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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Public opinion has turned decisively against Trump. His negative approval rating is twice as bad today as it was on the eve of his party’s 2018 drubbing.” My column on why Trump will pretend he bears no responsibility for the looming GOP defeat. as.ft.com/r/f337d285-0...

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A Republican midterm defeat will not be an earthquake

Democrats are likely to make gains in Congress but divided government is unlikely to derail Trump’s agenda

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A few critics said I overlooked Trump's upcoming Xi summit in my column this week on Trump's boredom with substance and obsession with monuments to himself. Guess which part of Trump's Xi interactions was his favourite? Showing Xi his new ballroom.

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Democrats coming at Trump from the right on China. They're not evolving.

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FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 23/09/2026

Donald Trump has “checked out” and, bored of the business of governing, the US president is now singularly obsessed with building monuments to himself, argues Edward Luce. Read today's column from @edwardluce.bsky.social in #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/FybYK2B

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"The term “lame duck” would be haunting any other president’s sleep. But the concept is alien to Trump. He spends more of his time telling people about his architectural plans than he devotes to Iran, AI or the economy. Insoluble problems hold no interest." My column. as.ft.com/r/928f5cb7-6...

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Trump is checking out of his presidency

With no way out of his war with Iran, he is increasingly obsessed with monuments to himself

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Were America consciously trying to put China off from talking about AI it could not have arranged it better." My Swamp Notes with Demetri Sevastopulo on next week's stillborn Trump-Xi summit. as.ft.com/r/b02a4c1e-7...

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Xi’s edge over Trump on AI

The US president’s anti-regulatory stance fails to take into account that China is catching up

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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 17/09/2026

Brings to mind this @edwardluce.bsky.social line on Trump: "Four years ago, he said bitcoin was a 'scam'. Now he wants to make America the 'crypto capital of the world'. To see that as a U-turn is to miss how Trump works. The second statement follows naturally from the first."

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Out of spite for President Donald Trump, Carney is accelerating the decoupling of a trade bloc that has generated enormous prosperity for North America." Seriously, Wapo editorial - you're going with Canadian spite? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Opinion | Canada’s great European misadventure

Donald Trump is for now. A Brussels bureaucrat is forever.

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"Bessent is badly harming himself in his quest not to disappoint the president. As one Washington veteran quipped: “Bessent makes Steve Mnuchin look like Alexander Hamilton.”" My column. as.ft.com/r/1f88e3d7-1...

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Scott Bessent’s wobbly house

Politics seems to be messing with the US Treasury secretary’s head

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children www.propublica.org/article/dona...

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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch

The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The next 9/11, or far worse, is there in plain sight. Yet apparently it is communism not AI that threatens America. Me on Dallas, Trump and our unlearning species. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/9a8a91e3-a...

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What we still haven’t learnt from 9/11

Facing existential risks like superintelligent AI, we need bold and visionary leaders of the world’s great powers

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

While warning about communism, Trump vows to bribe Americans with their own money (borrowed from China) so that he can keep control of Congress and get even richer. And he calls this proposed budget-destroying bribe a "dividend". Read David.

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"“Albania is not for sale,” says the normally pro-American Albanian street. If Kushner and Witkoff would listen, other parts of the world are trying to tell them the same thing." My column. as.ft.com/r/cd22dbcd-a...

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Kushner and Witkoff’s blind amateurism

The misguided belief that dangling potential postwar profits can lead to peace has hampered US diplomacy from Ukraine to Gaza and Iran

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Evening from either side of our hotel room

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Excellent smart piece on the strange place we find ourselves with regard to AI and public policy...and how to ensure we end up in a place in which we can tap the benefits of the technology and contain its risks. From @edwardluce.bsky.social. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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AI phobia is America’s new consensus

Trump is uncharacteristically deaf to voter fears over the technology

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

“Our species still has scope to shape its own future but that window is closing fast.” My column on why the American public’s Luddite turn on AI is entirely rational. as.ft.com/r/30b7f75f-b...

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AI phobia is America’s new consensus

Trump is uncharacteristically deaf to voter fears over the technology

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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

We are at peak denial on global warming. Today's "To the Contrary" podcast w/ Ed Luce. youtube.com/shorts/fQ-t6...

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Peak global warming & peak denial collide

YouTube video by To the Contrary With Charlie Sykes

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

“Any Democrat associated with Aipac — a dwindling band — has a vanishing chance of becoming their party’s 2028 nominee.” Me on how Israel is splitting Dems. www.ft.com/content/07ae...

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The Democrats’ civil war over Israel is getting worse

While the party fractures over Middle East policy, it is ignoring the threat posed by AI and social media

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William Cooper, Author @wcooperbooks.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

@edwardluce.bsky.social of @financialtimes.com may be the sharpest Trump critic in the world. He joins Books and More: open.spotify.com/episode/2a3G...

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Books and More with William Cooper · Episode

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

"Fauci’s latest congressional waterboarding, in which he repeatedly pleaded the Fifth, comes amid the most sustained assault on US public service since Joe McCarthy’s Red Scare." My Swamp Notes with Clive Cookson. as.ft.com/r/b92ce66a-d...

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The twilight of Dr Fauci

Scientist’s congressional testimony came amid the most sustained assault on US public service since the McCarthy era

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Francesc Trillas Jané @francesctrillas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

"Amid America’s broiling ocean of surrealism, being instructed by a dynastic autocracy on the sanctity of the contract stands out" "Like a drug addict upping the dose to regain that elusive high, Trump’s response is to make his rhetoric even more outlandish"

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Fauci hearing not exactly gripping. Rand Paul (Captain Ahab): "Will you respond [insert crazy conspiracy theory]..? Fauci: "On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline..." Paul is a crank.

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

No disrespect to the deceased, but Lindsay Graham's body had a larger motorcade stopping more traffic than all but three or four world leaders would command at home. At least 50 outriders. What exactly is this accomplishing?

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"Power is the ability to shape the world to your advantage. This should not be confused with constantly declaring how powerful you are." Me on why Trump's potency on the world stage is vanishing. as.ft.com/r/d4b0f81f-b...

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Trump’s waning sway over the world

The habitual trolling that serves him at home is sapping his potency on the global stage

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Ivo Daalder @ivodaalder.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

World Review looks back at the largest, most-watched, and financially most-profitable World Cup ever. Americans fell in love, Cinderellas didn’t get to the ball, & money changed everything. W/ @ghoshworld.bsky.social @edwardluce.bsky.social, Mehreen Khan. newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/world-revi...

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World Review: A Look Back at the World Cup —Politics, Nationalism, and Financial Gains

A synopsis of this week's edition of World Review

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 24/07/2026

'Whenever the dust settles on Donald Trump’s era, my hunch is we will discover that he made a lot more money than is now supposed,' The FT's Edward Luce writes. ft.trib.al/MnmZmpS

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

"A lot of Trump’s moneymaking takes place in broad daylight. Far more is thus likely to be under the cover of darkness." My swamp notes with @brookeamasters.ft.com Gift link as.ft.com/r/c34dccde-8...

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When a president’s thoughts are for sale

Trump is openly monetising privileged access to his musings

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Shocker: they also beat up their spouses.

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Has she consulted her kids about this?

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The DSR Network @thedsrnetwork.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

@maxboot.bsky.social joins @edwardluce.bsky.social and @djrothkopf.bsky.social to discuss America’s place in a shifting global landscape. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... youtu.be/a6LtH3wI31I

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Excellent, insightful and correct piece from @edwardluce.bsky.social about the decline in America's standing and what (and how long) it will take to recover the stature we have lost under Trump (and before). Who's the beneficiary? China, of course. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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Why the world trusts China more than America

Countries suspicious of the US are to be found on every continent, not just in its own back yard

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"That China is now trusted more than the US in a large majority of countries surveyed by Pew should ring alarms. Yet America still acts as if it were the most admired place on earth." My column. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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Why the world trusts China more than America

Countries suspicious of the US are to be found on every continent, not just in its own back yard

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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This idiot has probably never been to the BOREAL FOREST a day in his life. It is 5.5 times the size of Texas. You cannot "groom" it. It's burning because of climate change. The utter bullshit from these climate deniers. Canadians are sick of this bullying and they are not going to take it.

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

While buoyed by Trump's unpopularity, Democrats have their own troubles, writes Ed Luce: "The party is split between a radicalised younger vote, which is increasingly Maga-like in tactics and tone, and an ageing establishment that is short of ideas." www.ft.com/content/bd5f...

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Democrats are not in great shape

A fractious opposition is doing everything it can to spurn an open goal

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

“Eighteen months into Trump’s assault on the US constitution, Democrats are languishing at roughly the same high-thirties approval rating as the Republicans. Thereby hangs a warning sign.” My column. www.ft.com/content/bd5f...

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Democrats are not in great shape

A fractious opposition is doing everything it can to spurn an open goal

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

People spreading completely unfounded rumours about the Russians poisoning/assassinating Sen Graham in Ukraine are doing the Ukrainians a big disservice, as it means that the Ukrainians could not protect a US Senator on an official trip.

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