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Enemies foreign and domestic

Both Trump and Hegseth have them in their sights

4 January 2025

9:00 AM

4 January 2025

9:00 AM

There is at least one issue on which the US media and political establishment would be unanimous. Donald Trump’s nominee as Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, is a dangerous man.

He is a mortal danger, not only to that establishment, but also to the current high command which delivered nine military bases and billions of dollars in equipment to the Taleban, with thirteen American lives lost in their chaotic withdrawal.

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