Senator Van Hollen Says Trump, War Secretary Hegseth Ignoring U.S. Sailors

Trump nears the one mistake that 'would be the end' of his presidency: expert

A foreign policy expert warned on Monday that President Donald Trump is inching closer to making the one mistake that would end his presidency. Over the last week, reports indicate that conditions for U.S. sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been at sea for more than nine months, have become so bad that at least one sailor has jumped overboard. The reports have raised significant questions about troop morale at a time when Trump and hi…

Senator Van Hollen Says Trump, War Secretary Hegseth Ignoring U.S. Sailors

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen has accused President Donald Trump and War Secretary Pete Hegseth of failing to adequately address the concerns of American sailors deployed in the Middle East, saying the continuation of the U.S. war with Iran is putting unnecessary pressure on service members. Van Hollen wrote on Sunday night, August 16, that what he described as Trump and Hegseth’s disregard for the sailors’ situation was “shameful.” He argued th…

AWFUL: Jake Tapper Uses the Fall of Kabul to Hit Trump, Hegseth on Iran

Today’s terrible end-of-show editorial by Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union is a desecration of the memory of the Fall of Kabul at the expense of The Current Thing. Tapper took duct tape and baling wire and tied the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan to the ongoing operation in Iran and the current narrative over conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.Watch the editorial as aired to close out CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, August 16th…