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Podcast: The Kevin Jackson Show
Episode: Trump Defines Leadership - Weekend Recap 03-21-26
Description: “He alone starts the shooting and stops it according to his own definition of when the war begins and ends.”This drives generals, diplomats, and think-tank interns into spasms of anxiety because they are accustomed to endless escalation, endless committees, endless policy debates. Trump’s philosophy is refreshingly archaic: define the mission, crush the threat, and declare it complete. There is no prolonged phase two of moral lecturing, no nation-building boondoggle, no endless “strategy review” memos that produce little more than PowerPoint slides and existential dread.In other words, Trump fights wars in a way that allow...