Trump and Hegseth (Professor Dunning & Corporal Kruger).

About this episode

The episode discusses the incompetence of the Trump administration in the context of foreign wars and economic challenges.

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 Become a Member . UNFTR’s 5 Non-Negotiables . Video: Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump Are Not Ready for War Essay: Trump and Hegseth . -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook , Bluesky , and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com . Become a member at unftr.com/memberships . Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com . Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from…

People in this episode

Host: UNFTR Media

Topics covered

• foreign policy
• Trump administration
• military incompetence
• economic impact
• leadership

Keywords

• Trump
• Hegseth
• foreign wars
• economic impact
• military leadership

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Organizations: UNFTR

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