Donald Trump and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (Reuters/File)
EA-Political WorldView Podcast: Elections and the Battle to Save the US
In our latest 50-minute That Was The Week That Was (in TrumpLand), The Trump Report’s Maddie Hale and I take apart the latest failures of the Trump Administration from the War on Iran to the assault on the US military.
I begin by pushing aside Trump’s bluster — and falling asleep in press appearances — to set out the latest in the “limbo” over Iran, as Tehran tables a proposal for a return to negotiations but the Trump camp balks at accepting it.
I look at the consequences on the homefront, with mounting economic problems and opposition to the war imperilling the Trumpists in November’s mid-term elections.
I review the latest division within the Administration over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with responsible officials trying to ensure support for Kyiv but facing Trump’s chaotic temperament and others in the Administration threatening European security.
I take apart the Trumpist stunt of a commission of the Future of Warfare with no military specialists — but with former Rep. Newt Gingrich, Elon Musk, and Parker Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR.
And I have a go at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s blustering attempt, purging the US military, to create an armed force in his image.
