Edward Luce

@StrickerNonpro always happy to engage but confess that I share Danny's intepretation of the facts.

@EdwardGLuce Perhaps consider engaging on the facts rather than casting aspersions.

Danny Citrinowicz is tired of debating people "living in a parallel reality trying to justify decisions that have pushed the campaign against Iran to the brink of the abyss". Quite so. It's not only Iran that has fanatics.

Loved doing this fireside with Ajay Chhibber at GWU on the future of India. youtube.com/watch?v=Z85Tjv…

@AshleyRiegle I only just saw this Ashley (my apologies). You had a wonderful father and I wish you my deepest condolences.

He loved those experiences with you @EdwardGLuce - thank you for sharing these memories. We are bereft while also cherishing every awesome memory of my dad. He was one in a million ♥️

@rimaanabtawi Thanks so much.

@EdwardGLuce Great read!

"Charles won bipartisan ovations attacking Trump’s beliefs and Trump thought it was a home run. That’s showbiz for you." My Swamp Notes with Lauren Fedor on why the GOP pretended not to hear Charles's message. as.ft.com/r/a86a80f8-2d9…

@neeratanden @ScottJenningsKY he's as thin-skinned as a naked mole-rat

The full meltdown of @ScottJenningsKY with me - on my first time on the show- was total gold. So glad I asked him why he was getting so emotional.

@TedSmyth Agree a thousand percent

Thank you Ed. And prices cannot decline 600 percent!

@NathanG48232141 @ElectClayDavis I said "individual" not "household". Stats here. census.gov/quickfacts/fac…

@ElectClayDavis @EdwardGLuce Sure. I was replying to the main post. I agree with his distinction of median and average. But I think his numbers were off.

Reminder to those who can't seem to grasp distinction between median and average. US average income in 2024 was $76,000. US median income was $44,000. The difference is vast inequality. But $44,000 is not a good living.

@howserob @mattduss @lrozen Thanks Rob.

Very shrewd analysis by @EdwardGLuce. My own view similar -Trump Admin has created a quagmire. Will take a new Admin w vision to get out & reset. Get used to the long Iran war (Financial Times US), Apr 29, 2026 @mattduss @lrozen digitaleditionapp.ft.com/i9DX/dcqdgauf

Bien joué

@myth_pilot @ShaunStromb 😃

@ShaunStromb It’s a movie bro

Upon this visit of King Charles III, I’m reminded of the remarks of King George III, upon receiving John Adams for the first time in 1785. His words are remarkable for their generosity after having fought and lost a war, and his understanding for the basis of friendship between Americans and English still holds true today: “I wish you Sir, to believe, and that it may be understood in America, that I have done nothing in the late Contest, but what I thought myself indispensably bound to do, by the Duty which I owed to my People. I will be very frank with you. I was the last to consent to the Separation, but the Separation having been made and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the Friendship of the United States as an independent Power. . . let the Circumstances of Language; Religion and Blood have their natural and full Effect.”

If there's a lasting impact to Charles's state visit it should be to knock the Trump flattery approach on its head once and for all. Visiting leaders can speak home truths.

@sammandel @DalrympleWill What are we kidding ourselves about?

@DalrympleWill @EdwardGLuce Don’t kid yourselves, but worth it if it made you guys fell better, I guess.

And a remarkable demonstration of the surprising usefulness of the system of Constitutional Monarchy

@NickBryantNY @gideonrachman yes, fully agree. Not subtle.

@EdwardGLuce @gideonrachman I was a bit shocked to read the New York Times report “the king sprinkled in some ever-so-subtle rebuttals to Mr. Trump.” Very unsubtle more like. Like his Canadian parliament speech, the man with the golden mace strikes again.

This is a startlingly bold speech by any royal standards. I'm surprised.

@LordRickettsP @gideonrachman Charles more than earned his keep. I think everything that Christian said was true.

@gideonrachman @EdwardGLuce For once I agree with the Daily Mail - the visit has been a diplomatic masterclass. Which is why the front page lead in your paper is, gentlemen, iso odd.

@gideonrachman You're talking of banquet speech? Yes, a skilful one. It was more subtle than the one to Congress, which was a barnstormer by royal standards.

@EdwardGLuce Whoever wrote the speech did a great job. Bold but also subtle - and with flattery thrown in (HMS Trump)

The ever-brilliant @EdwardGLuce "Get used to the long Iran war" ft.com/content/efa894… via @FT