"Imagine that you are a foreign leader who wishes to destroy the United States," Snyder writes. "How could you do so? The easiest way would be to get Americans to do the work themselves, to somehow induce Americans to undo their own health, law, administration, defense, and intelligence. , "Trump's appointments — Kennedy, Jr.; Musk; Hegseth; Gabbard— are perfect instruments. They combine narcissism, incompetence, corruption, sexual incontinence, personal vulnerability, dangerous convictions and foreign influence as no group before them has done” (Snyder)