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

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Podcast: [The Rachel Maddow Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rachel-maddow-show-509873)
Published: 2026-04-07T05:04:57+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2605

## Resource

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.

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