Washington bureau chief of The Guardian
Washington, DC
Joined April 2009
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David Smith retweeted
A group dispatched by Hegseth's team in February attempted to move the historic globe, said to be used by Eisenhower during World War II.
They lifted it from its home in an Army office in the Pentagon ... and dropped it.
Trump: China and Russia could have participated more with Iran. There has been “relatively little participation”.
Asked if he agrees with Steve Witkoff’s description of Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian” after prisoner release, Trump replies: “Well, I guess you have to say for that particular purpose… I wouldn’t say anything one way or another.”
At White House for roundtable on Protecting American Families and Seniors from Cybercrime. Donald Trump: “We’ve prevented $1.6 billion losses at least this year… We’ve engaged with international partners to arrest hundreds of foreign scammers.”
David Smith retweeted
Neil Bush, brother of one President Bush & son of another President Bush, just posted that he voted for @JamesTalarico. Neil still lives in the same neighborhood as father did for decades here in Houston.
David Smith retweeted
Texas was built by hope. By people who had no business believing — but believed anyway.
To every Texan who’s ever wondered if anyone in power is paying attention: We are taking our state back.
Because a little bit of hope is a dangerous thing.
David Smith retweeted
Trump: "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much."
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Trump's remarks were made the same day Russia conducted a drone strike killing six civilians including children in a Kharkiv region park, plus missile and energy infrastructure attacks leaving hundreds of thousands without power.
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David Smith retweeted
Sudden quick reversal on Kimberly Guilfoyle, sudden quick reversal on livestreaming the Nidal Hasan execution, sudden quick reversal on Katie Zacharia as press secretary... and we have a bit more than two years left in this administation.
'The president is leaning in to talk to the two Ivanka knockoffs, who look like sorority-sister clones, four eyes glued on the man they adore, two fervent smiles glazed with pink lip gloss. It is a snapshot of Trump’s hunger for adulation.' Maureen Dowd: nytimes.com/2026/10/17/opini…
David Smith retweeted
President Trump is a kind, wonderful, gracious, thoughtful, enthusiastic, and hardworking man. I wish more Americans appreciated him. No one will ever make America great the way he has and continues to.
It was an honor to work for him.
David Smith retweeted
NEWS: President Trump fired Katie Zacharia on Friday, after less than a week on the job.
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Streeting: "Putin's imperialist ambitions are not limited to Ukraine and you can see that every day in the way he is testing the Nato alliance."
Streeting: "American support in Ukraine has been significant and it has made, I think, a real impact in the war effort and the Ukrainians would miss the absence of that."
At CSIS. British defence secretary Wes Streeting: Much of the US frustration that Europe is too dependent on it is justified. “President Trump has brought urgency to that challenge and he has made it impossible to ignore. We are not stepping up because America has told us to…”
David Smith retweeted
The Trump administration is baffled by the "lower than expected" applications to its "refugee program" for Afrikaners, so it wants to spent $335,000 on advertising.
I can save them some money. Applications are low because the "white genocide" is fictional.
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David Smith retweeted
.@PressSec @KatieZacharia: "We have asked Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign. She has been a wonderful asset to the team, and we wish her well."