I was going to write a post expressing alarm at President Trump’s “enemy within” speech to U.S. generals early this week. But then I read Eliot Cohen’s funny telling-it-like-it-is account of the president’s bizarre meanderings before 800 assembled generals and admirals. And I felt a little better. Cohen merely describes what he saw and heard – and it’s a wonderful read as it follows the president’s weird train-of-thought style of speaking. Have there been other historical figures who regularly spoke in this same at-length, unscripted style? Castro? Juan Peron? Huey Long? … Anyway, Cohen’s description of the hapless Pete Hegseth’s performance is equally funny and spot on.  … Cohen piece via the Atlantic, btw.

Update — From Peggy Noonan at the WSJ: “The Embarrassing Pete Hegseth.”