How a Psychologist Warned of Military Incompetence

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to rewrite military culture, a move Bloomberg Opinion columnist Tobin Harshaw argues would import a mindset that has led to historical disasters. The column is a sharply critical political take that raises reputational and policy risk around defense leadership; it is unlikely to have immediate market-moving impact beyond potential sentiment effects in the defense and political sectors.

Analysis

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to rewrite military culture, a move Bloomberg Opinion columnist Tobin Harshaw argues would import a mindset that has led to historical disasters. The column is a sharply critical political take that raises reputational and policy risk around defense leadership; it is unlikely to have immediate market-moving impact beyond potential sentiment effects in the defense and political sectors.