The story that brought the question of the Trump foreign policy team’ s competence to the fore has little to do with the matter of American national defense. What it’ s really about is the unauthorized, global use of American military force. The few Americans whose well-being were plausibly threatened by Hegseth’ s now infamous sharing of the details of upcoming bombing missions— with his wife, brother, lawyer, as well as the editor of The Atlantic— were the pilots of those missions.
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