Source: The Dispatch
by Jeremiah Johnson
“Today’s right-wing politics don’t revolve around results or competence, nor even an identifiable ideology. The central organizing principle of the Trumpian right — to the extent that there is an organizing principle other than ‘Do things that benefit Donald Trump personally’ — is the performance of toughness and the pantomime of warrior culture.” (09/10/25)
https://thedispatch.com/article/trump-hegseth-vance-war-tough/