Amy Knight

My latest from the WSJ: wsj.com/opinion/the-ru…

nytimes.com/2026/02/23/opi… via @NYTOpinion If Putin hoped that Trump would severely damage the NATO alliance, stop significant military aid to Ukraine and try to force Ukraine into making major concessions to Russia, then his hopes have not been dashed.

nytimes.com/2026/02/22/opi… via @NYTOpinion Lots of interesting personal stories about the impact of the war on Ukrainians, but the piece does not make it clear how Ukraine has “passed the point of no return,” or even what that means.

Iran’s Ayatollah and His Guards Falter After Storm of War and Protests nytimes.com/2026/01/24/wor… The author says that the situation in Iran is similar to the Soviet Union in the 1980s. In fact, the situation in the Soviet Union was very different.

@michaeldweiss Excellent analysis.

My short upsum of the Trump-Zelensky meeting: open.substack.com/pub/macspaunda…

nytimes.com/2025/10/03/opi… via ⁦@nytopinion⁩ This is a very weird, confusing opinion piece. The author lived in Moscow in the early 1990s and she says people were talking about Stalin’s terror in hushed tones. Did she ever hear about Khrushchev’s speech denouncing Stalin?

@ccaryl A great article. The talk about security guarantees is going nowhere. Attention should be focused on helping Ukraine on the battlefield and ramping up sanctions on Russia.

Why I just don’t buy all the talk about dispatching European troops to Ukraine. My latest for @foreignpolicymag. Stop Fabulating About ‘Security Guarantees’ for Ukraine foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/27/ukr…

@McFaul @UmlandAndreas We are asking Putin’s blessing because Trump is a Putin lackey and the Europeans do not have the military strength to go it alone.

We didn't ask for Stalin's permission to create NATO in 1949. We didn't ask Khrushchev's permission to bring West Germany into NATO in 1955. We didn't ask for Yeltsin's permission to expand NATO in the 1990s or Putin's permission in the 2000s. & after these events, Moscow did not invade NATO members. So why are we asking for Putin's blessing now? Illogical.

@TrumpWarRoom I don’t think you have suffered a major defeat, Mr Trump. You and Putin have been planning to throw Zelensky under the bus for months. Well done!

@RapidResponse47 And our country will become increasingly hotter because our president has stopped efforts to combat climate global warming.

nytimes.com/2025/08/17/wor… via @NYTimes. Yes, Putin laments Russia’s loss of its Soviet fiefdom. But he has focused specifically on making Ukraine Russia’s puppet ever since he became the Kremlin’s leader.

Listened to an exclusive interview with Trump by Hannity on Fox in Alaska. Just as predicted: Zelensky will be presented with conditions that are unacceptable and refuse. Trump will blame Zelensky, stop arming Ukraine and not impose sanctions on Russia.

foxnews.com/politics/obama…. What a pathetic attempt to show that the Obama Administration "manufactured" intelligence about Russia's interference in the 2016 elections. Complete hogwash.

My interview on CTV about Trump and Putin meeting: ctvnews.ca/video/2025/08/…

He Was a Key Aide to Putin. Then He Balked at the Ukraine War. nytimes.com/2025/08/10/wor… via @NYTimes. Kozak was not the only one who balked at the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Several top Kremlin officials, including Nikolai Patrushev, were unhappy about the invasion.

@FBIDirectorKash You proved the Steele Dossier was fictitious??? Really?? Given your complete lack of knowledge about Russia and intelligence, your claim is ridiculous.

In 2017/18, I proved the Steele Dossier was fictitious intelligence, weaponized by corrupt FBI officials to deceive a federal judge and unlawfully spy on then presidential candidate Trump’s campaign- all paid for by his opponent. The media called me a liar. Now I’m the FBI Director: We just uncovered burn bags/room filled with hidden Russia Gate files, including the Durham annex, and declassified them. Once again, I released the prior FBI’s own documents and exposed the truth. The same media is calling me a liar again. Maybe this FBI will release more docs directly, from FBI HQ... so we can see who is lying- wouldn't want to deprive the fake news of more bogus Pulitzers. And then… 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@BarronTNews_ Treason? What about the reports that you father has been a Russian agent Since 1987?

BREAKING: DOJ making preparations to INDICT AND ARREST former President Barack Obama on charges of TREASON, ESPIONAGE AND SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY. The Secret Service is already making preparations with federal law enforcement to work out the logistics of his historic arrest. Obama is about to become the first ever US President to be charged with treason and could become the first American convicted of the high charge since the end of World War II. If convicted, he faces the rest of his life in federal prison. This comes from a reliable DOJ source and is going to be ABSOLUTELY WILD. Comments?

Proud of my daughter Molly for producing this third report on the demise of USAID: pbs.org/video/cuts-con…

Putin’s war spirals after losing Russian chiefs | Amy Knight youtu.be/nMWKC8sJQ0w?si… via @YouTube