As himself Donald Trump at prime time a speech addressed to US residents, it wasn’t about that Iran warwhich had escalated once more. Or the president’s try to clarify to the nation why diplomacy has failed for the second and why this struggle is important from the US authorities’s perspective. It was about a problem that’s much more vital for Trump.
The president positioned what he noticed as a risk to election safety on the heart of his speech. Within the speech, Trump claimed to wish to enhance belief in elections, however in truth he’s the one who has been sowing doubts in regards to the integrity of elections since his election defeat in 2020. Within the US podcast we talk about what influence Trump’s makes an attempt to discredit elections may have on the midterm elections in November. And whether or not that is all a take a look at run for the 2028 presidential election.
Additionally: Minister of Protection Pete Hegseth introduces a compulsory take a look at for all troopers over 30 that measures testosterone ranges. It’s a additional step in direction of adapting the Pentagon even higher to a hegemonic picture of masculinity.
And: Marco Rubio’s assault on him International Criminal Court.
Within the get out: the German collection The shortcoming and the guide Cool machine by Colson Whitehead.
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