Episode

Maddow: U.S. military fights war on two fronts: Iran and Trump incompetence

Podcast: The Rachel Maddow Show
Published: Apr 7, 2026
Duration seconds: 2605
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Summary

Rachel Maddow looks at how Donald Trump's overall cluelessness and incompetence is made worse by Pete Hegseth's active destabilizing of the U.S. military and poor decision-making in wartime.