The launch of Operation Midnight Hammer is the most significant foreign policy decision made by the second Trump administration to date. However, judging from recent reporting from within Republicans circles, the decision to launch Midnight Hammer has also represented one of the largest political schisms within the Trump administration. Six months into his second presidency, the broad political coalition that previously carried Trump to victory appears to be cracking. With midterm elections right around the corner, a combination of infighting on the right and growing public dissatisfaction with the Trump administration may spell disaster for the GOP.
The earliest signs of discord within the second Trump administration’s ranks came shortly after Vivek Ramaswamy’s appointment to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside Elon Musk. In a long-form tweet Vivek critiqued American work ethic and argued that the United States held a culture of “mediocrity”. Vivek’s observations …
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