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  1. Pinned Tweet
    29 Dec 2016

    The next Secretary General of should be . You heard it here first.

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    7 minutes ago

    The romantic despot waits in the forest with flowers for his love.

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  3. Retweeted
    16 hours ago

    No, . That Politico report is bunk and the court ruling you mentioned was overturned.

    Anyone who calls Ukrainian meddling in the 2016 election - or Ukrainian collusion with Dems - a "conspiracy theory" is lying; that includes . You can read about it right here (). A Ukrainian court *ruled it was meddlin…
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    11 minutes ago

    Yes

    We should welcome Turkey taking steps to secure its border. US can’t do it forever. They have legitimate security concerns.…
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    15 minutes ago

    (5) Likewise — and I realize I sound like an AKP mouthpiece here, apologies — I am a little surprised by journalists and analysts lamenting this announcement without wrestling with the paradox of us having partnered with the PKK in the first place.

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    2 hours ago

    (2) Especially if you’re a journalist, be careful about how you throw around the word “ally.” I’m less worried people will think we have a treaty with the Syrian Kurds and more worried people will forget we actually do have one with the Turks!

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  7. 8 minutes ago

    Very good thread 👇🏻

    On Syria/Turkey: (1) Let’s see what happens. I feel like I’ve seen this movie before where a big announcement on Syria is steadily walked back. Also, this could be…
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  8. 10 minutes ago

    This 👇🏻

    It is going to be soo tempting to reduce erratic US policies on North East Syria on Trump and his madness.. As usual, Obama, who set not only Turkey-YPG/PKK showdown in motion but also utterly ignored Syria and set red lines to watch thousands killed, will remain as cool as ever
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  9. 13 minutes ago

    We should welcome Turkey taking steps to secure its border. US can’t do it forever. They have legitimate security concerns. Also, the YPG is a neo-Marxist group that serves as Syrian branch of the PKK (designated a terrorist group by US Govt). So please spare me the tears.

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    16 hours ago

    This has been almost entirely discredited. That court case was ludicrous even by Ukrainian standards and overturned almost immediately. The other “evidence” is vv thin.

    Anyone who calls Ukrainian meddling in the 2016 election - or Ukrainian collusion with Dems - a "conspiracy theory" is lying; that includes . You can read about it right here (). A Ukrainian court *ruled it was meddlin…
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    Oct 6

    On October 31st we are going to 🇬🇧

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    13 hours ago

    Transpetrochart’s🇷🇺tanker Yaz, sanctioned by for link to SOVFRACHT, itself sanctioned for supplying Syrian Company For Oil Transport, Russian military in &operating in , transits Bosphorus to Med from Temryuk to unknown destination carrying aviation fuel

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  13. 13 hours ago

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    Ex-Labour leader Ed Miliband latest suggestion to become caretaker PM
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    19 hours ago

    US elections are the business of US citizens. What worries me is this seems to be undermining support for Ukraine and that helps only Putin. We need to stand with Ukraine or risk the continued Russian expansion and a weaker Nato putting Estonia, Poland, etc next in line of fire.

    The Biden family was PAID OFF, pure and simple! The fake news must stop making excuses for something that is totally inexcusable. Sleepy Joe said he never spoke to the Ukrainian company, and then the picture came out where he was playing golf with the company boss and Hunter.....
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    22 hours ago

    90% of the 100,000 Iranian Jews, who lived safely and played a large part in society under the Shah, have fled the country since the Islamists took over. The remainder of this ancient community is heavily persecuted, its leaders regularly framed up on sodomy charges.

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    Oct 5

    In 2014 I watched a tank battle from a hilltop in Mariupol. A tank battle. In Europe. In our time. And it felt like a secret. I wrote about that day in my memoirs, ‘Why Soldiers Miss War’—due out in 2 weeks!

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    Oct 4

    The High Court in London has decided that a deposit left untouched in a British bank account since 1948 is the rightful property of the descendants of the monarch who transferred it -- and not Pakistan.

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    Oct 4

    Great news!! has been calling for this for years!

    It’s the news we’ve all been waiting for! President has announced this morning that Poland has officially been nominated to join the ’s Visa Waiver Program! …
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    Oct 4

    Nothing like a good Georgian wine tasting.

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  20. Oct 4

    My mouth is watering

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    “, the most 👑 royal of pilaffs in . -rice, chestnuts, dried apricots and sour plums. Oh my!” - …
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    Oct 4

    Dominic Cummings: get the look. By

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