Thursday, October 22, 2026

Breaking the globe

From The Washington Post : “Hegseth wanted Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it.”

Breaking the globe is a fitting metaphor for American foreign policy right now.

3 comments:

  1. I was never an Ike fan, mostly because of his approach to civil rights (utter indifference, esp. in the wake of Brown v Board), but this ain't right.

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  2. Heather says the incident happened during a government shutdown back in February, and was a joke throughout the pentagon at the time.
    The symbolism is that now people are willing to leak news, for now people are willing to question MAGA.

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  3. Yes, it’s in the WP article — February 3.

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