Trump and Hegseth (Professor Dunning & Corporal Kruger).
Unf*cking The Republic
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🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Leaders far smarter and more capable than Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth have started foreign wars that turned to quagmires. So in this regard they are not special. What’s different this time around is that incompetence prevails in every corner of this administration and the economic levers that are usually pulled to mitigate the domestic economic impact are no longer available to us. In every way, this administration is wholly unfit to lead the nation and certainly incapable of prosecuting a war.
Resources
The Chris Hedges Report: Will There be a Ground Invasion of Iran? (w/ Col. Larry Wilkerson)
UNFTR Resources
Video: Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump Are Not Ready for War
Essay: Trump and Hegseth.
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