Max Boot
Max A. Boot is a Russian-born naturalized American author, editorialist, lecturer, and military historian. He worked as a writer and editor for The Christian Science Monitor and then for The Wall Street Journal in the 1990s.1
191 posts tracked · 20 stories in 30 days
Latest takes
Trump promotes ballroom, arch projects days after midterm losses
Grouped with voices who said: Trump is ignoring voters to build vanity projects
He's definitely making a post-election pivot... from the reflecting pool to the ballroom.View on X
Democrats sweep midterms as Iran war cited as key cause
Grouped with voices who said: The Iran war sank Republicans
Imagine how different the election results would look if Trump hadn’t launched his trade wars and his war with Iran, with both raising inflation. Trump’s bone-headed foreign…View on X
Bipartisan calls grow for Hegseth to resign or be fired
Grouped with voices who said: Hegseth must resign or be fired
Now more than ever. Hegseth needs to be fired or impeached before he does any more damage.View on X
Stock market rallies after Democratic midterm sweep
Grouped with voices who said: Markets welcome gridlock over GOP control
Markets like Republican wipeout.View on X
Trump's Iran war costs mount as Congress weighs new funding request
Grouped with voices who said: The economic costs are real and worth documenting soberly
Trump is right that the war with Iran hasn’t lasted as long, or caused as many U.S. casualties, as previous wars such as Vietnam. But, his Iran conflict has already caused more…View on Bluesky
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Posts most about
Foreign Policy & Diplomacy 57 · Trump Administration 29 · Military & Defense 24 · Elections & Campaigns 18 · Iran Conflict 14 · Congress & Legislation 8
Often makes the same point as
MeidasTouch 7 · Richard Blumenthal 6 · Terry Virts 6 · National Review 5 · Mark Warner 5 · Michael Bennet 5
Sources
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), retrieved Nov 7, 2026
Public posts, grouped by what was said, not by who said it. Every quote links to the post. Updated Nov 8, 2026. How it works · Corrections: jack@newsreel.co