Trump’s Anti-War Charade Deserves a Challenge

Donald Trump and JD Vance are united in part by a strategy that uses anti-war rhetoric to appeal to working-class whites by painting the Democrats as beholden to a militaristic establishment.

It’s a grave mistake for Democrats to let Trump be the only voice expressing revulsion at militarism.

Julian Zelizer : Trump 's anti-war posturing is a cynical charade, but Democrats are not calling it out.

He says Kamala Harris is following in the footsteps of Hillary Clinton , positioning herself as a hawk committed to the bipartisan support of the national security state.

The ruling faction of the Democratic Party has tied itself to a project of maintaining American hegemony even at the risk of great-power conflict with Russia , China , and Iran , Zelizer says.

Conservative architects of Project 2025 are scheming to institutionalize Donald Trump’s authoritarian vision across all levels of government if he should win.

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