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Thomas Friedman: Trump killed Iran’s most overrated warrior

One day they may name a street after President Donald Trump in Tehran. Because Trump ordered the assassination of possibly the dumbest man in Iran and the most overrated strategist in the Mi...

DATE: Jan 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Thomas Friedman: Iran is crushing freedom one country at a time

Having covered the Middle East my entire adult life, I’m seeing some trends emerging there I’ve never seen before. From the streets of Beirut to streets all across Iran, Middle Ea...

DATE: Dec 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Thomas Friedman: Mike Bloomberg brings something needed to Dems’ race

I have a pet theory about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – that it is to wider trends in world affairs what off-Broadway is to Broadway. A lot of stuff seems to get perfected there, from a...

DATE: Nov 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Thomas Friedman: Mike Pompeo, last in his West Point class for integrity

It seems like every story you read about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo always includes the sentence that he graduated first in his class from West Point. That is not a small achievement. Bu...

DATE: Nov 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

The Palestinian-Israeli peace process is a farce

Last week’s ugly mess involving the abortive visit to Israel of two Democratic congresswomen was useful for only one reason: It exposed how much the Palestinian-Israeli peace process has bec...

DATE: Aug 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

China deserves Trump

The U.S. president is right to force China to the trade table now, but the stakes are high and the path to win-win narrow

DATE: Jun 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Our luck is running out

Trump and other world leaders are playing games and breaking things

DATE: May 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

We do need a wall – and a bigger, smarter gate

SAN DIEGO – On April 12, I toured the busiest border crossing between America and Mexico – the San Ysidro Port of Entry, in San Diego – and the walls being built around it. Guided...

DATE: Apr 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

A real green deal

If it were properly focused it could wipe<br/>the smirk right off Donald Trump’s face

DATE: Apr 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

The United Kingdom has gone stark raving mad

LONDON – Politico reported the other day that the French European affairs minister, Nathalie Loiseau, had named her cat “Brexit.” Loiseau told the Journal du Dimanche that she cho...

DATE: Apr 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman