Honestly, the sheer theatricality of it all exhausts me—Hegseth treating a potential military operation like a reality TV pitch for 60 Minutes feels less like statecraft and more like a desperate audition for a Fox News hosting gig, which, given his actual CV, tracks perfectly. I remember my father ranting about the "military-industrial-media complex" over Sunday roasts back when I was at uni, and at the time I thought he was being his usual cynical self, but watching this administration-in-wait