In Somalia, the price of distance and the hidden cost of Trump’s remote war
Analysis: We traded nation-building for a ‘munitions-first’ doctrine. This isn’t isolationism — it’s automated, expensive intervention.
In the spreadsheet logic of the second Trump administration, a Hellfire missile costing $150,000 is a line item. A deployed soldier earning $50,000 is a liability.
This fiscal calculus is the quiet en…
