Napoleon Bonaparte was a strategic genius whose successes and failures bear ongoing relevance to contemporary strategists.

I note this in light of Nahal Toosi’s piece for Politico on March 1, in which she documents some surreal moments from the early days of the Trump White House. One gem comes from the former White House official turned always pro Trump pundit Sebastian Gorka. Referencing national security meetings that Gorka attended, Toosi notes that: