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Obama foreign policy advisor and speechwriter. Mets fan, Cuba negotiator, dad to Ella and Chloe.

Washington, DC
Joined January 2017
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  1. 3 hours ago

    This is what total global isolation and abdication of responsibility looks like.

    BREAKING: German leader says all nations except U.S. agree Paris climate accord is irreversible in G-20 communique
    136 replies 713 retweets 1,489 likes
  2. 4 hours ago

    Obama held a press conference at the end of every G20.

    Trump-Xi meeting is over. Trump is preparing to leave G20 summit soon, without holding a press conference like Putin and many leaders did.
    99 replies 404 retweets 879 likes
  3. 15 hours ago

    But it will happen again in 2018 and 2020...

    Replying to @NPR
    Tillerson told reporters his interpretation of the exchange was that the men agreed on the need to move past the election interference issue
    94 replies 302 retweets 885 likes
  4. 22 hours ago

    Putin will take advantage of Trump's denigration of US intel community to cast doubt on US assessments in future. Undercuts US credibility

    85 replies 543 retweets 1,210 likes
  5. 24 hours ago

    The day you meet Putin is apparently the day you become President.

    CNN’s David Gergen on Trump After Putin Meeting: ‘He Seemed Presidential Today’
    70 replies 69 retweets 256 likes
  6. Jul 7

    Unintentional irony alert

    Replying to @ggreenwald
    As I've said before, nothing makes you see how often blatant lies are circulated by authoritative people than when you have 1st-hand info.
    7 replies 32 retweets 214 likes
  7. Jul 7

    What exactly does it accomplish to hurt these ordinary Cubans? Trump's policy changes do nothing to promote reform while hurting Cubans.

    Private B&B owner in : “When I read the points in the memorandum ... my blood ran cold.”
    27 replies 115 retweets 246 likes
  8. Jul 7

    Yes am sure John Podesta is the buzz of the leaders lounge at the G-20.

    Everyone here is talking about why John Podesta refused to give the DNC server to the FBI and the CIA. Disgraceful!
    204 replies 718 retweets 3,403 likes
  9. Jul 6

    Kris Kobach?

    i have been in new york for one hour and already a man has knocked on my door, asked me for my phone number, and then refused to leave
    13 replies 79 retweets 671 likes
  10. Jul 6

    In global competition between liberal values and anti-democratic movements, Trump's rhetoric raises questions about what side the US is on

    359 replies 402 retweets 1,177 likes
  11. Retweeted
    Jul 6

    Pundit Alert! Please stop saying that Obama pulled missile defenses out of Poland & Trump now restored them. Its not true. Google "EPAA."

    127 replies 7,178 retweets 10,934 likes
  12. Jul 6

    This makes no sense. China wouldn't expect to be at that meeting. And US allies won't appreciate being cast as pawns in game with China

    Trump to talk North Korea strategy at dinner tonight with Abe & Moon. Not included: Xi. On purpose, so China feels heat, per diplo source.
    29 replies 184 retweets 446 likes
  13. Retweeted
    Jul 6

    "Nobody really knows" (who hacked our election). That is just not true Mr. President. Why do you keep insulting our intelligence agencies?

    0:47
    .: “You THINK it was Russia, your intelligence agencies say it WAS Russia, why won’t you say it was?”
    149 replies 1,319 retweets 2,645 likes
  14. Jul 6

    The entire US IC has told Trump Russia interfered. Saying he has no idea is a huge vote of no confidence in the IC in the heart of E Europe

    Trump: I have no idea if it was Russia that interfered. Why didn't Obama do something about Russia interfering?
    111 replies 243 retweets 563 likes
  15. Jul 6

    After decades of US support for Polish democracy the leader of what used to be the party of Reagan is hostile to the concept of free press

    . slams fake news, then stands by as Duda describes why he's restricting Polish media outlets from covering parliament.
    32 replies 152 retweets 329 likes
  16. Jul 6

    At a time when Eastern Europe democracy is under attack from Putin and growing restrictions on free press in places like Poland and Hungary

    A trashing of the American press corps and Intel community in Eastern Europe of all places. Could Putin have asked for anything more?
    35 replies 166 retweets 411 likes
  17. Retweeted
    Jul 5

    The transformational thing Ryan wants to do is give poor kids less food & medical care to finance a tax cut for millionaires.

    0:59
    Once in a generation, there is an opportunity to do something absolutely transformational. That moment is here.
    137 replies 4,198 retweets 6,903 likes
  18. Jul 5

    Also the presence of someone taking notes in a meeting doesn't make any difference. Unless she's taking the place of Trump across from Putin

    Does anyone bother to distinguish between objectivity and 'criticism' anymore?
    10 replies 21 retweets 81 likes
  19. Retweeted
    Jul 4

    Everyone has the right to personal reflections. However, inside a former gas chamber, there should be mournful silence. It's not a stage.

    From Auschwitz, Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins has a message for America
    377 replies 7,337 retweets 16,243 likes
  20. Jul 5

    This is a window into a senseless view of US foreign policy - demanding that the US does stupid things that it can't do and won't succeed

    WSJ double-header: Editorial on p. A16 calls for regime change in N. Korea; op-ed on p. A17 for regime change in Iran.
    24 replies 107 retweets 189 likes

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