MaximColch Profile Banner
Max Colchester Profile
Max Colchester

@MaximColch

Followers
6K
Following
1K
Media
240
Statuses
8K

Britain Correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. Covering Politics, National Security and of course Royalty. A tad French.

London
Joined September 2011
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
@MaximColch
Max Colchester
6 days
“Europe is losing.”. A damning critique by @davidluhnow and @TomFairless of how a continent that once dominated the world is falling increasingly behind. Tough choices lie ahead.
Tweet card summary image
wsj.com
European nations have fallen far behind in economic dynamism and military clout. Will the continent that once ruled the world become a bystander to history?
0
0
1
@MaximColch
Max Colchester
8 days
RT @yarotrof: So a total of zero concessions by Putin in Alaska after all.
0
191
0
@grok
Grok
8 days
Join millions who have switched to Grok.
221
457
3K
@MaximColch
Max Colchester
9 days
RT @laurnorman: Confirming reports that @realDonaldTrump paused the European leaders meeting to call Putin. They're waiting to hear how it….
0
75
0
@MaximColch
Max Colchester
19 days
RT @bopanc: This is what Putin proposed to Witkoff in what European leaders say is a bid to avert punitive sanctions/tariffs that would bad….
0
102
0
@MaximColch
Max Colchester
29 days
Trump in Scotland mixes family business with US diplomacy in a way never seen during his first term in office.
wsj.com
The president presided over the grand opening of a new golf course and met with European officials to discuss trade.
0
0
0
@MaximColch
Max Colchester
30 days
Trump tees off at his new course in Scotland. “We'll play it very quickly, and then I go back to DC and we put out fires all over the world.”. YMCA then starts to play.
Tweet media one
0
1
4
@MaximColch
Max Colchester
1 month
RT @HoansSolo: Great reporting by @mjluxmoore on the story of a middle-class Russian from St. Petersburg who enlisted in the military, was….
Tweet card summary image
wsj.com
Mikhail Simdyankin was lured into the military by a generous sign-on bonus and was stunned by what he found in Ukraine. ‘If I could, I would rewind and give all that money back.’
0
35
0
@MaximColch
Max Colchester
1 month
The London Underground is getting hotter and hotter. Across all lines, average temperatures increased by 1 to 3 degrees over 10 years, according to TFL. Part of the problem: undersoil clay acts like an oven. And fans make it hotter. Please carry water.
Tweet card summary image
wsj.com
Temperatures have been rising since the world’s oldest underground transportation system opened in 1863, presenting challenges that air conditioning can’t easily fix.
0
0
2
@MaximColch
Max Colchester
2 months
RT @HoskingTheTimes: Gilts plunging, cost of govt borrowing up steeply. On Richter scale of alarm, this one day move is roughly two-thirds….
0
5
0
@MaximColch
Max Colchester
3 months
RT @JChengWSJ: The Pentagon is reviewing a defense pact with the U.K. and Australia, throwing into doubt a strategic partnership that aims….
Tweet card summary image
wsj.com
The review throws into doubt a strategic partnership that aims to give Australia nuclear-powered submarines and deter Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific. 
0
8
0
@MaximColch
Max Colchester
3 months
RT @JChengWSJ: U.S. and China Agree to Get Geneva Pact Back on Track—Move marks the latest twist in countries’ winding trade war.@MaximColc….
Tweet card summary image
wsj.com
President Trump said the U.S. deal with China to revive their trade truce was done, subject to final approval from him and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
0
8
0
@MaximColch
Max Colchester
3 months
RT @davidluhnow: It was diplomatic. It was subtle. But King Charles III delivered a very clear message to Trump: Canada already has a king,….
Tweet card summary image
wsj.com
The British monarch delivered a subtle message to Trump in Canada’s Parliament: The country already has a king.
0
23
0
@MaximColch
Max Colchester
3 months
RT @UKinUSA: A statement from British Embassy, Washington:
Tweet media one
0
2K
0
@MaximColch
Max Colchester
4 months
Europe's center right faces an existential threat from populist upstart parties and it has no idea what to do. One of the biggest political realignments since WWII is underway. With @BBWSJ .
Tweet card summary image
wsj.com
In Germany and the U.K., parties that have held sway for decades are being overtaken by the far right.
0
0
0
@MaximColch
Max Colchester
4 months
Starmer was watching the Arsenal v PSG match when Trump called him to announce that there was going to be a deal on US tariffs. Clearly this came together very quickly….
0
0
0
@MaximColch
Max Colchester
4 months
RT @wartranslated: Trump and Zelenskyy face-to-face today in the Vatican.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
0
974
0
@MaximColch
Max Colchester
4 months
Talks to end the war in Ukraine are stalled, leaving President Trump frustrated and blaming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
wsj.com
After the Ukrainian leader criticized President Trump’s proposed peace plan, U.S. officials again threatened to walk away from negotiations.
2
0
0
@MaximColch
Max Colchester
4 months
RT @jamesjohnson252: New polling of Canada: As a Canadian, which of the following would you prefer?. Rejoin the 🇬🇧 British Empire: 82% .Bec….
0
67
0
@MaximColch
Max Colchester
5 months
RT @Birdyword: 10-year yields are now *above* where they were going into Liberation Day!
Tweet media one
0
24
0
@MaximColch
Max Colchester
5 months
RT @davidluhnow: Trump calls his latest tariffs reciprocal measures. Yet the upshot is that, in most cases, Washington is now charging othe….
Tweet card summary image
wsj.com
New levies mean that in many cases, the U.S. will be charging other countries more than what they charge America.
0
3
0