Pentagon’s latest ‘anti-tank’ battle is a war on thought

DOD’S ‘ANTI-TANK’ WAR: President Donald Trump is not a fan of think tanks, especially when they advocate for polices that collide with his gut instincts, which he has repeatedly claimed is part of his “genius.”

On Tuesday, in an Oval Office appearance with Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Trump railed against what he called a “big study” that polled “great intellects and the great economists,” and insisted that of 71, “only two got it right, me, and another gentleman that happens to be very smart.” Trump provided no details of who did the study or how he came to be included in the group of “great intellects and the great economists,” but he was clear about his disdain for the Washington institution known as think tanks.