Thomas L Friedman
Thomas L Friedman
@thomaslfriedman.bsky.social
New York Times Foreign Affairs Columnists and Author
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My column: Two Arab Fighters for Democracy Have Lessons for America www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...
My column: Stopping the A.I. Threat Cannot Wait for Guardrails www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/o...
My column: Democracy Is on the Ballot in Both America’s and Israel’s Elections www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...
My column: Mamdani’s Netanyahu Stunt Was a Waste of His Talent and Our Time www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/o...
My column: The Quick-Fix Fantasies of the World’s Strongmen www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/o...
My column: Trump Put His Own Interests Above All in the Iran Deal www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/o...
My column: Everybody Is a Loser in This Mideast War www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o...
My column: Trump Has Failed as Commander in Chief www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/o...
My column: How Much Crow Will Trump Have to Eat on Iran? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/o...
My column: Where Are the Republicans Who Put America First? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/o...
My column: NATO, Please Help. Trump Has No Strategy for Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/o...
My column: Trump and Xi, This Is Your Nixon-Mao Moment. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/o...
My column: Trump Is the One Without the Cards at the Poker Table www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/o...
My column: How Israel Lost Its Way and How Trump Can Save Lebanon www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...
My column: Anthropic’s Restraint Is a Terrifying Warning Sign www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/o...
My column: Trump Has a Way Out of the War www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/o...
My column: ‘Once and for All’ Means Never www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/o...
New column: How Minnesota Beat Trumphttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/opinion/columnists/minneapolis-ice-trump-neighbor.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
My column: Bombing Iran to Rubble Won’t Give It Life www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/o...
My column: How to Think About Trump’s War With Iran www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/o...
My column: Netanyahu Plays Trump and American Jews for Fools — Again www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/o...
My column: The Message From Texas Voters: We’re Neighbors, Not Enemies www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...
Tom Friedman: Minneapolis, Alex Pretti and a Democracy at Risk - The Opinions Podcast www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/o...
My column: Minneapolis and Gaza Now Share the Same Violent Language www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
My column: Trump’s Politics Are Not America First. They’re Me First. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
My column: Trump’s Scheming to Sack Powell Paves the Road to Constitutional Ruin www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/o...
My Column: Venezuela, Trump Came to Liberate Your Oil, Not Your People www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
My column: To Trump, on Venezuela: You Break It, You Own It www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
For anyone in need of a smile to bring in the New Year, I recommend Jerry Tarde's column on Tiger and the rabbi! www.golfdigest.com/story/curse-...
David Brooks and I in conversation for The New York Times Opinions: Thomas L. Friedman Says We’re in a New Epoch. David Brooks Has Questions. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/o...
My column: Trump Isn’t Interested in Fighting a New Cold War. He Wants a New Civilizational War. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/o...
My column: The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
My contribution to The New York Times Opinion’s 2025 Giving Guide: Donate to Help Build Community in the Mideast www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
My column: Trump’s Proposed Ukraine ‘Deal’ Is a Disgrace www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
My column: On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...
My column: We’re In a New Everything-Is-Connected Epoch. But What to Call It? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
My column: Trump’s China Trade Policy Is a Hot Mess www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
My column: Mr. Trump, on the Middle East, Please Move Fast and Break Things www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...
My column: Give Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if He Does the Hard Parts to Come www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
My column: Trump’s Peace Plan: Perhaps Impossible, but Never More Necessary www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...
My column: If Only We’d Fight as Hard to Save Our Democracy as Ukrainians Are to Save Theirs www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
My column: Our Allies Are Asking: ‘Why Does Putin Still Own Trump?’ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
My column: A Plea for President Trump With a Fragile Country on Edge www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/o...
My column: The One Danger That Should Unite the U.S. and China www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...