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Reid Tillman Smith

@reidtsmith

VP of foreign policy @StandTogether but RTs are my initials.

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Absolutely historic. Very proud of the entire team! Couldn’t happen without @POTUS leadership and his tireless dedication to peace for the entire region.

mpdimino's tweet image. Absolutely historic. Very proud of the entire team! Couldn’t happen without @POTUS leadership and his tireless dedication to peace for the entire region.

Wild generational gap here — Bridge and Hegseth *combined* are younger than either McConnell or Murdoch.

EXCLUSIVE: Per high level Trump Admin individuals, ‘Rupert Murdoch and Mitch McConnell are working together behind the scenes to smear Elbridge Colby and Pete Hegseth in the media to undermine President Trump's prospects at a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine’



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I have an op-ed in @nytopinion today with my friend @DarinSelnick on why the DoD must fix key systems critical to maintaining quality of life for its troops and their families - mainly the Military Healthcare System and housing - in order to effectively fight and win major wars:

dandcaldwell's tweet image. I have an op-ed in @nytopinion today with my friend @DarinSelnick on why the DoD must fix key systems critical to maintaining quality of life for its troops and their families - mainly the Military Healthcare System and housing - in order to effectively fight and win major wars:

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New piece in FP:

JustinTLogan's tweet image. New piece in FP:

Contra essentially everyone cited in the offending piece (or the rest of today’s dog-pile), @JusinTLogan actually goes on the record in defense of @ElbridgeColby.

Wrote a thing.

JustinTLogan's tweet image. Wrote a thing.


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Nothing to see here: "The United States only has about 25% of the Patriot missile interceptors it needs for all of the Pentagon’s military plans..." theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…


Dan is one of the finest people I’ve known in Washington and a good friend. These “charges” are flagrantly scurrilous and he deserves full exoneration. In the meantime, a petition to basic decency applies.

🧵Over the weekend, I started to get many threatening posts like the below in my replies. They started appearing after several big accounts shared a clickbait article falsely connecting me to the leak of the Iran BDA intel - despite the fact I Ieft the Pentagon over 2 months ago.

dandcaldwell's tweet image. 🧵Over the weekend, I started to get many threatening posts like the below in my replies. They started appearing after several big accounts shared a clickbait article falsely connecting me to the leak of the Iran BDA intel - despite the fact I Ieft the Pentagon over 2 months ago.


INT. STUDY – NIGHT Dim light. Books by Kennan and Machiavelli stacked high. I stroke my chin, crack my knuckles, and begin to type: “More Kayfabe than Kennan: Donald Trump and the Pro Wrestling Doctrine.”


Ah well nevertheless

The US may not know the whereabouts of Iran's roughly 400kg of highly-enriched uranium, which is small enough to fit in "the trunks of about 10 cars" nytimes.com/2025/06/22/us/…

evanhill's tweet image. The US may not know the whereabouts of Iran's roughly 400kg of highly-enriched uranium, which is small enough to fit in "the trunks of about 10 cars" nytimes.com/2025/06/22/us/…
evanhill's tweet image. The US may not know the whereabouts of Iran's roughly 400kg of highly-enriched uranium, which is small enough to fit in "the trunks of about 10 cars" nytimes.com/2025/06/22/us/…


Yes, with slaves under hammer in Tripoli and a permanent state of civil war, the Libya intervention has proved a signal success of the “break it, don’t buy it” approach.

One of the most damaging foreign policy doctrines of the 21st century is Colin Powell’s doctrine: “If you break it you buy it.” Actually, you can just break it.



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Strong op-ed by Reid Smith. "This is Israel’s fight, and Israel’s war to win. There is no reason to make it Washington’s war to lose." foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…


Trump's decision to stay plans to go to war happen to coincide with my latest for @ForeignAffairs. Coincidence? You be the judge. In which I argue against joining the war: foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…


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If the administration wants to join the attack against Iran, it should make its case to Congress and request an AUMF. There is no imminent threat of the kind that would justify bypassing Congress.

The tanker movements, the tweets, now this… I don’t know if Trump has made the decision to go to war against Iran, but I am increasingly concerned.



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Israel's national security advisor: This war was planned as an Israeli mission. We don't need the United States. We know how to take care of Fordow on our own.

ראש המל"ל צחי הנגבי על השאיפה להצטרפות ארצות למערכה מול איראן: "המלחמה תוכננה כחול לבן, אנחנו לא צריכים את ארה"ב למטרות שהגדרנו. אנחנו יודעים לטפל בכל העניינים, כולל בפורדו, כחול לבן" #קלמןליברמן עם @KalmanLiebskind ו-@asaf_lib



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A source close to the White House told me that Parlatore had “cooked up” the “batshit crazy” story about the wiretap and told “ten or 12 people” at the highest levels of the DoD, who seemed to believe it. One of those people appeared to be Pete Hegseth. nymag.com/intelligencer/…


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NEW: A US defense official says this attack, which Israel says will continue over multiple days, will provoke a significant Iranian response that the Israelis will then ask the United States to help counter despite the fact that it just blew up the delicate US diplomatic talks


The funniest thing to me about this ad isn’t that it was underwritten by the Lincoln Project heiress but the dead-serious claim that ‘WE RESPECT OUR TRADING PARTNERS’ now qualifies as a progressive rallying cry.

reidtsmith's tweet image. The funniest thing to me about this ad isn’t that it was underwritten by the Lincoln Project heiress but the dead-serious claim that ‘WE RESPECT OUR TRADING PARTNERS’ now qualifies as a progressive rallying cry.

Right or wrong, this faction doesn’t want *Trump's* foreign policy or an America First approach. They pine for the “adults in the room.” Obstructionist and downright insubordinate deputies and cabinet chiefs who’d rather contrive or quit rather than execute Presidential policy.

reidtsmith's tweet image. Right or wrong, this faction doesn’t want *Trump's* foreign policy or an America First approach.

They pine for the “adults in the room.” Obstructionist and downright insubordinate deputies and cabinet chiefs who’d rather contrive or quit rather than execute Presidential policy.

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Saudi Al-Arabiya reports Hamas and Israel agreed on a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, as U.S. Envoy Witkoff was informed that both Hamas and Israel have agreed to the proposal. According to Al-Arabiya, Trump is expected to announce the details of the Gaza ceasefire in the coming hours.

Meanwhile, a senior Hamas source tells Saudi A-Sharq: We are leaning toward accepting Witkoff's proposal.



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Absolutely wild stuff in the Guardian where we learn the WH asked for the evidence on the Caldwell leak allegation, so the chief investigator, who is also Hegseth’s personal lawyer, claimed the evidence came from an illegal NSA wiretap of Dan’s personal phone, which… was untrue.

JustinTLogan's tweet image. Absolutely wild stuff in the Guardian where we learn the WH asked for the evidence on the Caldwell leak allegation, so the chief investigator, who is also Hegseth’s personal lawyer, claimed the evidence came from an illegal NSA wiretap of Dan’s personal phone, which… was untrue.

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