Jeff M. Smith

‘There is an opportunity for tactical trading with China on certain issues, such as market access or agricultural exports. What I don’t want is to give up strategically important U.S. products. So far, we haven’t seen any major concessions from the U.S., and I hope that holds.’ - @Cold_Peace_ Read our full backgrounder identifying favorable and unfavorable outcomes from the Beijing Summit: heritage.org/global-politic…

@Rohan_KSingh Nope, still in the fight! Although most of what I do now is behind the scenes. This was a rare exception:

@Cold_Peace_ That's great! The masked vigilante gig checks out. Violent crime in DC has dropped 40% since 2024. Question: Where can we see your analysis/podcasts/videos/writings on India-US relations? You've given up on X, but not on India-US relations, have you?

Sorry for leaving you hanging, mate. The sea of toxic comments and anonymous clickbait disinformation accounts that now rule X isn't really my cup of tea. I found new hobbies. I've been moonlighting as a masked vigilante fighting crime in DC. And I started doing pilates.

@DivodasPutra Well enough to do most things! Hard cutting is no longer on the table.

@Cold_Peace_ Yeah the toxicity on twitter is pushing me to spend less time on this app as well. How is your leg? Healed ok?

@sreemoytalukdar Strange times, amigo.

@Cold_Peace_ Too many sane voices are too quiet, Jeff. Good to see you back

@Guts_realism 😂

@Cold_Peace_ The Dark Naan Rises

It was an honor to host China Select Committee Chairman @RepMoolenaar for the @Heritage BC Lee lecture this week. He is leading pushback against the CCP in Congress. In this clip, I use moderator's privilege to discuss China chip controls. Full event: heritage.org/china/event/th…

“The question isn’t just, who builds the most powerful [AI and biotech] models? It’s, whose values are embedded in them?....  We cannot let [the Chinese Communist Party] write the code that governs human lives.” - @RepMoolenaar

@PS_its_Amit It worked mate. Over a year clean.

@Cold_Peace_ how is the quitting smoking working out, hopefully it worked out.

@BhaktAsF I agree, they are not the same.

@Cold_Peace_ Putin isn’t sponsoring terror in the US, Jeff. You can’t draw parallels between Modi meeting Putin and Trump meeting the army chief of a state sponsor of terror that sponsors terror in India, which just recently massacred 26 Indians on Indian soil.

@VatsRishap I agree, very poor timing. Maybe I do need to go into gov't.

@Cold_Peace_ I know you do, and I understand that bit. But, again, I would be more inclined to feel that when Ukrainians said the same, or if any of those meetings with Putin were that soon. I guess more than the meeting itself, it is the timing of the same which makes it more unpalatable.

@_rajraman Not when the army chief *is* the head of gov't. But in a normal country, yes.

@Cold_Peace_ There's a difference between meeting with the Army Chief of another country and the Head of Govt of that country.

I understand that sentiment. Which is why I don't think Trump should have met with him. And it's not an apples-to-apples comparison. But some people in the U.S. were saying the same thing about Modi meeting with Putin after his second invasion of Ukraine and I pushed back on them the same way. A meeting doesn't equal an endorsement of everything the other side is doing.

@Cold_Peace_ Sorry Jeff, a bit unfair to compare them, considering recent events, specifically the timing, and the kind of things Munir has not just said out loud but acted upon, leading directly to the loss of Indian civilian lives in the most brutal fashion.

@onepintshort Two deadbolts. Just in case.

@Cold_Peace_ Is the unit secured?

This chart comes up every few years in my mentions and I need to clear the air once and for all. Yes, that is indeed me. I keep 8 nukes in a storage unit in Fairfax.

America currently enjoys a multi-year lead in cutting-edge AI technologies. This lead is protected by certain export controls. However, those controls need updating. @Cold_Peace_ @BryanBurack heritage.org/china/commenta…

Link-> tucson.com/opinion/column…

Trump must protect American AI from China. America enjoys a multi-year lead in cutting-edge AI tech, protected by export controls that prevent China from obtaining the best tech and slow its progress in developing AI with dual-use capabilities. Those controls now need updating.

@Akshay_VAK He couldn't be that articulate without being smart. That doesn't mean his judgment is always sound. I'm more amused by the idea that Jaishankar doesn't have confidence confronting "Uncle." No one that has been in the room with EAM and Uncle would ever think he lacks confidence.

If we want India to be a partner on U.S. core interests, we must be a partner to India on its core interests, including terrorism. Otherwise, we will be disappointed. Deservedly so.