Trump Doesn't Understand the War He Just Lost (w/ Tom Nichols) | Command Post
6/17/202652 min
Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker are joined by Tom Nichols to discuss the week's military news.
Read more from Tom Nichols: https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/06/trump-g7-comments-misunderstsand-middle-east/687569/
Buy Mark's book here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1966786727/?tag=bulwark08-20
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Ben Parker· Host0:58
Hi, I'm Ben Parker from The Bulwark.
Mark Hertling· Host1:01
And hi, I'm Mark Hertling from The Bulwark. And before we get started, Ben, I have to, uh, tell our listeners, or our watchers actually, that I have an eye problem because I had surgery on Monday. I was not in a cage match with Tom Nichols. [laughs] Uh, although his eyes look bad because he's been writing so much, mine look bad be- my left eye looks bad because of a little, a small, minor surgery. But I'm okay, but thanks for everybody who