Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 6hNational security is not exempt from corruption. It may be the most corrupt issue area of all. joecirincione.substack.com/p/the-comple... 0112 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Dawn Patrol. Up early for a flight from DCA->OMA. ✈️ 130 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A friend sent me this photo of a plaque my former organization hung in my honor at our old office. I’d forgotten I said this. But I believe it to be true. I organized most of my life around this belief. One example of this will be if we can win the mid-terms in 27 days. 0140 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Another own goal. Trump and the billionaire AI overlords tell the American public that everything is just fine because they signed a piece of paper and are going to change the name. 75% of Americans say they are frightened of AI. They are right. No amount of PR and “golden” talk will change that. 091 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I’m watching @robsandia.bsky.social campaign for Iowa governor. He is at his 98th town hall. I now understand why he is up 10 points in the polls and Cook rates this “Lean Dem.” This guy is terrific. Eloquently plain spoken with a positive, bipartisan agenda. 191 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026How can Congress end the out-of-control spending on Golden Dome? I give my views at the Center for Arms Control & Nonproliferation conference. In brief: sustained oversight, real hearings, dismantle the Missile Defense Lobby Agency, and fly-before-you-buy. @nukesofhazard.bsky.social 0114 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I was on a great panel last week at the Center for Arms Control & Nonproliferation annual conference. I'd like to share a few clips taking apart the myth of national missile defense. This one explains why the easiest way to defeat NMD is to simply overwhelm it. (#1) @nukesofhazard.bsky.social 1299 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026At a fund-raiser for @abdulelsayed.bsky.social in DC. Saul Levin introduced him by saying that his grandfather, Andy Levin, just endorsed him. “If a Jew who spent 60 years in Michigan politics can support Abdul El-Sayed, you can, too!” Brought down the house. 12010 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Will Trump attack Pickaxe Mountain in Iran? He can try, but it won't be easy to destroy this deep underground, hardened site. I talked with @omarjimenez.bsky.social @CNN last night about this and why the war is likely to continue into next year. 0117 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I will be on @cnn.com at 6:15pm ET tonight with host Omar Jimenez to discuss the latest on Iran. 050 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Today is the first of many 25-year anniversaries to come over the next few years. Today, we remember the victims and honor the heroes. From here on, we must remember the disastrous policies that followed and those who made them. If not, we will repeat them. joecirincione.substack.com/p/911-was-tr... 1165 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026What’s a car race without a fly over of three strategic bombers? B-1, B-2 and B-52 fly over the DC Indy car race. Since 9/11 we have military power displays at ever sports event you can imagine. It’s time to end this custom. 2016343 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Great game today at the Cape Cod Baseball League Championship Series. The Harwich Mariners swept the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox to advance to the Championship Series. Fabulous game that came down to the last strike. 0110 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Here’s the thing. Iran is led by a murderous tyrannical regime that slaughters its own people. But its demands are actually reasonable. Trump started an illegal, unnecessary war of choice. He lost. He should pay for the damage he inflicted. Preferably out of his own pocket. Maybe Bibi can chip in. 46515 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Here is one of the reasons we think the US-Saudi deal is about getting the capability to build bombs, not to generate electricity. See the full discussion with me and @debamos.bsky.social over at the Substack published by @drshushan.bsky.social 031 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Even in Cape Cod with my grandkids it can be hard to get away from nuke issues. At least, in this case, there’s oysters and beer and bike rides. 2160 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Trump doesn't understand his own deal. "Civilian use" doesn't mean no enrichment. The whole point of his Saudi deal is to let them to build enrichment plants and supposedly limit them to making fuel rods. At any point they could, of course, break out and make a Bomb. The UAE deal banned enrichment. 32611 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026A few days ago in @newrepublic.com, I sketched out three scenarios on how Trump’s war could end. Unfortunately, we may now be realizing the worst possible option. Read more here: newrepublic.com/article/2130... 02714 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026My analysis of Trump's pointless new military strikes and three scenarios of how this new phase of the war might develop. open.substack.com/pub/joecirin... 0288 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The sun is out and I’m on the Cape Cod Rail Trail. Bumped into Mitch McConnell in line for fried clams. We talked about Trump’s failed interventions in Iran and the World Cup for about 20 minutes. 3130 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I’ve been quiet this week. I’m out hiking in the Rocky Mountains. I’ve got to say, it’s great to be out of Washington. 2220 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 21/06/2026I will join Alex Witt at 3 o’clock today @ms.now to discuss the latest on Trump‘s failed war and his floundering negotiations. 030 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 20/06/2026The Swamp Metaphor Eating the Trump Presidency. I went down to the Reflecting Pool today to see for myself. It’s often been scummy but I’ve never seen it this bad. It was absolutely NOT blue. Crews had been cleaning all day but the algae still covers the bottom of the pool like a green shag rug. 3142 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Can’t Central Casting do better than this? A bit stereotypical, don’t you think? Here is the Palm Beach Trump donor who owns the company awarded a no-bid contract to clean the reflecting pool. Way to go, Johnny. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u... 88522 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026This is beyond symbolic coincidence. There is something almost cosmically ironic that Trump’s reflecting pool is not American Flag Blue but Iranian Flag Green. 615831 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Here is the exact text in the MOU. It is actually weaker than the JCPOA. 194 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I was honored 12 years ago to join former senior military and government officials in warning about the severe negative consequences of war with Iran. We were wrong. It was much worse than we thought. Trump and Bibi’s war is a complete disaster. www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/defaul... 312350 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Just finished a great talk with @jonatomic.bsky.social and @atabatabai.bsky.social. Jon will publish the whole thing soon on his Substack. Here's a preview. 052 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Man, I just had a fabulous talk with the great @djrothkopf.bsky.social while guest hosting The Bill Press Pod ( @billpress.bsky.social). He really let loose on the mess Trump has made -- and how we can fix it. It will be up early Tuesday morning. Hope you can listen. 0153 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Trump is perhaps the world's worst negotiator. He overruled his own negotiators to add on more demands. Like it's some kind of real estate deal and he can squeeze the buyer for more $$$. But Iran holds all the cards and has called his bluff. 0287 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 31/05/2026I will join Alex Witt @msnownews.bsky.social at 3:25 pm ET to discuss the mess of Trump’s Iran negotiations. 272 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026I’ll be on @CNN at 2:30pm ET to talk with anchors Brianna Keilar & Boris Sanchez about negotiations with Iran to end the war. Trump is in a weak position but Iran seems to have renewed their offer to get rid of their large stockpile of enriched uranium. That would be a good deal, just like the JCPOA 051 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Iran now has about 10 tons of uranium enriched to various levels. Before the war, and now again in negotiations, they offered to down blend all of this and ship it out of the country. Just as they did under the 2015 Iran Deal. If Trump hadn't ripped it up, they wouldn't have any U to ship out. 02210 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Both my father and father-in-law flew bombers in WWII. Here’s my dad, Vince, in an old photo my brother just restored. Seeing it in color instead of B&W for the first time makes it more real and brings home how young the soldiers were whose sacrifices we honor each Memorial Day. 77211 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Ten years ago. Two guys hanging out in Geneva. 0100 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 14/05/2026My granddaughter is competing in the Capitol Math Classic at the Diamond Club @nationals.com Park. Which is the closest I’ll likely ever get again to the Diamond Club. 170 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026I was alive and aware in 1972 when Nixon went to China. He put US geopolitical interests first, business a distant second. Trump does exactly the opposite. For him and his billionaire CEO travel companions it’s all about business deals. American security interests are an afterthought. 194 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The second reason is that he quotes me from a talk we had last year about the idiocy of starting a war with Iran. I do this not to show that I am prophetic, but to show that anyone who knew the tiniest bit about Iran could predict the quagmire Trump is now in. This is National Security 101. 0112 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 07/05/2026“We are a back-sliding democracy heading full-tilt towards authoritarianism.” Stacy Abrams tells Chris Hayes, reacting outrageous Tennessee GOP attempt to eliminate all Black representatives. 1136 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026The spokesperson of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission just tweeted this. 065 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 05/05/2026New reporting by @CNN and @reuters.com confirm that Trump’s war has not set back Iran’s nuclear program. US intel confirms there is no significant change since the 2025 bombings. We discussed all this on CNN today. video.snapstream.net/Play/8WtTCph... 274 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 05/05/2026In the @CNN Green Room. Going on at 2:30pm ET to talk Iran. 030 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 05/05/2026I will be on @CNN at 2:30pm ET to talk with anchors Brianna Keilar & Boris Sanchez about the serious dangers presented by Iran’s nuclear capabilities. They have been damaged but certainly not “obliterated.” Meanwhile Trump’s attacks have increased Iran’s incentives to sprint for a Bomb. 293 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 04/05/2026The Iraq War was never meant to end with Iraq. It was part of a regime-change fantasy that led us directly into the disastrous Iran War. I explore the origins of both of this wars in my new Substack newsletter, just published today. joecirincione.substack.com/p/the-origin... 1155 0
Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Here’s my contribution to the analysis of the growing threat inside the Pentagon. 0154 0