All posts tagged "Tom Nichols"

A national security expert tore into President Donald Trump's latest responses to questions about the Iran war and an embattled ceasefire.

In a Wednesday piece for The Atlantic, national security scholar Tom Nichols reacted to Trump's comments in the wake of renewed hostilities with Iran. Trump was asked on Wednesday morning whether the memorandum of understanding with Iran was dead.

"That's a very interesting question," Trump responded, according to Nichols. "To me, I think it's over. I don't wanna deal with them anymore. They're scum, you know what scum is? They're scum." However, Trump also said on Wednesday that he plans to "give them a little warning" about attacks and "we'll see how it all works out." ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was reportedly concerned that President Donald Trump could dismiss him from his cabinet next, which is dictating his recent moves, an analyst said on Thursday.

Hegseth, who fired Navy Secretary John Phelan on Wednesday, has apparently started to show signs of paranoia over whether he will remain in the top Pentagon position, Tom Nichols, staff writer for The Atlantic, told MS NOW.

"I think what's going on now, and I think what you're seeing with Phelan is Hegseth is very worried that he's going to lose his job," Nichols said. "And so he's trying to repopulate the Pentagon and its environment with people who won't support him getting fired with, you know, who will stand up and say, 'I owe my job to Pete Hegseth. He's a great leader. Please, Mr. President, don't let him go.' That's one of the things.'" ...

Donald Trump's supporters won't be convinced using policy differentials with Joe Biden, and to attempt it is a fool's errand, according to a conservative columnist.

The Atlantic's Tom Nichols, who turned on the party of Lincoln after it nominated Donald Trump for president, said on Saturday that people should avoid the traditional "political horse race" when it comes to Biden and Trump.

He explained further:...