“All news media run by the [Chinese Communist] Party must work to speak for the Party’s will and its propositions, and protect the Party’s authority and unity.“ — General-Secretary Xi Jinping of the Chinese Communist Party addressing journalists in February 2016.

Blatantly undermining the First Amendment, War Secretary Pete Hegseth is breaking his oath of office to uphold the Constitution. His new rules governing journalists assigned to cover the War Department do nothing to make America great again. On the contrary, they further fester the Washington, D.C., swamp by putting self-interest before the public interest.