MAGA stands for “Make America Great Again.” Even if you’re not a Trumper, you must admit — it’s one of the most successful marketing strategies of all time. It got Donald Trump, a man with no previous government experience, elected president of the United States not once, but twice. And he won the second time despite having been impeached twice in his first term.

But, of course, “Make America Great Again” raises the obvious question: When, in Donald Trump’s mind, was America great? Was it 1920? Or 1940? Or 1960?

Well, at least for the U.S. military, we now know. Last week, in Quantico, Va., at an assembly of more than 800 top generals and admirals who were forced to fly in from across the globe, Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laid down the rule: The U.S. military — and, by extension, the rest of the country — must return to the glory days of 1990.

Among other new measures for the Pentagon, Hegseth announced he was introducing what he called “the 1990 test,” which compares current military standards to those in place in 1990 and replaces today’s standards with yesterday’s, if they were found to be more manly. The goal, Hegseth said, was to achieve the “highest male standard.”

Note his emphasis on the word “male.” In 1990, of course, women weren’t allowed in combat roles. It wasn’t until 1993, under........

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