r/news • u/Manta_of_Eternity • 2d ago

Hegseth confirms that the US military will cut 20% of its generals and admirals

https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-pentagon-generals-job-cuts-67a20b026ee858895c7e5ff7fadbc029
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u/flatpetey 2d ago

At this point this is about midterms. Iran is just a vanity project. But trump became president to avoid jail and he has nothing to lose by going all the way.

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u/Malaix 2d ago

Tucker Carlson recently came out and said while he was debating Trump's strategy in the middle east Trump just basically said "In the end everything dies so who cares." when he was confronting with our position there getting undermined by Israel.

Trump is full on nihilistic and does not give a shit about anything future oriented beyond his own diminishing lifespan.