Trump’s making the monarchy great again.

"America’s rising ‘moron premium’" ft.com/content/d9c762…, Edward Luce FT Opinion

That’s a book we have been waiting for - I was happy to secure my own copy today. Zbig was one of the two great European strategist in the US in our age. ⁦Edward Luce⁩

I finish with a discussion of new biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski by Edward Luce , and how Brzezinski's confidence in American resilience - vs Henry Kissinger's despair - is the message we need now. youtube.com/watch?v=-XANSN…

Loved this slickly produced BBC America interview with Katty Kay on Zbig. bbc.com/worklife/artic…

Been looking for the big holiday read Fiction seems a bit meh atm But have found it in Edward Luce and Zbig his life of Zbigniew Brzezinski Fascinating on many fronts not least his relationship with Pope John Paul II

"If there were justice in the world, Musk would never be able to repair his reputation, at least not without devoting the bulk of his fortune to easing the misery he’s engendered." Michelle Goldberg nails Elon Musk. Must read. nytimes.com/2025/05/30/opi…

Understood. You're for a world where discredited eugenicist cranks can be rehabilitated to give your racism the thinnest patina of respectability... Of course you like Musk.

Thanks to my colleague Amb Jovita Neliupšienė, Jovita Neliupšienė, for hosting in her residence presentation of the book “Zbig. The Life of Zbigniew #Brzezinski: America’s Great Power Prophet“ with the presence of the author Edward Luce. Important book about extraordinary personality.

"The threat China poses [to Taiwan] is real, and it could be imminent.” If any SecDef other than Hegseth said this, I might take it seriously. But he's got zero credibility even if/when he's right. Hegseth in that job is a danger to US national security. ft.com/content/bee0be…

Hysterical that Musk's addled brain still blames Tesla's nosedive on his DOGE work. It's chiefly because he's been giving Nazi salutes, boosting neo-Nazis on X and goading Trump's trashing of South Africa. Quitting DOGE won't fix Musk's toxic brand unless he quits extremism.

On GPS, @ 10am & 1pm ET today on CNN: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert explains his conclusion that Israel is committing war crimes (which Israel’s gov’t denies), Financial Times US Editor Edward Luce & American Enterprise Institute’s Kori Schake discuss Trump’s tariffs & prospects for peace in Ukraine,

The courts have thrown President Trump's tariffs into jeopardy. Financial Times US national editor Edward Luce and Kori Schake of American Enterprise Institute weighed in on the future of Trump's signature economic policy.

Russian missiles and drones are raining down on Ukraine. Will President Trump ever secure his vaunted peace deal? I asked Edward Luce and Kori Schake in part two of this week's panel.

I am horrified by last night’s horrific attack in Boulder. My heart is with the victims and our Jewish communities across the country. Antisemitism is on the rise here at home, and we have a moral responsibility to confront and stop it everywhere it exists.

The great Trump riddle on China on.ft.com/4kG9ey0

"You can't blame Xi for being wary of talking to Trump. In late April, Trump told Time that Xi had called him — “and I don’t think that’s a sign of weakness on his behalf”. No such call had taken place." My column ft.com/content/d64c30…

Trump wanted Tucker Carlson as a co-buyer of TikTok, which in itself tells you many things...Great reporting by my colleague Alex Rogers ft.com/content/b649cb…