This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. One of the most quietly stunning phrases of the latest scoop could easily escape notice: “according to four people with knowledge of the chat.” The fact that four separate people were willing to speak about this to the Trump-detested New York Times is an indication of dysfunction, just as the constant stream of leaks from within the first Trump White House laid bare the internecine warfare there. The rate of turnover at the Pentagon shows that Hegseth is unable to keep the kind of top staff around him necessary to actually run the place.
Author: David A. Graham
Published at: 2025-04-21 21:46:00
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