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Thomas Friedman
Thomas Loren Friedman is an American political commentator and author. He is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and a weekly columnist for The New York Times. He has written extensively on foreign affairs, global trade, the Middle East, globalization, and environmental issues.
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culture · American journalist and author (born 1953) · columnist · journalist · screenwriter · writer · television producer · also Thomas Friedman, Thomas L. Friedman, Thomas Loren Friedman, Friedman
Born 20 July 1953 · Q310950
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2026· 3 entries
Yahoo: Thomas Friedman explains Iran’s ‘strategy of out-crazy’ against the U.S.: Full interview
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The Times of India: Thomas Friedman
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2025· 3 entries
Yahoo: 'Incoherent gut instincts': Thomas Friedman rebukes Trump for 'not thinking of where the world is going'
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WWNO: Columnist Thomas Friedman discusses impact of Trump's tariffs on global economy
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TwinCities.com: Thomas Friedman: Trump’s Gaza plan is a crazy answer to a valid question
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2024· 6 entries
The New York Times: Thomas Friedman on Syria, the U.S. and Trump
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The New York Times: Thomas Friedman: Trump’s Path to a Nobel Peace Prize?
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TwinCities.com: Thomas Friedman: It’s going to take more than insults to address the problem that face us
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RealClearPolitics: Thomas Friedman: Trump Did "Stupidest Thing That's Been Done In Post-Cold War Foreign Policy" By Ending Iran Nuclear Deal
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In These Times: Thomas Friedman Is a Dinosaur, and a New World Is Here
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Friedman penned an allegorical op-ed entitled, "Understanding the Middle East Through the Animal Kingdom", in which he posited Iran as a metaphorical "parasitoid wasp" with proxies in Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq, and Syria, as
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2021· 1 entry
FACTLY rated the claim “‘Finish your homework. Think of children in India, who would become CEOs and make you starve, if you don’t’ – Thomas Friedman” MISLEADING.
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2020· 2 entries
Friedman hailed the Trump-brokered peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates as "exactly what Trump said it was in his tweet: a 'HUGE breakthrough
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“Trump is not the American president America deserves, in my opinion. But he definitely is the American president China deserved. We needed to have a president who was going to call the game with China. And Trump has done it, with I would say more grit and toughness than any of his predecessors. I give him credit for that.”
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2019· 1 entry
“The whole day left me more certain than ever that we have a real immigration crisis and that the solution is a high wall with a big gate—but a smart gate.”
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate of Hasselt University (2014).
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science (2009).
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“s changing diplomatic approach toward Israel. Following the outbreak of the Gaza war, Friedman urged Israel against military overreach and further settlement expansions, saying to do so otherwise would risk destabilizing the region and the US–Israel alliance. China In September 2009, Friedman wrote an article praising China”
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2007· 2 entries
That "a tone of sadism could be discerned" in Friedman's article
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Friedman viewed American immigration laws as too restrictive and damaging to U
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2004· 1 entry
Visits to Bangalore, India, and Dalian, China, led Friedman to write a follow-up analysis, The World Is Flat (2005)
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded Carey McWilliams Award (2003).
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2002· 2 entries
Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Commentary (2002).
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Friedman won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for his "clarity of vision, based on extensive reporting, in commenting on the worldwide impact of the terrorist threat"
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2001· 1 entry
Friedman's writing focused more on the threat of terrorism and the Middle East
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2000· 1 entry
Friedman championed free trade with The People's Republic of China, making the prediction that free trade would make China more democratic
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1999· 1 entry
“It should be lights out in Belgrade: every power grid, water pipe, bridge, road and war-related factory has to be targeted. Like it or not, we are at war with the Serbian nation (the Serbs certainly think so), and the stakes have to be very clear: Every week you ravage Kosovo is another decade we will set your country back by pulverizing you. You want 1950? We can do 1950. You want 1389? We can do 1389 too.”
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting (1997).
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1996· 1 entry
“The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist. McDonald”
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1994· 1 entry
Began to write more about foreign policy and economics and moved to the op-ed page of The New York Times the following year as a foreign affairs columnist
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1992· 1 entry
Friedman became the White House correspondent for The New York Times
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism (1990).
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1989· 2 entries
Awarded National Book Award (1989).
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Awarded National Book Award for Nonfiction (1989).
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (1988).
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1983· 1 entry
Awarded Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (1983).
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1982· 1 entry
Awarded George Polk Award (1982).
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1981· 1 entry
And re-dispatched to Beirut at the start of the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
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1970· 1 entry
Caddied for professional golfer Chi Chi Rodriguez when the US Open came to town
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1953· 2 entries
In Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Margaret and Harold Friedman
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Born 1953-07-20.
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