Elbridge Colby ✓

@ElbridgeColby · Washington, DC · joined 21 Dec 2011

Former Pentagon, 2018 National Defense Strategy, inter alia. Author of Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict. Views my own.

110 179Followers

4 143Following

57 875Posts total

4.5MViews on collected posts

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Elbridge Colby ✓@ElbridgeColby23 Dec 2024

An excellent pick for a crucial set of issues! 👍👍🇺🇸 152.5K views · 503 likes · 62 reposts · 109 replies Open on X →

Elbridge Colby ✓@ElbridgeColby23 Dec 2024

Thank you, @thecjpearson! 🇺🇸 132.6K views · 335 likes · 54 reposts · 57 replies Open on X →

Elbridge Colby ✓@ElbridgeColby23 Dec 2024

Congratulations to @ElbridgeColby! It’s picks like these that will ensure the DOD return to its roots as the lethal war-fighting machine it was intended to be and will reaffirm our country’s commitment to peace through strength. 146.8K views · 141 likes · 23 reposts · 23 replies Open on X →

Elbridge Colby ✓@ElbridgeColby23 Dec 2024

🙏🇺🇸 28.5K views · 48 likes · 5 reposts · 17 replies Open on X →

Elbridge Colby ✓@ElbridgeColby23 Dec 2024

An exceptional pick. 28.6K views · 13 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Elbridge Colby ✓@ElbridgeColby23 Dec 2024

Thank you very much, @SenMikeLee. I’m honored by your confidence and support. 🇺🇸 37K views · 208 likes · 27 reposts · 12 replies Open on X →

Elbridge Colby ✓@ElbridgeColby23 Dec 2024

.@ElbridgeColby is a phenomenal pick by President Trump and an outstanding addition to the DoD leadership team. He has my vote. 64.5K views · 214 likes · 35 reposts · 17 replies Open on X →

Elbridge Colby ✓@ElbridgeColby22 Dec 2024

I am pleased to announce Mauricio Claver-Carone as the State Department’s Special Envoy for Latin America. Mauricio has served in many important roles, including the White House, as my Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs. Over the last four years, chaos and anarchy 299.3K views · 1.2K likes · 289 reposts · 51 replies Open on X →

Elbridge Colby ✓@ElbridgeColby22 Dec 2024

@ElbridgeColby @realDonaldTrump @PeteHegseth wow congrats !! 🔥 18.6K views · 220 likes · 8 reposts · 8 replies Open on X →

Elbridge Colby ✓@ElbridgeColby22 Dec 2024

@ElbridgeColby @realDonaldTrump @PeteHegseth Congrats! Well deserved. 13.8K views · 174 likes · 6 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →

Elbridge Colby ✓@ElbridgeColby22 Dec 2024

@ElbridgeColby @realDonaldTrump @PeteHegseth Congrats! 29.6K views · 165 likes · 4 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Elbridge Colby ✓@ElbridgeColby22 Dec 2024

I am profoundly honored by and grateful to President @realdonaldtrump for nominating me to serve as his Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. If confirmed by the Senate, it would be an exceptional privilege to work with @petehegseth and his team to implement President Trump’s 3.6M views · 13K likes · 2.2K reposts · 1.6K replies Open on X →

Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

3.6M22 Dec

29.6K

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64.5K23 Dec

37K

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Last 12 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.48%22 Dec

0.58%

1.36%

1.28%

0.54%

0.42%23 Dec

0.67%

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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.

What the audience does

Likes74.0%16 258 in total

Reposts12.3%2 694 in total

Replies8.6%1 890 in total

Quotes3.0%651 in total

Bookmarks2.1%472 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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