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Scott Bessent is a coward, and that’s dangerous for America

If the behaviour of the Trump administration from just its first six months continues and is amplified for four years, the United States you know will...

06.08.2025 20

Thomas Friedman

How Netanyahu played Trump for a fool in Gaza

This is the first Israeli-Palestinian war where the worst leaders on both sides are calling all the shots.

30.07.2025 4

Thomas Friedman

Attacks on Iran are part of a much bigger global struggle

Vladimir Putin and the ayatollahs want the exact same kind of world. That is a world safe for autocracy, safe for theocracy, safe for their...

23.06.2025 10

Thomas Friedman

The flashing signals I just saw in Israel

Israelis and Gazans both feel trapped by leaders they no longer trust.

30.05.2025 5

Thomas Friedman

A great unravelling is under way in the greatest country on earth

I am haunted by Abraham Lincoln’s warning that the only power that can destroy America is ourselves. If you aren’t worried by that prospect, you...

13.03.2025 8

Thomas Friedman

Three giant challenges that will define Trump’s second term

The president-elect faces some huge shifting tectonic plates that have profound implications for the US administration and the world, writes Thomas...

27.11.2024 8