Senior Research Scholar, @ColumbiaSIPA. @CNN Pres. Hist. .For. Dir., Nixon Pres. Library. Co-auth."Khrushchev's Cold War." RT not endorse.
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Tim Naftali retweeted
May 19
As historian @TimNaftali and I discussed on the David Frum Show, Trump's corruption is off the scale of any US precedent. The plundering is more like that seen in a post-Soviet republic or a post-colonial African state. He's not Harding. He's Mobutu. youtube.com/watch?v=8UYEaDYu…
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Tim Naftali retweeted
May 13
The oath is to the Constitution, not to the Commander in Chief.
I took an oath as an officer in the United States Air Force to serve my Commander in Chief. My allegiance to that oath has not wavered in my 28 years of service.
The President has endorsed another candidate in CD1 for Congress. It is not congruent with my assignments in life to actively campaign against a candidate endorsed by my Commander in Chief.
I am grateful President Trump called and spoke with me personally. He was complimentary of my service to this nation and discussed other opportunities to serve within the administration.
Today, I will continue serving this great nation in uniform as a commander in the Oklahoma Air National Guard and serving as the founder and CEO of Folds of Honor.
To every volunteer, donor, and patriot who stood with this campaign, thank you. A special thank you to the veterans that supported and encouraged me. Your belief in this mission meant everything.
Service never stops, and neither will we.
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Tim Naftali retweeted
Apr 29
I was honored to receive @TheRoyalFamily King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the @Sept11Memorial today. We met with family members and first responders and laid a wreath in remembrance of those who gave their lives to save others. We will never forget.
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Apr 30
RT @ScarboroughNow: I’m proud of every @BuffaloSabres fan that helped out in singing “O Canada”. One more reason to love Buffalo. 🇺🇸🇨🇦
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Tim Naftali retweeted
Apr 26
What does the alarming shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner last night tell us about American politics and society? I asked @TimNaftali:
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Tim Naftali retweeted
Apr 26
On GPS, at 10am & 1pm ET today on @CNN: I’ll talk w/ presidential historian @TimNaftali about last night’s shooting outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner; retired US Navy Adm. William McRaven about the standoff in the Strait of Hormuz & his new book, "Duty, Honor, Country & Life: A Tribute to the American Spirit”; and @scmallaby, author of “The Infinity Machine,” about the risks of powerful AI
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Apr 12
This post aged quickly and not well. The Trump-Vance effect was, if any, negative in the Hungarian election.
Apr 12
To our friends in Hungary, we hope you will vote for independent thinking and for someone who stands for Hungary First. We hope you will vote for my father’s friend and ally. One leader in Europe has a direct line to the White House, I hope you will support Viktor Orban! #Hungary
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Apr 12
Orbàn has conceded. The Hungarian authoritarian regime has fallen with a whimper. Thank goodness.
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Apr 7
A responsible wartime government doesn’t threaten what it won’t do but a responsible American government shouldn’t do what our Commander-in-Chief threatened this morning.
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Tim Naftali retweeted
Mar 31
Maybe we'll have a US ground invasion of Central Asia. Or maybe we'll have a US surrender of control of the Persian Gulf to Iran. Could be anything really, all decided by the Magic 8 Ball whims of one man surrounded by insider traders, assuming he isn't one of them himself.
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Tim Naftali retweeted
Changing the definition of success so the president can declare victory.
SECRETARY RUBIO: The goals of the mission against the Iranian regime are clear:
- Destroy their ability to launch missiles
- Destroy factories making these missiles
- Destroy their navy
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Mar 7
President Trump is masterful at destabilizing the Status Quo at home and abroad. The still unanswered question is whether here, in Iran, Venezuela and likely in Cuba, he will even try to build or even encourage anything institutional or political of lasting value to the various nations affected.
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Tim Naftali retweeted
Mar 3
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's killing shatters “a precedent that had been sustained for decades by a mix of moral, political, and logistical concerns,” @TimNaftali argues: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
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Feb 28
We are in a new world if the assassination of foreign leaders of powerful states becomes relatively doable.
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Feb 28
The US had hoped to kill Gaddafi in its air campaign in Libya in 1986. This is the first time that an air strike in which we participated has killed a foreign leader. No tears from me for Khamenei but this is a first in international affairs.
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Tim Naftali retweeted
We can secure our borders and still show basic humanity.
CBP released a blind father from custody and left him to find his way home alone. He never made it.
New Yorkers deserve answers and accountability.
A Burmese refugee missing since he was taken into custody Thursday by U.S. Border Patrol agents was found dead by Buffalo police officers late Tuesday, authorities reported.
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Tim Naftali retweeted
Feb 26
.@POTUS promised to quickly end a war that began with Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. And he could have, IF he'd been willing to pressure his pal Putin and fully backed Ukraine. Instead, he's coddled Putin, as Russia savages Ukraine's civilian population.
It's shameful.
See Rubio complaining that their peace effort is not bringing peace any closer. And he blames Ukraine in a disgusting act of bothsidesism: "He [Trump] just doesn't understand how two countries in such a vicious, horrific, and bloody war cannot reach an understanding on how to end it."
I don't even know, Marco, maybe our inability to reach an understanding lies deep. Like Russia wants to strip us of our independence and kill us, and we really, really want to be free and alive.
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Feb 26
Thank you for your global public service and best health wishes.
With a heavy heart, I announced my intention today to step down as @WFP's Executive Director. Leading this incredible organization and our dedicated teams has been the honor of a lifetime.
I remain deeply committed to advocating for the millions struggling with hunger worldwide.
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Tim Naftali retweeted
This July, join us for the 2026 Gilder Lehrman Teacher Symposium in Gettysburg! Seven courses will be offered, including "The Cold War: The US, the USSR, and the World, 1942 to 2022," taught by @TimNaftali and Jermain Corbin.
Learn more and register: ow.ly/pHza50Yap7t
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Feb 26
This is another hard story to read—about this survivor of a faraway genocide who then apparently became a victim of official neglect here. The investigation needs to run its course but it is already another tragedy linked to the cruel disruption in towns and cities created by the heartless Trump/Miller industrial deportation project.
The death of a nearly blind refugee in Buffalo, New York, days after Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a coffee shop alone, has prompted an investigation into the circumstances of his final days and drawn sharp criticism from the mayor, who called the incident "deeply disturbing." cnn.it/4kVrZ23
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