Peter Baker

@peterbakernyt

Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times and MSNBC analyst. Proud husband of @sbg1 and proud father of @tab_delete. Co-Author of "THE DIVIDER."

Joined March 2010

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · Jan 23

As Trump opens his 2nd term it’s important to understand his 1st. “THE DIVIDER” w/@sbg1 now in paperback or Kindle goes behind the scenes of his first four years in the White House and helps explain what he will do in the next four politics-prose.com/book/978059308… amazon.com/Divider-Trump-…

peterbakernyt's tweet card. The bestselling authors of argue that Trump was not just lurching from one controversy to another; he was learning to be more like the foreign autocrats he admired. brings us into the Oval Office for...

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · 8 h

Trump, hoping to distract attention from the Jeffrey Epstein furor, posts what appears to be an AI-generated video showing Obama being arrested and locked up in prison. @mattmbigg nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/…

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · Jul 15

Ex-Biden official says border was in crisis under Biden and "the failure to acknowledge this reality and take timely action to try to resolve it cost Democrats a great deal of trust with American voters" and helped propel Trump back to power. nytimes.com/2025/07/15/opi…

peterbakernyt's tweet card. There are no easy solutions when it comes to immigration, but President Joe Biden waited too long to acknowledge the crisis at the southern border.

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · 2 h

Judge sentences a former Louisville police officer involved in the fatal raid of Breonna Taylor’s home to nearly three years in prison, in a sharp rebuke to the Trump administration, which had requested he serve only one day behind bars. @GlennThrush nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/…

peterbakernyt's tweet card. The sentence was a sharp rebuke to the Trump administration, which had requested he serve only one day behind bars.

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · 4 h

Hunter Biden, whose various scandals and criminal convictions dogged his father's presidency, lashes out in a profane outburst at Democrats like Clooney, Axelrod, Carville, Dunn and the Pod Save America guys for hurting Joe Biden. @reidepstein nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/…

peterbakernyt's tweet card. In a profane tirade, the former president’s son sought to settle scores with Anita Dunn, David Axelrod, James Carville and George Clooney. Among others.

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · 4 h

Statement by @weijia on behalf of the @whca on Trump excluding the @WSJ from the White House press pool as punishment for its coverage:

peterbakernyt's tweet image. Statement by @weijia on behalf of the @whca on Trump excluding the @WSJ from the White House press pool as punishment for its coverage:

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · 7 h

Loomer says that while she's still unhappy with Bondi's handling of the Epstein files, the WSJ article on Trump's bawdy letter has rallied the MAGA base behind him again. "Trump is still our guy," she tells @EricaLG nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/…

$peterbakernyt's tweet card. By tapping into other grievances, President Trump managed to turn one of the most fractious moments for his base into a unifying one.$

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · 22 h

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed for all but five of the past 70 years, goes down to defeat in parliamentary elections and is now in the minority in both houses. @martfack @hudidi1 @kiu_ko nytimes.com/2025/07/20/wor…

peterbakernyt's tweet card. Exit polls suggest a major loss for the Liberal Democratic Party in parliamentary elections, but Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is vowing to stay on.

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · Jul 20

During Trump's 50-day delay in imposing further sanctions against Moscow, Russia summer offensive in Ukraine is gaining ground as its forces attack on multiple fronts. @INechepurenko @ConstantMeheut nytimes.com/2025/07/19/wor…

peterbakernyt's tweet card. The most important factors may be far from the battlefield.

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · Jul 20

"Japanese First": A right-wing populist who says he learned emotional button-pushing themes and norm-breaking language from Trump is leading his surging party into elections that will test his appeal. @martfack nytimes.com/2025/07/19/wor…

peterbakernyt's tweet card. With his calls to limit foreign workers, fight globalism and put “Japanese First,” Sohei Kamiya has brought a fiery right-wing populism to Japan’s election on Sunday.

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · Jul 19

Some 78 public radio organizations and 37 TV organizations are at risk of going dark as a result of the cuts Trump pushed through Congress, from major cities to far-flung towns like Unalakleet, Alaska, and Pendleton, Ore. @elenalingshao @BenMullin nytimes.com/interactive/20…

peterbakernyt's tweet card. The loss of federal funding threatens scores of public TV and radio stations across the United States.

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · Jul 18

A company founded by RFK Jr.'s right hand helps supply people with letters attesting to their medical need for products like Peloton bikes and $9,000 saunas to get a tax break. @ronlieber @benjmueller nytimes.com/2025/07/18/bus…

peterbakernyt's tweet card. The start-up, called Truemed, helps people buy meat and mattresses with money that isn’t subject to federal income tax. But does the tax break apply?

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · Jul 18

"It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side": A history of Trump's partying and friendship with Epstein. @lukebroadwater nytimes.com/2025/07/17/us/…

peterbakernyt's tweet card. Donald Trump was friendly for at least 15 years with Jeffrey Epstein, the multimillionaire financier and convicted sex offender who died in prison in 2019.

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · Jul 16

For Trump, "evil" is no longer a word reserved for terrorists or immigrants but for domestic political opponents and journalists. And in casting his adversaries as evil, he is seeding the ground for threats of prosecution, imprisonment and deportation. nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/…

peterbakernyt's tweet card. The president’s vilification of political opponents and journalists seeds the ground for threats of prosecution, imprisonment and deportation unlike any modern president has made.

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · Jul 15

"An emotional roller coaster": For thousands of federal workers who have been fired, rehired and fired again, Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has been anything but efficient. @esullivannyt nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/…

peterbakernyt's tweet card. Former government employees are finding that perhaps the only thing harder than getting laid off from the federal government is staying that way.

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · Jul 15

Trump promised not just to stop inflation but to cut costs. Now inflation is heading up again, ticking up to a 2.7% annual rate last month from 2.4% the month before. @colbyLsmith nytimes.com/2025/07/15/bus…

peterbakernyt's tweet card. The Consumer Price Index rose 2.7 percent from a year ago, as the global trade war started to bite.

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · Jul 14

Trump gives Putin 50 more days to attack Ukraine as he sees fit before the American president will take action on new sanctions. @EricaLG nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/…

peterbakernyt's tweet card. The president also warned Russia that he would impose a new round of punishing sanctions if it did not agree to a peace deal within 50 days.

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · Jul 14

Biden tells @nytimes that he orally approved all clemency issued at the end of his term, calling Trump and other Republicans "liars" for claiming aides used an autopen without his authorization. "I made every decision." @charlie_savage @tylerpager nytimes.com/2025/07/13/us/…

peterbakernyt's tweet card. Donald J. Trump and his allies have begun investigations to support their claims that Joseph R. Biden Jr. was incapacitated and his staff conspired to take presidential actions in his name.

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Peter Baker@peterbakernyt · Jul 13

William F. Buckley Jr. once defined a conservative as someone standing athwart history and yelling, “Stop!" Trump seems to be standing athwart history yelling, “Go back!” nytimes.com/2025/07/13/us/…

peterbakernyt's tweet card. President Trump has moved aggressively to reopen long-settled issues and to dismantle long-established institutions as he tries to return to what he considers better times.

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