This is a take that will be unpopular here on Twitter and I don't care. The foreign policy cost of Trump's first term was losing Afghanistan. The cost of his second term will be losing Ukraine. As bad as the first was, the second is way more consequential.

Jonah Goldberg and Paul D. Miller offered brilliant, balanced takes on nationalism and American identity at American Enterprise Institute this morning. Equally candid about their disappointment in today’s foreign policy (Russia) while wholeheartedly declaring vociferous belief in American democracy. 🧵

Coming this October.

Hate to brag but all signs indicate we are at the beginning stages of a historic shitshow and the Never Trumpers were basically right about everything.

National greatness is overrated. I'm much more interested in making American good again.

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"The best way to honor or oppose Charlie Kirk’s legacy is to keep arguing—peacefully and courageously." --Paul D. Miller thedispatch.com/article/je-sui…

SFS Prof Paul D. Miller talks to The Diplomat about his upcoming book “Choosing Defeat,” tracing how the U.S. lost in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021. He explores counterterrorism, nation-building & the roles of U.S. agencies, Pakistan & more. Read more: bit.ly/4mcZk7r

.Paul D. Miller: “For democracy to work, citizens must identify with one another at some level, however basic. A political killing betrays the core of what it means to be an American. It can come only from a nihilistic despair that debate and compromise and democracy itself have

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