Brooks Condemns Trump, Vance for Undermining American Patriotism | JQJO

Conservative columnist David Brooks criticizes Donald Trump and JD Vance for downplaying the patriotic ideals behind military service. Brooks argues their assertion that soldiers fight primarily for comrades, not country, diminishes the sacrifices made for American ideals like freedom and democracy. He contrasts this with historical examples of soldiers fighting for national unity, highlighting Trump's dehumanizing rhetoric as further evidence of a morally corrosive "Trumpism." Brooks contends this tribalistic "zero-sum" approach undermines the nation's highest aspirations.