National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who has been, until last week, almost universally regarded as one of Trump’s smartest nominations, and who almost certainly knows the layers of safeguards meant ...

Hegseth’s defiance was typical of the bombast that Trump spotted when he was a Fox News anchor and vehement defender of the president in his first term and that made him defense secretary, despite his ...

Contra, when the press was calling for his impeachment, he handled it the smart way. He decided to take full responsibility for the arms trafficking scandal. “It’s on me,” he basically said. He took ...