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Will the Military Ever Recover from Pete Hegseth?
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A decorated U.S. military veteran joins Hawk for a frank conversation about what a post-Hegseth Pentagon might look like and whether the armed forces can recover from the political interference now reshaping them. The discussion turns to a Financial Times report revealing that Iran secretly acquired a Chinese spy satellite giving it new capability to target American military bases across the Middle East. Hawk and his guest examine China's strategic patience, why Beijing is unlikely to pursue military confrontation over Taiwan in the near term, and how China is instead using economic and diplomatic leverage to quietly fill the vacuum left by an increasingly absent United States across the Pacific Rim.
The conversation covers America's alarming munitions depletion after expending roughly a third of its missile and counter-capability stockpile, a deficit that could take two to three years to replace through domestic manufacturing. With midterms approaching and the political landscape shifting, there's cautious optimism that the constitutional foundations of American democracy remain intact and that the military will ultimately course-correct, even if the road there is painful. The stakes extend well beyond American borders as U.S. allies and partners watch Washington's influence recede in real time.
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