Hegseth’s War on America’s Military
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Tierney L. Cross / Bloomberg / Getty Maybe Trump Should Not Have Given This Speech
His address raised more questions than it answered about the war in Iran.
Alex Brandon / AP Win McNamee / Getty Illustration by Liz Sanders / The Atlantic. Sources: Getty; Win McNamee / Getty. Operational Excellence, Strategic Incompetence
The president and his advisers are in the grip of “victory disease.”
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / Getty; Kevin C. Cox / Getty. Pete Hegseth Treats Fallen American Soldiers as a PR Problem
His use of the Iran-war dead to attack the media was disgraceful.
Elizabeth Frantz / Reuters Trump Has Given America a Constitutional Dilemma
Congress should not have to argue over whether to trigger the War Powers Resolution, and certainly not in the midst of conflict.
Daniel Heuer / Bloomberg / Getty Morteza Nikoubazl / NurPhoto / Getty The Diplomats Who Carry Trump’s Grievances Abroad
Some of the president’s ambassadors keep getting into needless conflicts.
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