Brett Meiselas

He showed strength against Xi Jinping.

There was a level of respect that was there.

China bought soybeans.

America protected its semiconductor industry.

america protected taiwan while recognizing the right diplomatic speak to deal with it america showed that it had a security umbrella in southeast asia as well as the middle east and we never talked about like 14 million metric tons it's like yeah that's half a hundred million barrels yeah that's like ten percent like like these aren't these aren't wins but in trump's world

you know that's what he characterizes as a win doing the worst deal and then attacking the deals of others you know it's really easy to attack other people's deals to second guess to monday night quarterback or what tuesday night whatever the expression is it's very easy to do that actually doing the thing is hard it's hard and trump's

enjoys the chaos and the attacking versus the actual doing and the leadership and all this like performative stuff, you know, as well.

I'll just show you right here.

This is Hegseth at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba yesterday, like doing some script for a straight-to-DVD movie.

Yeah, straight-to-DVD movie in 2026.

That's how cornball this is.

Here he is like, yeah, oh, yeah, dudes, the Iranians, they'll be unwise to chase doing PT.

That's why I'm huffing and puffing.

Yeah, dudes, the Iranians are gonna be so, they would be unwise to challenge us, dudes, bros.

Here, I'll play this clip.

Audio issues there.

That's what $1.5 trillion U.S.

government.

By the way, at least he brought the good press, you know, to ask him the tough questions to Guantanamo.

Miss Laura Loomer herself alongside him on the... What's Ben doing?