When the first thing you say about your CIA pick is what a great job he did going after your political opponents... This is a signal. Get ready.

Trump decision making case study no.8675. “Mr. Gaetz’s name first came up on the flight up to Washington. It came up again on the flight home…The statement…was issued from Mr. Trump’s plane…not from the Trump transition team.” nytimes.com/2024/11/14/us/…

Standing by for comment from ⁦Marco Rubio⁩ nytimes.com/2024/11/14/wor…

Everyone should get nuclear-powered subs?

“The most important difference between Trump 2.0 and Trump 1.0, however, is also the simplest: Donald Trump is now a known commodity on the global stage.” reader.foreignaffairs.com/2024/11/12/the…

Realism: “Minutes before his nomination was announced, Rubio, in a brief pull-aside with The Post, signaled that his own views on Iran or other foreign policy issues would carry little import for the next administration.” washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Oh, look, another nominee to be Secretary of U.S. Department of Energy who thinks his primary job involves energy. How cute.

Could be: “Republican voters consumed a lot more negativity about the US economy…and this showed up clearly in sentiment…, the direction of causality runs in the reverse direction: support for Republicans shaped views on how bad inflation was and who was to blame.”

You might not know it from our media but Kevin Rudd’s future is not the only problem Trump’s return will pose for Australia.⁦ANU National Security College⁩ lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

Why are currency markets surprised by Trump’s announcement that he will impose tariffs?

Remember when "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" tried to teach us about tariffs and no one was paying attention

The Taliban’s Islamic Emirate puts out a statement congratulating HTS’s takeover of Syria. First state to do so I believe. No doubt there will be relations between the two. Will be interesting to compare HTS’s diplomatic campaign going forward compared to the Taliban’s.

With Assad's fall and Turkey-backed opposition fighters in control of Damascus, it its time for fateful choices for the #SDF, Syria's #Kurds and the Administration of Northeast #Syria. A THREAD🧵0/7

“The massive failures of October 7, 2023…will never be properly investigated. That's the most important headline to emerge from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's press conference on Monday night.” apple.news/Ak_EhbXPVROC6s…

Delighted to contribute to media training for Viet Nam Diplomacy officers. My messages: - we are communicators: fear silence more than you fear making a mistake - the world is changing fast: tell people what is happening - tell Vietnam’s story to the 🌏! Thank you MoFAVietNam Spokesperson