Thomas L Friedman
@thomaslfriedman.bsky.social
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New York Times Foreign Affairs Columnists and Author
My column: Trump Put His Own Interests Above All in the Iran Deal
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/o...
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Opinion | Trump Put His Own Interests Above All in the Iran Deal
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/opinion/iran-israel-us-war-deal.html
10 days ago
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My column: Everybody Is a Loser in This Mideast War
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o...
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Opinion | Everybody Is a Loser in This Mideast War
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/opinion/middle-east-war-accountability-iran-us-trump.html
20 days ago
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My column: Trump Has Failed as Commander in Chief
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/o...
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Opinion | Trump Has Failed as Commander in Chief
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/opinion/trump-corruption-allies.html
27 days ago
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My column: How Much Crow Will Trump Have to Eat on Iran?
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/o...
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Opinion | How Much Crow Will Trump Have to Eat on Iran?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/opinion/iran-deal-trump-us.html
about 1 month ago
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My column: Where Are the Republicans Who Put America First?
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/o...
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Opinion | Where Are the Republicans Who Put America First?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/opinion/trump-republican-party-gerrymandering.html
about 1 month ago
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My column: NATO, Please Help. Trump Has No Strategy for Iran.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/o...
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Opinion | NATO, Please Help. Trump Has No Strategy for Iran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/opinion/israel-united-states-iran-hormuz-nato.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 2 months ago
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My column: Trump and Xi, This Is Your Nixon-Mao Moment.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/o...
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Opinion | Trump and Xi, This Is Your Nixon-Mao Moment
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/opinion/trump-xi-summit-ai-global-threats.html
about 2 months ago
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My column: Trump Is the One Without the Cards at the Poker Table
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is the One Without the Cards at the Poker Table
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/opinion/trump-iran-artificial-intelligence-china.html
about 2 months ago
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My column: How Israel Lost Its Way and How Trump Can Save Lebanon
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...
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Opinion | How Israel Lost Its Way and How Trump Can Save Lebanon
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/opinion/israel-lebanon-netanyahu-hezbollah-friedman.html
2 months ago
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My column: Anthropicâs Restraint Is a Terrifying Warning Sign
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/o...
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Opinion | Anthropicâs Restraint Is a Terrifying Warning Sign
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/opinion/anthropic-ai-claude-mythos.html
3 months ago
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My column: Trump Has a Way Out of the War
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/o...
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Opinion | Trump Has a Way Out of the War
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/opinion/trump-iran-war-nuclear-regime-change-peace.html
3 months ago
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My column: âOnce and for Allâ Means Never
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/o...
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Opinion | âOnce and for Allâ Means Never
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/opinion/iran-israel-united-states-hamas.html
3 months ago
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New column: How Minnesota Beat Trumphttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/opinion/columnists/minneapolis-ice-trump-neighbor.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Opinion | How Minnesota Beat Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/opinion/columnists/minneapolis-ice-trump-neighbor.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
4 months ago
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My column: Bombing Iran to Rubble Wonât Give It Life
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/o...
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Opinion | Bombing Iran to Rubble Wonât Give It Life
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/opinion/iran-israel-united-states-bombing.html
4 months ago
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My column: How to Think About Trumpâs War With Iran
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/o...
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Opinion | How to Think About Trumpâs War With Iran
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/opinion/trump-iran-war-future.html
4 months ago
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My column: Netanyahu Plays Trump and American Jews for Fools â Again
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/o...
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Opinion | Netanyahu Plays Trump and American Jews for Fools â Again
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/opinion/israel-iran-netanyahu.html
4 months ago
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My column: The Message From Texas Voters: Weâre Neighbors, Not Enemies
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...
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Opinion | The Message From Texas Voters: Weâre Neighbors, Not Enemies
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/opinion/columnists/trump-america-identity.html
5 months ago
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Tom Friedman: Minneapolis, Alex Pretti and a Democracy at Risk - The Opinions Podcast
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/o...
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Opinion | Tom Friedman: Minneapolis, Alex Pretti and a Democracy at Risk
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/opinion/minneapolis-alex-pretti-democracy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
5 months ago
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My column: Minneapolis and Gaza Now Share the Same Violent Language
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
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Opinion | Minneapolis and Gaza Now Share the Same Violent Language
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/opinion/minneapolis-gaza-masked-violence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
5 months ago
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My column: Trumpâs Politics Are Not America First. Theyâre Me First.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
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Opinion | Trumpâs Politics Are Not America First. Theyâre Me First.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/opinion/trump-greenland-europe-nato.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
5 months ago
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My column: Trumpâs Scheming to Sack Powell Paves the Road to Constitutional Ruin
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/o...
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Opinion | Trumpâs Scheming to Sack Powell Paves the Road to Constitutional Ruin
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/opinion/trump-jerome-powell-federal-reserve.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
6 months ago
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My Column: Venezuela, Trump Came to Liberate Your Oil, Not Your People
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
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Opinion | Venezuela, Trump Came to Liberate Your Oil, Not Your People
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/opinion/venezuela-trump-oil-democracy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
6 months ago
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My column: To Trump, on Venezuela: You Break It, You Own It
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
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Opinion | To Trump, on Venezuela: You Break It, You Own It
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/opinion/venezuela-trump.html
6 months ago
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For anyone in need of a smile to bring in the New Year, I recommend Jerry Tarde's column on Tiger and the rabbi!
www.golfdigest.com/story/curse-...
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https://www.golfdigest.com/story/curse-of-the-rabbi-tiger-woods-winless-10-straight-majors-prime
6 months ago
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David Brooks and I in conversation for The New York Times Opinions: Thomas L. Friedman Says Weâre in a New Epoch. David Brooks Has Questions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/o...
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Opinion | Thomas L. Friedman Says Weâre in a New Epoch. David Brooks Has Questions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/opinion/tom-friedman-david-brooks-polycene.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
7 months ago
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My column: Trump Isnât Interested in Fighting a New Cold War. He Wants a New Civilizational War.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/o...
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Opinion | Trump Isnât Interested in Fighting a New Cold War. He Wants a New Civilizational War.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/opinion/trump-europe-security-strategy.html
7 months ago
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My column: The âUseful Idiotsâ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
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Opinion | The âUseful Idiotsâ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/opinion/putin-russia-ukraine-trump.html
7 months ago
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My contribution to The New York Times Opinionâs 2025 Giving Guide: Donate to Help Build Community in the Mideast
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
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Opinion | Donate to Help Build Community in the Mideast
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/opinion/friedman-charity-holiday-gift-middle-east-education.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
7 months ago
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My column: Trumpâs Proposed Ukraine âDealâ Is a Disgrace
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
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Opinion | Trumpâs Proposed Ukraine âDealâ Is a Disgrace
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/opinion/ukraine-russia-negotiations-trump-deal.html
7 months ago
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My column: On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/opinion/israel-hamas-antisemitism-republicans.html
7 months ago
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My column: Weâre In a New Everything-Is-Connected Epoch. But What to Call It?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
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Opinion | Weâre In a New Everything-Is-Connected Epoch. But What to Call It?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/opinion/era-technology-poly-epoch.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
8 months ago
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My column: Trumpâs China Trade Policy Is a Hot Mess
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
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Opinion | Trumpâs China Trade Policy Is a Hot Mess
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/opinion/trump-china-trade-tariffs.html
8 months ago
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My column: Mr. Trump, on the Middle East, Please Move Fast and Break Things
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...
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Opinion | Mr. Trump, on the Middle East, Please Move Fast and Break Things
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/opinion/trump-israel-gaza-peace.html
9 months ago
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My column: Give Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if He Does the Hard Parts to Come
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
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Opinion | Give Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if He Does the Hard Parts to Come
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/opinion/trump-israel-nobel-gaza.html
9 months ago
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My column: Trumpâs Peace Plan: Perhaps Impossible, but Never More Necessary
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...
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Opinion | Trumpâs Peace Plan: Perhaps Impossible, but Never More Necessary
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/opinion/trump-israel-gaza-palestinian-peace-plan.html
9 months ago
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My column: If Only Weâd Fight as Hard to Save Our Democracy as Ukrainians Are to Save Theirs
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
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Opinion | If Only Weâd Fight as Hard to Save Our Democracy as Ukrainians Are to Save Theirs
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/opinion/ukraine-israel-russia-gaza-trump-america.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
9 months ago
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My column: Our Allies Are Asking: âWhy Does Putin Still Own Trump?â
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
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Opinion | Our Allies Are Asking: âWhy Does Putin Still Own Trump?â
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/opinion/trump-putin-russia-ukraine.html
10 months ago
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My column: A Plea for President Trump With a Fragile Country on Edge
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/o...
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Opinion | A Plea for President Trump With a Fragile Country on Edge
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/opinion/donald-trump-charlie-kirk-aftermath.html
10 months ago
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My column: The One Danger That Should Unite the U.S. and China
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
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Opinion | The One Danger That Should Unite the U.S. and China
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/opinion/ai-us-china.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
10 months ago
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My column: Israelâs Gaza Campaign Is Making It a Pariah State
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/o...
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Opinion | Israelâs Gaza Campaign Is Making It a Pariah State
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/opinion/international-world/friedman-israel-gaza-hamas.html
10 months ago
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My column: Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Trump Is
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...
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Opinion | Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Trump Is
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/opinion/trump-russia-ukraine-putin.html
10 months ago
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Smart piece by Rahm Emanuel on why so many men are struggling today. It's housing, stupid.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Whatâs really depressing Americaâs young men
The U.S. has two overlapping problems: the housing crisis and despondency in young men.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/07/housing-costs-young-men-democrats/
11 months ago
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My column: The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...
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Opinion | The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/opinion/columnists/friedman-trump-labor-firing.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
11 months ago
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My column: How Netanyahu Played Trump for a Fool in Gaza
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/o...
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Opinion | How Netanyahu Played Trump for a Fool in Gaza
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/opinion/gaza-netanyahu-trump-israel-starvation.html
11 months ago
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My blog post: Mamdani, Be a Convener, Not a Commentator
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
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Opinion | Conversations and insights about the moment.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/16/opinion/thepoint?rref=vanity#zohran-mamdani-globalize-intifada-israel
12 months ago
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My blog post: Mamdani, Be a Convener, Not a Commentator
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/o...
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Opinion | Mamdani, Be a Convener, Not a Commentator
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/opinion/zohran-mamdani-globalize-intifada-israel.html
12 months ago
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My column: How Trumpâs âBig, Beautiful Billâ Will Make China Great Again
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/o...
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Opinion | How Trumpâs âBig, Beautiful Billâ Will Make China Great Again
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/opinion/trump-bill-clean-energy-china.html
12 months ago
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My column: My column: If This Mideast War Is Over, Get Ready for Some Interesting Politics
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...
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Opinion | If This Mideast War Is Over, Get Ready for Some Interesting Politics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/opinion/iran-israel-regime-change.html
about 1 year ago
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My column: How the Attacks on Iran Are Part of a Much Bigger Global Struggle
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/o...
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Opinion | How the Attacks on Iran Are Part of a Much Bigger Global Struggle
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/opinion/iran-israel-attack-global-struggle.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
about 1 year ago
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My column: The Smart Way for Trump to End the Israel-Iran War
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/o...
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Opinion | The Smart Way for Trump to End the Israel-Iran War
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/opinion/trump-israel-iran-war.html
about 1 year ago
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