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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

What do Trump, Musk & Murdoch have in common? All colliding with the Ghost of Epstein & risking reputational death spiral. A key question now is do Murdochs turn Fox News on Trump. Just as Banquo's Ghost hovered over Macbeth, Epstein haunts Oval Office. My new column: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

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The ghost of Jeffrey Epstein haunts the world's most powerful men

What do the most powerful man in the world, the wealthiest man in the world, and the most powerful media baron in the world, have in common? Their destinies are all colliding with the ghost of Jeffrey...

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Trump stands back as Israel tries bombing its way to a new neighbourhood… Israel’s real agenda & what role the US is really playing with Iran and Israel. Donald Trump & plausible deniability that the US is not involved. My latest analysis. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

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Netanyahu's agenda is clear, but Trump wants plausible deniability

There are many things happening in the Middle East at the moment but beneath them lies one single through-line: Israel is attempting to reshape the political map of the region.

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Musk v Trump: These two men can destroy each other. They’re flirting with mutually assured destruction but they now probably will both step back from that precipice. Here are the reasons why. My latest column from Washington DC. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

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Trump and Musk must hold back or risk mutually assured destruction

The US president believes he is a world-class negotiator and deal-maker. He will now have to use the strong negotiating skills he claims to have to reach a ceasefire deal with tech billionaire Elon Mu...

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Has Trump created a monster? Musk v Trump. Support for @elonmusk from Fox News viewers will worry Trump who doesn’t want a public split with Musk. He also won’t like a sword-wielding Uma Thurman. Excellent analysis from my ABC colleague in Washington @BradRyan www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

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Musk vs Republicans leaves Trump to wonder if he's created a monster

The anger with Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" is taking many creative forms of Elon Musk's X account. It's a different story on Trump's Truth Social.

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AusPoast @daryltractor.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

“All bets are off. Does AUKUS mean anything these days? I'm not sure it means anything to the man who's on the balcony behind me.” - @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social re Trump’s new decision to increase tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from 25% to 50%.

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

From A Balcony Over Jerusalem to A Bunker in Kyiv: huge thanks to the booksellers particularly BookPeople for selecting Balcony Over Jerusalem as one of the best Australian books of last 25 years. Your support for me & other Aussie authors hugely appreciated by us all. Thank you!

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

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AusPoast @daryltractor.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

“The BBC recently reported six babies freezing to death because there were no blankets. “Clearly, anybody but the most hardline supporters of Israel can see that this is a humanitarian crisis of historic proportions.” - @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

From A Balcony Over Jerusalem to A Bunker in Kyiv. Looking forward to session this Sun @SydWritersFest with @PeterGreste. I'll be on video from US. We'll discuss Trump's intriguing rel'ship with Putin & the reality in Gaza. "Bunker" tells the story of heroic Ukrainians & why Putin can never conquer.

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

For those of you in Sydney: a discussion in Bondi this coming Tuesday evening MC’d by Paul Barry about my new book on Ukraine looking at Putin, Trump & where it goes from here. Please join is if you can urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

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John Lyons: An Evening with the Author

Join John Lyons to discuss his new book 'A Bunker in Kyiv' in store at Gertrude & Alice Cafe Bookstore.

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

“America’s credibility as an economic ally, strategic partner & global leader is trashed”: Professor Hugh White. The US has performed “one of the greatest acts of self-harm”: Former Australian Ambassador to China Geoff Raby. My latest column. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

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Trump assumed the US could dictate a new world order. China said no

Of all Trump's miscalculations this week, his biggest miscalculation of all may be assuming that China would not hit back, using the economic power that the Chinese Communist Party has been amassing f...

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

FIVE EYES: Aust & US's other key intel partners were already wrestling with Q's about how much they could trust their old ally. Now 18 top US national security officials plan on a non-secure app a bombing of Yemen. In any other presidency this story would rock the US. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

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Group chat blunder won't help the world's fading faith in America

In any other presidency, the story would rock the US: top national security advisers mistakenly adding a journalist to their group chat. But Washington is not what it used to be.

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Now Russia is under the pump. Will it bow to US pressure? Is Trump really a Russia whisperer? Zelenskyy's willingness to sign a temporary ceasefire suggests he's learnt to play Trump's game. Amid White House chaos, is there a master strategy? My new column www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

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'The ball is now in their court': How Zelenskyy may have outwitted Putin

After Zelenskyy and Trump's disastrous Oval Office meeting, Russia had a major battlefield advantage. All of that could change.

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

BREAKING: Australia to NOT receive exemption for steel and aluminium exports to US. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told media Trump "considered it & considered against it... If they want to be exempted they should consider moving steel manufacturing here." Presents a big challenge for PM.

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... Was Trump loaded for bear? Did Trump & JD Vance ambush Zelensky? Trump’s very 1st comment to Zelensky & the 1st question from a “friendly” journalist suggest they did. Add to that Zelensky’s mishandling & the future of Ukraine is now in jeopardy. My chat to PK & FK

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Albo's election plans blown off course || The Party Room - ABC listen

As communities on the east coast brace for the impact of Cyclone Alfred, speculation is rife that the storm will force the Prime Minister to delay calling the election. So, is a May election now likel...

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

In the new hard world of Donald Trump, everything is about what a country has to offer. Australia has 2 things the US wants: the Pine Gap spy facility & proximity to China. As Trump upends geopolitics, what happens to 5-Eyes & AUKUS? My new column: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

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Australia's perceived value to the US changes under Trump

Experts say Australia matters less to Trump than it did to Biden which has consequences for vital intelligence-sharing alliance Five Eyes as well as the AUKUS deal.

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hyndsight2020.bsky.social @hyndsight2020.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Just finished reading your Balcony over Jerusalem, John. What a read! I thought I understood, at least on a ‘big picture’ level, the Israel-Palestine history and current situation, but your work is so illuminating. Thank you! Recommending it widely. 👏👏👏

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Two ghosts lurk behind Trump’s Gaza plan: one is Jared Kushner, his son in law, who floated the idea a year ago. The other is Bezalel Smotrich, who said Israel’s founder David Ben-Gurion should have “finished the job” when it came to Palestinians. Here’s my new column. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

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Trump's Gaza plan stunned the world, but he borrowed it from a relative

To understand how Donald Trump's Gaza plan came about, it's worth considering some comments made to a forum at one of the most prestigious US universities last year.

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

This is the endgame for Israelis & Palestinians. Over the next 4 years Trump & Netanyahu can kill a 2-state solution. The far right in Israel & supporters in Aust will celebrate. But it will bequeath to the Mideast a future of dreadful violence. My new column: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

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The battle for a two-state solution just got a whole lot harder

As Donald Trump reshapes America's relationship with Israel — from appointing right wing candidates as ambassadors to Israel and the UN and overturning sanctions on violent Jewish settlers — can the t...

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

BREAKING: Foreign Min Penny Wong & Amb Kevin Rudd have just been to White House & met Trump nat security adviser Mike Waltz. It’s high level access on Day 1 of a new administration. If flies in the face of those who said Aus & Rudd would be frozen out. They’re now about to meet Sec State Marco Rubio

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Human moments amid the tragedy… My reflections on the hostage-prisoner exchange youtube.com/watch?v=wdiq...

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

JERUSALEM: Israeli media reporting that Hamas has handed the names of the first 3 hostages to be released. This means the ceasefire is likely to come into place within an hour, ending this phase of the war. Welcome relief - but without a political solution this is just a pause in a decades long war

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

What does this ceasefire really mean? Donald Trump says it’s “EPIC”. It’s not. It’s merely a Band-aid on a badly bleeding patient. Unless the world pushes for a political rather than military solution there will be more killing of Israelis & Palestinians. My new column www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

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Donald Trump says the ceasefire deal is EPIC, but it is just a Band-Aid

The model of a two-state solution is bruised and damaged but is the only viable way to prevent further and more intense violence in coming years, writes John Lyons.

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

My new column: the year the geopolitical plates shifted & where to in 2025. From Ukraine, Gaza, Syria, Russia, China to what Trump means. Mideast deteriorating. Gaza now almost unliveable, Turkey new kingmaker after Russia, Iran lose Syria. We’ll see fallout for years www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

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The geopolitical plates have shifted. We'll see fallout for years to come

Few recent years have seen such dramatic changes as 2024 — changes that will resonate well into the future.

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Israel & Syria: In recent months Israel has bombed Gaza, the West Bank, southern Lebanon, Bek’aa Valley, south Beirut, central Beirut: & now Syria, with estimated 480 strikes in 48 hours. My new column looking at Israel’s response to fall of the Assad dictatorship. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

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Why did Israel turn an unlikely bedfellow in Syria into a new enemy?

As Syrians expressed obvious relief at the end of 54 years of one of the most brutal dictatorships of modern times, their neighbour Israel reacted in a very different way: it launched a bombing campai...

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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

My 1st ever post on @Bluesky! A brief & early history of the fall of Assad. If u have 5 mins here’s my take on Assad, his use of barrel bombs, who Hayat Tahrir al-Sham are and what all this means for Iran & Russia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi-e...

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Assad has been defeated in Syria. What happens next? | ABC NEWS

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

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