Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, right, speaks alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and President Donald Trump during a Cabinet meeting on December 2, 2025. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The post-modern philosopher Jean Baudrillard infamously argued in 1991 that the Gulf War did not take place, by which he did not mean that no fighting had actually occurred, but that the real events were something entirely separate from the carefully choreographed presentation the world saw thanks to the novel phenomenon of 24-hour cable news.  It’s tempting to wonder what Baudrillard would...

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