Hegseth and the Defense Revolution

"It was just a fucking mess." That’s how Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s new Defense Secretary, describes America’s post-9/11 wars. We are aboard his plane, flying home to Washington from Guantanamo Bay, where he had spent the day overseeing migrant-removal operations. This is all part of Trump’s push to gain "100% operational control of the southern border" as Hegseth summed up the mission before a gathering of the troops at the naval facility.