Ben Rhodes (@rhodesben.bsky.social)

@rhodesben.bsky.social Jul 6, 2026, 7:29 PM

When Trump Politicizes the World Cup, We Lose
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open.substack.comWhen Trump Politicizes the World Cup, We LoseI often feel like Donald Trump takes up too much of my attention.

@rhodesben.bsky.social Apr 17, 2026, 2:54 AM

"Trump simply could not do the destructive things that he has done without the collaboration, consent, or capitulation of countless people." open.substack.com/pub/benrhode...

open.substack.comHow People Reacted to the Nazis (Part 2)A Warning for Americans

@rhodesben.bsky.social Aug 21, 2025, 6:29 PM

Trump, Putin, the Internet, social media, democracy, AI, climate change, and basically the history of the last decade - loved this conversation with @jonfavs.bsky.social on Offline.

Crooked Media @crooked.comAug 21, 2025, 4:58 PM

"I think we have to come to terms, before we can fix democracy, with the fact that it’s technology that broke it." – Ben Rhodes

@rhodesben.bsky.social Aug 16, 2025, 12:21 AM

So Putin gets a red carpet welcome, a ride in the presidential limo, speaks first at the presser, frames the meeting as a successful talk among equals, while making absolutely no concession on the conduct or outcome of the war.

@rhodesben.bsky.social Aug 11, 2025, 2:49 PM

Trump has "embodied a culture in which money is ennobling, human beings are brands, and the capacity to be shamed is weakness." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...

nytimes.comOpinion | How Short-Term Thinking Is Destroying America

@rhodesben.bsky.social Jun 13, 2025, 1:05 AM

Since Trump inauguration: Gaza escalated, Ukraine escalated, Israel-Iran escalated. Trump is a walking permission slip to every strongman to do whatever they want, and it propelling the world into ever-more violence and chaos