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The Beclowning of the State Department Continues Apace

Daniel W. Drezner · 19 Sept 2026 · danieldrezner.substack.com

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  1. the steady accumulation of humiliating defeats that have badly eroded U.S. deterrent power.
  2. The most obvious problem is that Marco Rubio continues to hold both the Secretary of State and national security advisor positions. This has been going on for nearly 18 months now and it's obviously not working well at all.
  3. Remember: when it comes to Trump's foreign policy and national security team, it's incompetents all the way down.