The Secretary of Defensiveness

Last week’s midterms were clear: American voters are not happy with the war in Iran.

Less clear, though, is what President Trump can or will do now. After elevating his hard-line adviser Stephen Miller to chief of staff and shielding Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth against impeachment calls, Trump seems unlikely to back down from the conflict. But he is about to lose Congress—and Iran knows it.

Our staff writers Nancy Youssef and Tom Nichols join Adam Harris to discuss where the administration goes from here, what options exist to get out of Iran, what to make of Hegseth’s  potential impeachment, and how the Defense Secretary has changed the relationship between American democracy and the American military.

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