I rose to the high rank of corporal in the Marines, a lot of years ago, and one of the things I did learn was the need for chain of command cohesion...and as Trump loses it more and more, his command structure will strike out on their own, more and more... and Hegseth is just the person this old guy wants making command decisions.
We lost the Vietnam War because we were, plainly said, on the wrong side. It was Catholics minority in the south running things as a colonial power, against the people who were overwhelmingly against the colonialists.
Kennedy got us into that war, but he was the civilian leader elected to make such decisions.
No logic in the next sentence, just the truth, America elected a true fascist, Trump, to make decisions with major impact...so of course our democracy is getting weaker and weaker.
The rules no longer apply to Trump and his gang, they can get as rich as they want taking bribes from CBS, from foreign countries, from any and all, and there is nothing any of us can do about it, because he has utterly corrupted the ultimate authority, the federal Supreme Court.