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Thomas L. Friedman

Thomas L. Friedman

New York City

Thomas L. Friedman became the New York Times’s foreign affairs Op-Ed columnist in 1995. He joined the paper in 1981, after which he served as the Beirut bureau chief in 1982, Jerusalem bureau chief in 1984, and then in Washington as the diplomatic correspondent in 1989, and later the White House correspondent and economic correspondent.

Articles

There was a loser on election night. It was America

We still do not know who won the presidential election. But we do know who is the loser: the United States of America

Beirut’s blast is a warning for America

Many Lebanese are starved for a government that represents the common good. The same is true for America

Make America and China poor again

The character of US-China trade has changed and both Xi and Trump overplayed their hands to freak each other out

The biggest threat to America is Us

If we fail, China, Russia and Iran won’t be to blame, argues NYT columnist Thomas L. Friedman

We need a high wall with a big gate

With Trump using immigration for political gain, Democrats need to be the adults and offer a realistic vision