Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is trying to demote, penalize and otherwise punish Senator Mark Kelly for participating in a video accurately stating military law. Fred Kaplan explains how unlikely the Secretary's actions are to succeed.
You know what this sounds like? It sounds like Trump was furious over the suggestion that America's soldiers don't have to follow his every order no matter how illegal or immoral they may be…and he ordered Hegseth to spank Kelly and maybe scare off anyone else from suggesting the President of the United States has any limits whatsoever on his power. And in the Trump Administration, you're not allowed to disobey an order from the Commander-in-Chief, no matter how wrong he is…so Hegseth did as told.