Revising my repost to make clear that it's about Nicholas's assessment of their theory which is spot on. Not the nested screenshot which is unsourced and probably made up (it's from a frequent engagement farmer on the bad site).
Nicholas GrossmanThe Trump admin had a real theory of war: Put on a show of toughness, tell people how manly you are, disdain law, do war crimes, and you win. Earlier losses came from leaders too "weak" to do that. It was a very stupid theory. But they espoused it a lot, really seem to believe it, and acted on it.