Timothy Snyder

Five things to remember about war:

#NoKings

Everything Trump touches turns to loser.

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Glad to see a reference to Ben Valentino’s important work in this fine reporting by M Gessen www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/o...

He’s turned the White House into a laundromat, just as Trump Tower was. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Donald Trump proposes a 1.776 billion slush fund for terrorists. In my book "On Freedom" I proposed $1776 as guaranteed monthly fixed income for Americans. Each kind of future is possible. We choose.

Pay attention to who is willing to break the law for Donald Trump as we head into the midterm elections—because his end goal is to create a system where others will break the law for him. It's about building up a custom where it's normal to break the law for a person. The big case is the military.

In this video, I say the obvious about Trump’s proposal to increase the military budget by nearly 50%: it’s a bribe to officers and soldiers so that they will side with him when he tries to overthrow the Constitution and stay in power indefinitely. snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-mil...

Kyiv, Ukraine May 2026

The whole point is that he is unqualified and will make us less safe. This isn’t a glitch. It’s the design. The US is to bend to its rivals abroad and collapse from within. For this he is the right guy! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...