This week, India reportedly struck back at Pakistan as revenge for an assault on Indian travelers in Kashmir. Consequently, Pakistan claims to have shot down several Indian military planes. Although these nations have a long-standing rivalry with nuclear capabilities, they’ve maintained a fragile truce since the early 2000s. Now, however, we seem to be entering what some might call a “new war,” contrary to assertions made by President Donald Trump and his allies who boasted about preventing such conflicts during their tenure. Why then does this escalation occur now? Perhaps because major global players didn’t feel compelled to heed Trump’s administration as strictly before.
That idea just went out the window. And so did that argument.
Despite Donald Trump’s pledge to resolve these conflicts immediately upon taking office, Russia continues extensive bombardment campaigns against Ukraine. Similarly, hostilities between Israel and Hamas persist unabated, even though Trump promised peaceful resolutions. Now, Israel declares its intention to annex the whole of Gaza Strip, thereby ending two decades of autonomous rule for Palestinians and potentially setting the stage for five more decades of violent clashes in the region. These developments occurred during Trump’s initial 100-day period as president, where he positioned himself as someone capable of bringing an end to worldwide warfare and mediating talks among adversarial parties towards achieving lasting peace.
Throughout this time, Trump is fueling anxieties about NATO disintegrating due to U.S. actions like invading Greenland and the Panama Canal, as well as worrying about Canada’s annexation. The global situation may now be more precarious than at any point since the conclusion of World War II, with everything happening under Trump’s administration.
However, fortunately, Trump along with his Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth have identified precisely the correct approach to address the expanding worldwide crisis: by combatting pronoun usage. This week, Trump’s two principal moves regarding national security involved
purge
The discharge of transgender service members; essentially, removing tens of thousands of individuals who are prepared and eager to serve during a critical recruitment shortage, and the
firing
Of the 20% of our four-star generals who were considered disloyal.
And pledge to invest billions in reviving Alcatraz for unknown reasons.
While India and Pakistan prepare for a potential nuclear showdown in Asia, Hegseth’s priorities are ridding the armed services of “wokeness.” He still has faced no discipline for regurgitating dangerous classified information all over multiple non-secure group chats, putting our troops in tremendous danger, and the Pentagon is dissolving into chaos because of his allergy to competent leadership. All while U.S. leadership is needed on the world stage more than ever.
It’s safe to assert that all of these events wouldn’t have occurred with President Biden at the helm. If they had, we’d likely be dealing with an administration that heeds military advice and appoints seasoned professionals—a trend that probably would’ve persisted under Vice President Kamala Harris. Instead, right now, America resembles nothing more than a circus. This raises perhaps the simplest yet crucial question about presidential elections: Who do you trust to handle the toughest calls during dire moments?
Trump was the absolute wrong person to be in charge in 2020 at the outbreak of Covid-19, and a million Americans died. Now, there couldn’t be a worse person at the head of the table in the situation room as the world teeters on the brink.
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