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Thomas Gift

@TGiftiv

Political Scientist @UCL | Director @CUSP_ucl | Author, Killing Machines: Trump, the Law of War & the Future of Military Impunity (CUP, 2025)
London profiles.ucl.ac.uk/59226-thomas-g… Joined February 2018
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Thomas Gift @TGiftiv
Where do Republicans go after a bruising midterm defeat? The most unsettling possibility is that they draw precisely the wrong lesson: that the problem wasn’t too much MAGA, but not enough of it.

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For Republicans, the midterms may mean the end of Trumpism, but MAGA is here to stay writes @TGiftiv of @CUSP blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2026…
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Thomas Gift @TGiftiv
Tuesday's blue wave was a tsunami. But perhaps the most damaging path for Democrats is to get drunk on their investigative powers, or even worse, pursue impeachment of Trump again.

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blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2026…
blogs.lse.ac.uk The midterms blue tsunami shows voters’ rejection of Trump’s agenda more than their support for... Democratic candidates won against Republicans in many of the elections in the 2026 midterms.
Thomas Gift @TGiftiv
I talked to @BostonGlobe recently about my new book “Killing Machines.” The key takeaway is that Trump’s record of military impunity isn’t new - it follows a long history of overtly challenging the laws of war.

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bostonglobe.com/2026/04/08/nat…
www.bostonglobe.com Trump’s threats of potential war crimes against Iran are part of a long pattern - The Boston Globe President Trump has a long track record of comments and actions showing disdain for the constraints of international law.
Thomas Gift @TGiftiv
Really looking forward to The Madman Theory by @jamesdboys @CUSP_ucl—a sharp, timely study of coercion, credibility, and strategic unpredictability. W/ Trump in office, it's essential reading for anyone thinking seriously about power and statecraft
@UCL_CUSP is proud of @jamesdboys, Senior Research Fellow at CUSP, on his terrific new book on the Madman Theory—sharp, timely, and deeply relevant to today’s geopolitics. A must-read. Preorder now, from
@ManchesterUP. Strongly recommend!

amazon.com.au/US-grand-strat…
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