Trump Just Abandoned Them...

When our government tears up longstanding agreements, attacks key alliances like NATO, and treats our foreign combat partners as disposable, we fundamentally erode trust around the world.

How does this isolationist stance impact our future security and military posture?

Yeah, it's, you know, I think that it all goes, one of the foundational books I read early on when I started realizing I probably need to know something about foreign policy if I'm going to be in the military, was J. William Fulbright wrote a book called The Arrogance of Power.

And it was a compilation of a series of speeches that he had given at colleges around the country and stuff.

And this was before we really got deep into Vietnam.

He was basically, I think the book came out in like 65.

So we were already dancing, but we weren't like totally in the pool.

And he basically describes the, you know, just how detrimental it is, you know, things like this Iran misadventure to across the, I mean, look, I was just in California $6.79 a gallon, right, at the pump for regular unleaded.

I mean, diesel fuel is off the charts.

And, you know, everybody is feeling it, and not just at the fuel pump.

Inflation is going through the roof.

It's just insane.

And so, you know, if you look at our allies and partners, how we're treating them.

Hey, you and I have worked along the Brits, the Canadians, the Dutch, just amazing professionals, the Australians and New Zealanders.

And these are people who I would serve with again.

They're

extremely professional.

And just good people.

Yeah, we're just burning bridges.

And it's coming from people who have no concept of... what you really need to do to move policy forward and to stabilize situations, right? And so, you know, we're paying the price for it.