The Trump administration chose Memorial Day to debut a new ad, promoting its vision for America’s armed forces. The voices are those of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. The ideas are ones we have heard before, and they explain why, after a deep slump under Joe Biden, military recruitment is now booming:
The message strikes me as just about perfect. There are many reasons why you would have to be crazy not to celebrate the fact that Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris in the last election, but his resuscitation of the armed forces, perhaps in the nick of time, is near the top of the list.