"Screw negotiations. Screw soft power like USAID and VOA. Screw partnering with allies. What matters most to them is making the biggest booms. ... If you can’t answer 'What is my ultimate goal?' and estimate the cost of achieving it, then all the big booms are useless if not counterproductive." #Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #PerformativeMasculinity #violence #arrogance #hubris /39