The prevalent reaction - that the Taoiseach acquitted himself very well - of journalists who cover President Trump is telling. The bottom line is that Micheál Martin performed solidly in difficult circumstances.

Micheál Martin had a very difficult gig today. He did exceptionally well with the orange toddler and seemed to command some respect. He did as well as anyone could have. And those saying otherwise have no idea of realpolitik.

Farewell, Len Deighton. His espionage novels are terrific, but the essential book is BOMBER. Burgess wisely included it in his 99 best novels since the war. Notable for recognising the apocalyptic effect on the German population. A brave move just 30 years after the events

There comes a point when people have to stand up to a Mafia gangster. We are way past this time in Europe.

He is indeed an idiot. He doesn't understand that telling Europe to f*** off and then warning of a "very bad" future for NATO is not exactly persuasive.

Cuba is the latest country to feel the boot of the United States, as Trump creates a nationwide blackout. Just imagine the number of hospital patients who will die because this sociopath wants to conquer Cuba.

If Iran killed classrooms of our kids, there'd be an international outcry. The Minab schoolgirls won't grow up to graduate, fall in love or change their country. They were brutally murdered in an illegal & immoral war by men who don't even know their names https://t.co/cuqGOyN6EQ

Just remember that it took 3.5 trillion dollars and 20 years to replace the Taliban with the Taliban. Let that sink in..

@Jac_Hayden That is fact - both breached international law. There is a difference not in the use of force but in the regime against which the force is directed. I think the attack on Iran was dangerous in the extreme but that does not blind me to the tyranny that is Iran

If Putin was wrong to invade Ukraine, Trump is wrong to invade Iran - Michael McDowell in today's @irishtimes

"The fog of war starts in Trump’s mind" @EdwardGLuce as brilliant as ever Donald Trump’s dangerous ‘war of whim’ - https://t.co/Z5gwNaESmi via @FT

This is what this maniac was doing today, as he set fire to the Middle East.

@WhiteHouse What a fucking joke. This Slovenian escort is neck deep in the Epstein files and should be forced to testify at the Epstein hearings.

@JohnOBrennan2 Are you sure this is accurate? One of the problems with international law is that in addition to the challenge of compliance it also shields tyranny & abuse of publics by their own governments. I can’t regret that fact that the Ayatollah is gone. That said the attack is illegal

IRAN is going to be a colossal fuck up by Trump.

This is terrorism. Netanyahu is a terrorist. Donald Trump is a terrorist.

The world's two rogue states, Israel and the USA, have started a war not against Iran but against the whole world. We stand with Iranians, with Humanity, against the notion that Israel and the US can bomb anyone their fancy takes them to bomb.

It’s a dark day in America when a sitting Member of Congress has to remind the president that Black people are not apes. I stand with Al Green.

Afternoon stroll in Oxford

This man is truly dangerous -labelling Alex Pretti a nurse as a domestic terrorist with no evidence is just evil + reference to insurrection. The playbook is obvious. Incite unrest, double down on repression. US On the edge