'Broken boy in a costume': Trump official hit with scorching attack from ex-GOP strategist

Political commentator Steve Schmidt unleashed another blistering attack on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Trump administration, accusing the military leader of treating warfare as entertainment and characterizing the current government as a threat to American democracy.

Schmidt, who built his career as a Republican political strategist and campaign operative, working for figures like George W. Bush, and the late Sen. John McCain, penned a scathing essay on his Substack titled "Killing...