Jack Reed: “The Open Market Committee has several times made the point that we seem to be operating at cross purposes.”

It is far past time for President Trump to recognize the lasting harm that Pete Hegseth is inflicting on the Department of Defense.

When President Trump cuts military exercises to flatter a dictator or punishes South Korea for declining to join a war he started, all of our allies – and adversaries – think that America’s commitments are negotiable.

Six months later, not a single objective has been achieved. Indeed, he has weakened our position in the Middle East and the world significantly.

While the President and his family accumulate billions of dollars through dubious deals, normal hardworking Americans are struggling just to get by.