Michael D. Swaine (@dalzell60) 's Twitter Profile
Michael D. Swaine

@dalzell60

Senior Research Fellow @QuincyInst, PhD Political Science @Harvard, B.G.S @GWtweets

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This ketamine, ecstasy and mushroom-using government contractor, the richest person in the world, sacked thousands of excellent government workers, caused the deaths of thousands of poor children in foreign lands, stole Americans’ data and destroyed government services but he did

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I really like the Frasier sitcom, but it is amazing that Grammer can say he likes facts and straight-talking and hence likes Trump, who any objective source will tell you lies and manipulates people endlessly, how can he fool himself into liking Trump?! independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…

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nytimes.com/2025/05/31/wor… via @NYTimes A very predictable speech by Hegseth, much like Ratner’s recent article in FA. Saying the U.S. does not want to dominate, encircle or provoke Beijing is laughable. The U.S. is forcing Asian states to choose sides, and they will not.

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nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/… via @NYTimes An obvious effort by Trump to end the independence of the judiciary, seeking to put cronies in place of law-based judges while trying to intimidate or remove judges he does not like. If this is not dictatorial behavior, what is?

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nytimes.com/2025/05/31/us/… via @NYTimes Yet another dumb, sledge-hammer approach to a real problem that requires facts and sophistication to address, neither of which the Trump regime values or possesses. They wreak havoc and then declare a victory.

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nytimes.com/2025/05/31/opi… via @NYTOpinion This is one of the most despicable aspects of the Trump regime: bringing in the doofus Musk who laid waste to USG agencies w/out any effort to think through the costs and benefits. A ruthless tyrant as a boss in commerce—it’s no surprise.

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A characteristically, diplomatic and balanced view of the US China Taiwan situation by a senior Singaporean official. Hegseth largely painted China in the usual zero-sum polarizing way, not at all in the spirit of Chan’s message. scmp.com/week-asia/poli…

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nytimes.com/live/2025/06/0… via @NYTimes. More despotic, tyrannical behavior targeting foreigners, using the ridiculous pretext that they as a nation pose a grave national security threat. This is divorced from evidence or logic, another Trump ploy. Wake up Republicans!

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nytimes.com/2025/06/05/opi… via @NYTOpinion Douthat is very smart but he loves to put people in left/right boxes, as he does here. He probably feels beset by liberals at the NYT. Not everything is a political statement Ross.

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This shows how Trump just makes things up as he goes along, initially asserting he will solve the war in a day, then saying he’ll negotiate a ceasefire in weeks, now saying they should fight. He has no clue. His remarks are driven by his ego, not reality. cnn.com/2025/06/05/pol…

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This is a direct threat to freedom of the press and another step toward creating an autocratic regime under King Donald. As each day passes with a new outrage, the US moves closer to replicating a Hungary-like faux democracy. cnn.com/2025/06/06/pol…