Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum · Europe
Anne Applebaum is followed by Storyz World for journalism and current affairs coverage across the Europe chapter.
Putin is much richer than Witkoff and Kushner. It is he who is dangling "deals" in order to tempt them and not vice versa
The new American foreign policy: Negotiations not for peace, not to build alliances, not to promote democracy or the rule of law but to benefit companies linked to the administration
Putin's most important aspiration is to destroy Ukraine and remove the country from the map
"Since 2025, MAGA ideologues have been using this alleged plot as an excuse to dismantle government programs, stifle research, intimidate American citizens, and even distort American foreign policy." Yet they can't find it
"Since 2025, MAGA ideologues have been using this alleged plot as an excuse to dismantle government programs, stifle research, intimidate American citizens, and even distort American foreign policy." Yet they can't find it
Multiple court cases and a State Department investigation have failed to produce any evidence of a "censorship industrial complex." The idea belongs to "that mystical category of things that disappear when you examine them too closely" Read here: https://t.co/FRq5EiIJS7
He has been bombing and killing civilians since the first day of the war
No. Russia created high gas prices by invading Ukraine
Among other things, this excellent story describes how the Trump family use their political influence to promote their private interests in prediction markets Read here:
"Against Canada, Trump is fighting a trade war that very few Americans support, under leadership that most Americans reject, to achieve results that virtually all Americans would dismiss as pointless if not crazy" from @davidfrum https://t.co/oaQZHCQoFF