Max Fisher

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

How many allies have to now ask: Is our US insurance plan also worthless? Can another ally get Trump to abandon us overnight? — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

…Qatar’s biggest aim in accepting the base was to get US guarantee against Saudi Arabia. Their US insurance plan turned out to be worthless. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

What’s especially troubling is the US base in Qatar, and not just because it now complicates US strategy in the region... — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Apparent ease with which Trump dropped Qatar, with no show of trying to solve problems with them directly, sends a scary message to allies — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

So now US allies have the same problem that WH officials have: fear that their rivals will trash them to Trump, leading to their ouster. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Trump's tweets pretty strongly imply that he is supporting the blockade bc Saudi Arabia, Qatar’s chief rival, convinced him to. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

It is true that Qatar is a problematic ally, and there are non-ridiculous cases for abandoning it. What’s troubling is why & how it was done — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

1/ A few quick thoughts on President Trump seeming to abandon the US-Qatar alliance over twitter, which is absolutely unprecedented — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @mathieuvonrohr: In which the President seems to abandon a US ally (with a major US military base) via Twitter https://t.co/K7US17WYfO — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @ahmed: FT editorial board: “Washington should tread carefully as it wades into this dispute…” https://t.co/wHok3SDNoi Trump: Hold my b… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @ziadramley: Missing from many explainers I've read is Qatar's desire for sovereignty. Good historical breakdown by @Max_Fisher. https:/… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @NadavPollak: The President, w/o any diplomatic preparation, just supported a sort of a blockade on a country that hosts 1 of US largest… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Here’s the Deal With the Saudi-Qatari Breakdown https://t.co/95BSLNB10N — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@fmanjoo i could believe that i owe the universe 100 viral tv shows that i hate just to break even for mad men. that would be fair. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@fmanjoo hm that is a good point. seems like i should accept rise in shows i dislike as cost of getting more shows i like a lot. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @fmanjoo: @Max_Fisher I think one of the consequences of having more unusual shows on TV is more people disliking than liking them. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@charlie_simpson thats why its called Wrong Opinion Time (tm) — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@DLind no other media outlet has this level of cat-based resources. your subscription $ ensures we are kept in cats… https://t.co/UJE2GGnCri — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Tillerson once more comes out tacitly backing the Saudi line on the GCC crisis. https://t.co/YSi1LTA8RD — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@stephrschwartz idk if I’m ready to cross over yet but its nice to know I’m welcome — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@jamesgibney james we are literally saying the same thing — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@jamesgibney that is not what i am saying. i am saying realist theory cannot explain a national leader behaving as he does. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@jamesgibney my point is that his fp, under realist theory, should not exist — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

i’m pretty sympathetic to realism but it’s hard to imagine how it, as a school of IR thought, survives the trump era unchanged — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

I don’t think anyone has ever refuted the realist school of international relations as effectively as President Don… https://t.co/sXcwUTKgns — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@jimsciutto @blakehounshell haven’t seen it! good? — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

sometimes you need to do things that will offend allies. but not clear what the US got for offending the mayor of a major ally's capital. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

alliances are hard under the best circumstances, but this is not what you might call an optimum moment in alliance… https://t.co/hLpZ19OEV7 — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@tweetertation @CarlosLozadaWP ugh — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@CarlosLozadaWP @tweetertation why do you always caps book titles — PolitiTweet.org