Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper's view on the biggest threat facing America
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Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says the biggest threat facing America isn't Russian aggression, the global pandemic or an increasingly menacing China. It's "extreme political partisanship" in Washington.
Esper, a lifelong Republican, argues lawmakers need to take less extreme positions on either side of the political aisle, which he says is the only way to break the "resulting dysfunction" in Washington and advance the nation's interests. He decries intraparty feuding while calling out his former boss, Donald Trump, for divisiveness and a lack of "core principles and integrity."
"We need to pay less attention to the wings on these parties and more focus on the folks in the middle, whether it's Democrat or Republican," Esper said.
After four days of voting, with more than 400 million people eligible across 27 countries, European voters have pulled the bloc's 720-seat parliament farther to the right than it has ever been. The European Parliament, for the next five years, will now have a record number of far-right legislators. Far-right parties made gains in Europe's top three economies — Germany, France and Italy — with gains by politicians who campaigned against immigration, against support for Ukraine and against climate policy.
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