Luke McGee

Emmy-winning journalist
Contributing writer - @ForeignPolicy and others
Substack -

[Luke McGee @lukemcgee]

"We should stop working on the assumption that America will always protect us. In doing so, we may give the alliance its best chance of enduring — with Europe as a partner, not a patron."

My latest @substack post

https://t.co/nn9nqVVIo1

[Luke McGee @lukemcgee]

Prediction: GTA6 has been in production too long for it not to be a bit of an overproduced mess that cannot possibly live up to the hype.

[Luke McGee @lukemcgee]

Microsoft outage very annoying if you are a freelancer who relies entirely on outlook.

[Robert Colvile @rcolvile]

Didn't think I'd get weepy on an article about Zelda, but I challenge you not to well up a little reading this https://t.co/DwmhIOVNjf

[The Associated Press @AP]

A soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier issued a verbal reprimand to a group of advisers and staffers with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. As the group broke from taking photos, a loud laugh could be heard, and the soldier guarding the tomb shouted: “All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times.”

[Luke McGee @lukemcgee]

Reminder: America has provided zero new dollars to Ukraine in support since Trump returned to office.

[Congressman Greg Steube @RepGregSteube]

Without America, this guy wouldn’t even have a country.

[Luke McGee @lukemcgee]

@LisaMo032919 by winning an emmy

[Luke McGee @lukemcgee]

Nepotism in the media, is it?

"A drawing of a kingfisher by Prince George features as part of a special edition of Country Life magazine, guest edited by his father, the Prince of Wales."

https://t.co/r5qhx60TV2

[Luke McGee @lukemcgee]

@latikambourke 😂

[Latika M Bourke @latikambourke]

Yesterday Twitter is like yesterday world which for me was pre-2016.

Shiny happy things like globalisation eventually showing the cost of all the initial gloss.

[Luke McGee @lukemcgee]

For the love of god. I remember when Twitter was fun.

[Luke McGee @lukemcgee]

@allardskycom1 it was a very tame joke playing on the trope of nepotism in the media. I am sure the Princes can take it!

[Luke McGee @lukemcgee]

Just to be clear, I am not advocating any particular policy, just pointing out that America doesn't really project soft or hard power to a level that can influence Russia or Europe either way. The cost of ignoring him is really just status quo.

[Luke McGee @lukemcgee]

I think what this clip really reveals is how little influence the US actually has as a peacebroker. You can only play world policeman if you are willing to actually do the policing bit.

[CSPAN @cspan]

.@jaredkushner says President Trump believes the war has gone on too long and is "disturbed" by the toll the Russia-Ukraine war has caused. Kushner says him and Steve Witkoff "strongly" believe Russians and President Putin are ready for peace.

[Luke McGee @lukemcgee]

I wonder what the conservatives who let people like Don Jr redefine what the word conservative means feel about this today.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Don Jr. is upset that his buddy Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 years in prison for rape and sexual assault, suggesting without any evidence that he was convicted only because he became a conservative

[Luke McGee @lukemcgee]

"In Kyiv, which is preparing for a brutal winter, some residents seemed cautiously optimistic. But on a day marked by sweeping power and water cuts following a barrage of Russian attacks, Ukrainians appeared more focused on their daily survival"

https://t.co/wVu7YhtZKV

[James Cleverly🇬🇧 @JamesCleverly]

A great way to achieve peace would be for Putin to withdraw all his troops from Ukraine and stop bombing its citizens and infrastructure.

[Luke McGee @lukemcgee]

You know what Putin could do to show he’s ready for peace?

[Laura Rozen @lrozen]

Kushner: “The question we get asked the most from the Europeans is, are the Russians, is Pres. Putin, really ready for peace.
From what Steve and I have heard from him, we can say, very strongly, we believe so.”

[Luke McGee @lukemcgee]

You can, not sure why you would

[Tom Harwood @tomhfh]

You can still enjoy Michael Jackson’s music and you can still watch Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Come Fly With Me too.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Hello my dear friends! The visibility of pro-Ukrainian accounts is extremely low these days, but Russian war crimes continue. So in this shameless attention grab, I ask you to go through my latest posts and boost them.

[Luke McGee @lukemcgee]

Europe and US agree to review postwar continental security as Ukraine talks begin  https://t.co/k595ehIMja