Michael Cohen - Leadership Lost To Camera Obsession [View all]

If you’ve ever wondered what happens when a reality-show host becomes president and surrounds himself with people who believe they’re starring in a primetime drama instead of running a superpower, well, don’t. We’re living in the trailer, the episode, and the series finale all at once. And trust me: it’s not prestige television. It’s influencer-government with a nuclear arsenal.

Take Pete Hegseth, a man who seems to believe guest-hosting Fox & Friends qualifies him to lecture U.S. generals and admirals. Watching him hold court with top military brass is like watching a guy who once played a pilot in a pharmaceutical commercial explain aerodynamics to the FAA. This isn’t cute. It’s not supposed to make you laugh. It’s our national security, and we’ve somehow let a talk-show personality cosplay as a wartime consigliere.

Then you have Stephen Miller, still performing his long-running one-man horror anthology about immigrants. Every time he talks, it sounds like he’s narrating a dystopian audiobook no one asked for. You know you’re in trouble when your senior adviser makes Orwell look like a light beach read. Miller isn’t shaping policy; he’s auditioning for a reboot of The Purge.

Meanwhile, Kristi Noem, Trump’s Secretary of Homeland Security, has apparently decided that public service is best measured in cinematic reach. Her DHS video, played on airport screens and on television, delivers an ominous, cruel message clearly designed to intimidate immigrants. Hair extensions: perfect. Makeup: flawless. Tone: meticulously pre-prepared to give that chilling, “don’t even think about it” vibe. It’s less about policy, more about optics, and the rest of us are left watching a performance that turns a federal agency into a stage.

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