Diplomatic correspondent, @nytimes
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Michael Crowley retweeted
“Ms. Habba finalized her deal days after the company was registered, while she was still serving as U.S. attorney in New Jersey.”
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nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/po… via @NYTimes
Sharp contrast to Marco Rubio, who testily accused reporters of playing a “game” when they sought comment from him on this.
"Obviously I don't love that," @VP Vance tells me when I asked him reaction to a U.S. government official, in this case a U.S. ambassador, asking someone to pay off debt in exchange to access to other govt officials (re: Kimberly Guilfoyle). "What I find with these stories is that you never want to comment in a purely abstract way because a lot of times the details really matter, and the details and the context inform the reality of the situation. So of course, I don't like anybody selling access to another government official, certainly a high-level government official. But you know, I assume you're talking about a specific case, and I can't say with confidence that the case you're talking about is actually reflective of of the way you're describing it. No insult to you, by the way, but context really matters on this stuff. So I'd like to get the full story before offering a real opinion. A good lesson for a politician is never speak about something you don't have the full facts."
Michael Crowley retweeted
Yeah, I'm (sadly) old enough to have attended a few.
nytimes.com/2026/09/21/us/po… Iran's DC embassy has been shuttered for decades. It used to be party central.
nytimes.com/2026/09/29/us/po… I wrote up the State flag kerfuffle and its symbolic meaning for US foreign policy
Michael Crowley retweeted
Fantastic piece. So much rich history and culture. And fun fact: my husband’s parents (both Iranian American) met at one of the embassy parties in the late 70s!
nytimes.com/2026/09/21/us/po… Iran's DC embassy has been shuttered for decades. It used to be party central.
Michael Crowley retweeted
“An Angry Trump Struggles to Understand Iran’s Defiant Leaders.” A good analysis by @michaelcrowley
nytimes.com/2026/08/04/us/po… via @NYTimes
Michael Crowley retweeted
A must read piece on how Iran's leaders have perplexed several American presidents, perhaps none more than President Trump who is struggling to understand Iran's defiant leaders. @michaelcrowley
nytimes.com/2026/08/04/us/po…
nytimes.com/2026/07/04/us/po… Happy 7/4. And merci, France!
Michael Crowley retweeted
@MarkMazzettiNYT and friends with a big, crazy scoop: nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/po…
Michael Crowley retweeted
NEW from @nytimes: Trump and his aides aim to try to get concessions from Iran in upcoming talks because they've failed to meet most of the five war goals he stated on Feb. 28. That included total obliteration of Iran's missiles and regime change, which haven't happened.
nytimes.com/2026/04/08/us/po… “It’s hard to know not just where you go from here, but where you are to begin with… The talks are starting on very weak grounds.”
Michael Crowley retweeted
Can't wait to read this new book by @PeterCanellos. politico.com/news/magazine/2…
Michael Crowley retweeted
“That the secretary of state is playing a subordinate role and not managing the administration’s most serious foreign policy crisis attests to how dysfunctional the decision-making process is,” @aarondmiller2 tells @michaelcrowley. “Because there’s no structure, it also allows Iran to try to pick and choose which U.S. officials they want to talk to.”
“If you’ve hollowed out the State Department and substantially reduced the size of the National Security Council and fired some of your top generals, and if so much of what you’re doing is about political loyalty, then maybe there isn’t that reservoir of expertise to draw on,” @DanKurtzer tells @michaelcrowley. tinyurl.com/2xx4ze9m
nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/po… Marco Rubio has also called for shutting down a Chinese listening post on the island. Will they be elements in any Trump-Havana deal?
