BREAKING: Confused Trump Stumbles Through Bizarre NATO Event ⁠75%

By Benjamin Parker⁠90% Mark Hertling⁠49%

7/8/2026, 4:18:29 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Biased Writer Voice, and Quote-first Misdirection, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 37.4% saturation with 111 hits. Analysis detected 533 faulty-reasoning hits from 297 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 66.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠75% (5,460 of 21,147 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 74.20% of the article peer group.

Benjamin Parker and Mark Hertling 
Lt. 
Gen. 
Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker went live to cover Trump’s press conference at the NATO Summit where called Iran “scum,” said negotiations were over, warned of “a big attack” on Iran, and said a U.S. aircraft carrier was struck by “the Islamic Republic of Japan.” 
Plus, Mark and Ben break down Trump’s comments to Ukrainian President Zelensky about the war in Ukraine. 
Read more from Mark on NATO spending: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-nato-defense-spending-canard-trump-5-percent-europe-turkey-alliance-russia-ukraine 
Read more from Mark on the NATO Summit: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/withdrawing-troops-from-europe-is-policy-search-problem-hegseth-nato-trump 
Read more from Mark on Air Force Major Watson: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/when-conscience-conflicts-with-commission-military-uniformed-protest-trump-major-jason-watson 
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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 5.6%The Bulwark: 5.7%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.4%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 3.0%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 5.7%Benjamin Parker: 1.0%The Bulwark: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic5.7%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.6%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 1.8%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 13.5%Benjamin Parker: 15.0%The Bulwark: 6.9%Framing Effect13.5%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.4%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 3.4%Benjamin Parker: 0.6%The Bulwark: 1.6%Optimism Bias3.4%This article: 2.7%Benjamin Parker: 0.5%The Bulwark: 2.3%Pessimism Bias2.7%This article: 37.4%Benjamin Parker: 15.9%The Bulwark: 11.4%Negativity Bias37.4%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.7%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 1.2%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 3.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.5%The Bulwark: 3.0%In-Group Bias3.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 1.1%The Bulwark: 1.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 1.1%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 1.7%The Bulwark: 0.4%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 8.1%Benjamin Parker: 1.4%The Bulwark: 1.6%Recency Bias8.1%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.5%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 4.4%Benjamin Parker: 7.0%The Bulwark: 3.3%Ad Hominem4.4%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 1.1%The Bulwark: 0.8%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 2.8%The Bulwark: 3.5%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 2.3%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 1.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 3.0%Benjamin Parker: 2.0%The Bulwark: 8.4%Hasty Generalization3.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.6%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.5%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 8.1%Benjamin Parker: 6.4%The Bulwark: 5.8%Appeal to Emotion8.1%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 1.4%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 2.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.8%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 2.2%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 2.8%The Bulwark: 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.0%The Bulwark: 0.3%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 15.5%Benjamin Parker: 8.3%The Bulwark: 2.1%Unattributed Quote15.5%This article: 18.2%Benjamin Parker: 6.0%The Bulwark: 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection18.2%This article: 18.9%Benjamin Parker: 19.5%The Bulwark: 15.4%Biased Writer Voice18.9%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 1.1%The Bulwark: 2.8%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Benjamin Parker: 8.0%The Bulwark: 5.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 3.0%Benjamin Parker: 0.5%The Bulwark: 0.6%Politically Right Leaning Bias3.0%This article: 34.7%Benjamin Parker: 25.0%The Bulwark: 4.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…34.7%

297 words analyzed.

Speakers

11speakers51%attributed speech146writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageBenjamin Parker and Mark Hertling • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageMark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker • 46 words • 100.0% coverageMark and Ben • 17 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageBulwark+ Takes • 15 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageBulwark+ Takes • 17 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverageTim Miller • 6 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 100.0% coverageWilliam Kristol and Benjamin Parker • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 100.0% coverageWill Saletan • 5 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 100.0% coverageTim Miller and Sarah Longwell • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWill Sommer and Sam Stein • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWill Saletan and Jonathan Cohn • 8 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverageSam Stein and William Kristol • 8 words • 0.0% coverage
100%flagged-word coverage
46 attributed words30% of attributed speech99% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Unattributed Quote+100.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker: 100.0%100.0%Quote-first Misdirection+94.5 ptsWriter: 5.5%Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker: 100.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -48.6 ptsWriter: 48.6%Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker: 0.0%0.0%Biased Writer Voice-38.4 ptsWriter: 38.4%Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker: 0.0%0.0%Politically Right Leaning -6.2 ptsWriter: 6.2%Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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