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Edward Luce
@edwardluce.bsky.social
FT's US columnist/commentator. Author of several books including NYT best selling biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski (Simon & Schuster 2025). People lacking a sense of humour might get muted.
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@oldtrotter.bsky.socialReposted by @edwardluce.bsky.socialThe concluding paragraph of today's FT column on America's moral decay under Trump by @edwardluce.bsky.social
@edwardluce.bsky.social"Though there's no suggestion that Hegseth will set up a pay-per-view scheme for Hasan’s execution, Trump would undoubtedly pay keen attention to the ratings. He is a life-long enthusiast for capital punishment." Me on Trump's ominous bread and circuses vibe. as.ft.com/r/90c044c5-a...
@sathnam.bsky.socialReposted by @edwardluce.bsky.socialDear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played
@jeremywallace.bsky.socialReposted by @edwardluce.bsky.socialAnother excellent column from @edwardluce.bsky.social
One of many great lines: "It goes without saying that such dross annoys those who take pride in what is good about western civilisation."
@edwardluce.bsky.socialThis is where we are. Live stream executions for Maga porn. Such barbarism is not easily wiped away.
@edwardluce.bsky.socialPlease enlighten me
@edwardluce.bsky.socialall true except you mean "had" not "have".
@edwardluce.bsky.socialGetting bored of US statesmen grokking "western civilization" to erect intellectually feeble scaffolding to justify attacks on liberal democracy in Europe - most recently Rubio at the Acropolis. Stop plundering Plato to justify your will to power.
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@djrothkopf.bsky.socialReposted by @edwardluce.bsky.socialIt could not be clearer. @edwardluce.bsky.social is exactly right. America's billionaires need to understand that shirking their responsibilities and debts to society is a losing formula and a political error.
@edwardluce.bsky.social“A rational billionaire would see the merits of buying social peace. An enlightened one would acknowledge his debts to federal science, public education and chance.Alas, there are few such super-rich to be found.” Me on the demagoguery against Prop 40. as.ft.com/r/4f1869f4-5...
@pissedoffpundant.bsky.socialReposted by @edwardluce.bsky.socialNo shit🤔💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
@djrothkopf.bsky.socialReposted by @edwardluce.bsky.socialI hope you'll read this from @edwardluce.bsky.social about what DC post election will be like. I hope Dems will take in the implicit warning that disunity or lack of resolve could lead to a waste of the next two years and more damage to the country from Trump. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
@edwardluce.bsky.social“Public opinion has turned decisively against Trump. His negative approval rating is twice as bad today as it was on the eve of his party’s 2018 drubbing.” My column on why Trump will pretend he bears no responsibility for the looming GOP defeat.
@edwardluce.bsky.socialKassam is a vicious character.
@edwardluce.bsky.socialA few critics said I overlooked Trump's upcoming Xi summit in my column this week on Trump's boredom with substance and obsession with monuments to himself. Guess which part of Trump's Xi interactions was his favourite? Showing Xi his new ballroom.
@edwardluce.bsky.socialThey shouldn't be heading in a Palantir direction.
@edwardluce.bsky.socialShe sounds like a wonderful woman. The rest of her club can frolick in Oprah