“Orbán wants Trump to come to Budapest before the elections,"said a source at a gov. foreign policy institution.“This is a top priority.They will discuss the Russian gas issue, but the thing Orbán cares about the most is the elections.” w @rothandrew.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

important new reporting by my colleague @rothandrew.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The brilliant @rothandrew.bsky.social brought @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social around the world - from Ukraine to Venezuela, the Middle East to Argentina, breaking down Trump's plan for global power

Trump is still deciding what his plan should be when it comes to Iran. Whatever he decides, he’s bound to anger some of his supporters. Is this the issue that splits his Maga base? @rachelleingang.bsky.social and @rothandrew.bsky.social discuss it all here open.spotify.com/episode/7wly...

From antiwar, Biden-backing Democrat to apologist for Assad and Putin and finally strident Trump loyalist, Tulsi Gabbard’s political journey has been astonishing. @rothandrew.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social discuss what motivates the woman Russian TV called “our girlfriend” ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod

After Trump's whirlwind week in the Middle East, a deep dive into Vance, Rubio and Witkoff - the men trying to shape US foreign policy. @rothandrew.bsky.social and I talk about them, and one less visible key player, for the latest Politics Weekly America open.spotify.com/episode/556H...

Set out to report this story & truly didn’t expect Kremlin’s militarization of education to be as intense as reported. But it was quite shocking to see it first-hand My latest fr @washingtonpost.com on how classrooms & libraries are becoming training grounds www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Trump’s ‘adults in the room’ on Ukraine are in a race to the bottom. Rubio declares it a ‘proxy war’. Kellogg says intel cutoff is ‘hitting a mule in face with a 2x4’. Also Vance tipped off UK media he would bring up free speech in Starmer meet. My latest: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

This was good and helpful for understanding the issues around Trump and Ukraine (with @rothandrew.bsky.social and Michael Safi) www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

Spoke with @theguardian.com Today in Focus about Trump's embrace of Russia and the cutoff in aid to Ukraine. “Trump is such a singular political force right now that he’s managing to repaint many aspects of the argument over Ukraine in American political life." www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

I’ve been back & forth to Russia a fair bit the last few months, and I could never have imagined some of the convos I’ve had this week in Moscow. Even a month or two ago this rhetoric would have seemed totally far-fetched and fanciful. Things shifting fast here. wapo.st/3QGplPj

I will stop posting about this after this (maybe?) but this, from @rothandrew.bsky.social on JD Vance's role in the attempted humiliation of Zelenskyy and Ukraine, is spot on www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

JD Vance was supposed to be forgotten as vice-president. Instead, he has launched two key interventions to spoil the US relationship with Europe and Ukraine that may mark the collapse of the transatlantic alliance. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“I am of America and for America.” Why then did it take 10 years for this change to materialize. Did Jeff Bezos suddenly become American? Or did America suddenly become whatever is profitable for Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump?

Trump, Vance and Musk are spearheading the US’ new foreign policy: extort the concessions they can from Europe and then let populist voters finish the job www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Under Trump 1, Mike Pence pledged $400 million to help Yazidis and Christian minorities resettle after Isis genocide. Under Trump 2, the administration is gutting those programs, cutting aid to tens of thousands of genocide survivors still in dire need. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Trump Says He Has Opened Talks With Putin To End War In Ukraine ▫US secretary of defence says Ukraine would have to cede territory, alarming Kyiv and European allies @rothandrew.bsky.social @dansabbagh.bsky.social @pjotrsauer.bsky.social tinyurl.com/28trevfw #frontpagestoday #UK @theguardian.com

Musk in a pattern now of turning Musk/Thiel executives into federal CIOs: www.wired.com/story/elon-m... By @makenakelly.bsky.social

Russia and the US to negotiate over how many Europeans will be stationed in Ukraine.

Autocrats plan crackdown on USAid and civil society and ask Musk and Trump to help with data. Georgia opens criminal case, local partners questioned in probe into USAid in second country, Guardian can reveal. And Slovakia asks Musk directly for lists of partners. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Fantastic piece by @francescaebel.bsky.social on the “frozen” people, thousands of Ukrainian civilians being held in secret in Russian prisons and the activists in Ukraine and Russia fighting to get them out. Urgent story and brilliant storytelling. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Must-read by @rothandrew.bsky.social on how Musk's acolytes forced their way into USAID and its secure systems. Putting his Russia reporting experience to work in Trump's second outing

New via Guardian — USAID security was defending a secure room holding classified data when a message came directly from Elon Musk: give the DOGE kids whatever they want. It was one of three calls by Musk to get access, including threatening to call US Marshals. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Roth's 10 years of (excellent) reporting in Moscow has prepared him for his new gig in DC. On the Doge insanity perpetrated by the Muskovite incels.

This morning I woke up to news that the richest man in the world— the unelected oligarch tearing down our government—retweeted a grifter’s lies about me. Here are the facts, since I know weirdos from Twitter stalk me here (maybe find another hobby?): 🧵

No tanks on the streets, but here is some great reporting by @rothandrew.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

SCOOP: Elon Musk in multiple phone calls pressured USAID administrators and security to give the "Doge kids" access to personnel data and secure rooms. My insider piece on the tense meetings and chaotic standoffs at USAID as four young Musk acolytes shut it down. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

My podcast from Panama after Trump said America is “taking back” the canal. Listen to the son of Gen. Omar Torrijos, who negotiated the treaty with Jimmy Carter, the Trump-loving mayor of Panama City, and the daughter of a Panamanian solider killed in the US invasion. And me! t.co/WJCpu73LFN

The gutting of USAID is being presided over by Trump ally Pete Marocco, who is consolidating power in State Dept’s office of foreign assistance. He is alleged to have entered the Capitol during the Jan 6 riots. “He’s not a disrupter. He’s a destroyer.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...