Bruce Berton

Former Ambassador, mostly retired. Husband, Dad. Golfer, aspiring cook.

[Bruce Berton @BertonBruce]

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[Bruce Berton @BertonBruce]

America Last: Trump’s Trade Tantrums are Weakening U.S. Influence, and the World is Moving on Without Us https://t.co/j5xbE4b67Y

[The Steady State @steadystate2025]

This is an official U.S. government account using dehumanizing language, holiday imagery, and military symbolism to promote fear and coercion. It’s political messaging designed to intimidate, stigmatize, and normalize mass punishment. Democratic governments do not taunt vulnerable populations. #holdfast

[Bruce Berton @BertonBruce]

DOGE Is, Officially, Dead. What Did It Actually Accomplish? https://t.co/HgeI5ucgQk

[Luis Moreno @LuisMorenolg]

Yes, yes, yes, and yes. Worst of all, many of us told you it was coming. No one seemed to care.

[Bruce Berton @BertonBruce]

Asking Soldiers to Obey the UCMJ Isn’t a Crime; But Trump Thinks it is. https://t.co/NW8N4FmfTX

[Bruce Berton @BertonBruce]

Trump’s Ukraine “Peace Plan” Is a Gift to Moscow https://t.co/igRlw2FVp3

[Bruce Berton @BertonBruce]

Donald Trump's Border Patrol has already failed in Charlotte | Editorial https://t.co/uqe0zkcBOs

[Bruce Berton @BertonBruce]

Veterans Day Drama: Why Trump’s Oval-Office Invite to Ahmed al-Sharaa Is a Foreign-Policy Face-Plant https://t.co/ypQpZ0QrVT

[Bruce Berton @BertonBruce]

It's All a Grift: new SubStack on the Trump Administration's corruption: https://t.co/Pv6DwJIvv5

[Bruce Berton @BertonBruce]

From my latest Substack:

[The Steady State @steadystate2025]

https://t.co/puyZgvp7Qe
“The war in Ukraine is not reality TV. It’s a war for sovereignty and for the rules of international order. If the U.S. treats it like a stage for spectacle, the consequences will be real, and potentially catastrophic.”

[Bruce Berton @BertonBruce]

I am a member of the Steady State that authored the report below. It was written primarily by former intelligence officials and reads as such. It is sober, fact based and realistic in describing the U.S. slide toward authoritarianism.

https://t.co/RCW2QifnBY

[Bruce Berton @BertonBruce]

New Substack on the weaponization of DOJ https://t.co/Q9M98qxW6o

[Bruce Berton @BertonBruce]

New Substack:
https://t.co/qJClCRY6cR

[Taylor&Francis News @tandfnewsroom]

Can AI help to improve diplomacy?

Former diplomat Dr Kilburg thinks so, with important caveats. His new book, AI Use Cases for Diplomats, explores how people working in international relations can utilize AI while keeping the vital human touch 🌍 ⬇️

https://t.co/bUawkXdxB1

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

NINE former CDC Directors spanning every administration from Carter to Trump, have issued a rare public rebuke of RFK Jr., warning of the harm his rhetoric and attacks on public health is doing. Their message: this is a time to rally to protect the health of every American.

[Nicholas Burns @RNicholasBurns]

Own goal by U.S.

[The Steady State @steadystate2025]

50 U.S.C. § 3121 et seq. (Intelligence Identities Protection Act).....

[The Steady State @steadystate2025]

Imagine you are a mid-level Intelligence Community analyst. You are drafting a critical assessment of a foreign adversary. Lives may depend on it. You realize POTUS will not like your conclusion. Do you go ahead and publish? Will you lose your clearance and job?

[The Steady State @steadystate2025]

There’s a process to “roll back” undercover status, but it happens only after experts assess whether risks remain. If former undercover officers are exposed before rollback, neighbors, friends, other overseas contacts can face real danger.