalaHarris calls @TulsiGabbard an "apologist for an individual, Assad, who has murdered people in his country like cockroaches. She has embraced and been an apologist for him..1.0×03.6k92236
97Oct 5“I don’t know when the world is going to settle. Give it another five years or so. By 2030, we’ll probably get some kind of a new order,” Finland’s President @alexstubb told me in 1.0×8.5k2950
98Feb 26, '22Give Ukraine all the Stingers, Javelins and Tows. Give Ukraine all the Stingers, Javelins and Tows. Give Ukraine all the Stingers, Javelins and Tows. Give Ukraine all the Stingers,1.0×04.4k82415
99Aug 31, '21Shorter Biden: The Afghan government and the Trump administration are responsible for this debacle. Also, there is no debacle.1.0×04.4k82030
100Nov 13, '20Hey everybody, it’s Friday, the day @SenatorLankford said he would “step in” and make sure President-elect Biden was getting his intel briefings. I’m on the edge of my seat.0.9×04.1k5036

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