Dan Pfeiffer

the Pentagon, to the country, to the troops who serve at his command.

It is just terrible.

It is terrible, terrible, terrible.

And Pat Ryan, yeah.

Everyone has been – Trump ran as the no wars president.

He's been very, very sensitive to the political costs of these wars.

So there has been this question, why did this happen?

And Ashley Parker and Mike Scheer of The Atlantic had an incredible piece this week called The YOLO Presidency.

that kind of answers the question.

And they quote someone close to Trump saying this.

He's been talking recently about how he is the most powerful person to ever live.

He wants to be remembered as the one who did things that others couldn't do because of his sheer power and force of will.

This includes Iran.

According to sources in the story, Trump doesn't care about losing the House.

He only slightly worries about losing the Senate because it would mean a longer impeachment trial.

What did you think of this piece?

It is a great piece.

Mike and Ashley are top notch.

They're at the Post for a long time, North Atlantic now.

They're great reporters and great writers.