Daniel DePetris
@DanDePetris
@DefPriorities, syndicated foreign affairs columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Writer for Newsweek, the American Conservative and the Spectator. Lover of Mexico.
"Whether Trump stands up for his own policy or defers to Netanyahu's supposed judgment will determine if he’s the visionary he frequently wants to be or is merely a supplicant." – @DanDePetris
Daniel DePetris: Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu don’t have the same goals trib.al/zw5qkM6
Daniel DePetris: Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu don’t have the same goals trib.al/zw5qkM6
When Trump pauses military aid to Ukraine, they complain. When he opens up the U.S. defense industrial base to Europe so it can service Ukraine’s war needs, they complain. Nothing short of direct U.S. intervention will satisfy these people.
Latest piece out in @TheAtlantic . Trump is not pivoting to Ukraine--he is selling Ukraine air defense (profiting off the war) but also protecting Putin from more sanctions. The protection is probably worth more to Putin than Ukraine having more Patriots. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Has Timothy Snyder or Anne Applebaum, those two democracy crusaders, said anything about Zelensky’s attempted gutting of anti-corruption agencies yet?
Breaking News: Speaker Mike Johnson said he would shut down the House until September to block a vote on calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. nyti.ms/4nZtblR
White House confirms Trump objected to Israeli strikes in Syria. My report on @axios axios.com/2025/07/21/tru…
The total and complete absence of strategic thinking is astounding.
Lindsay Graham: "Here's what I would tell China, India, and Brazil: If you keep buying cheap Russian oil to allow this war to continue, we’re going to tear up the hell out of you and we’re going to crush your economy." theweek.in/news/world/202…
"The Israelis and Americans have stretched Iran's nuclear breakout by months, if not a year. Yet it comes at the cost of a more suspicious Iranian political leadership whose preexisting assessment of the U.S. and President Trump is already in the basement." – @DanDePetris in a…
“Mr Trump has overseen 529 air strikes since his inauguration, compared with 555 over the entire four years of the previous administration.” telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…