Article snippet: Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Ground Game Since President Trump was in high school, biographers say he has been enamored with military figures. Patton is reportedly one of his all-time favorite movies. He began his presidency with more generals in his Cabinet than any predecessor since World War II. Now, as a potential military confrontation looms with North Korea over nuclear weapons, those who are most likely to be in the room with him and give him advice have military backgrounds, as opposed to experienced diplomatic or political hands. The escalating threat from North Korea is the most prominent national security test of this young presidency. But what’s at stake is beyond just this particular foreign policy hotspot. Should this group of military men — and yes, they are all men —fail to deliver for Trump, it could not only be bad for the world order, but also remove the last group of advisors Trump takes seriously. Who Trump listens to and takes advice from has been one of the lingering questions since be became president. Many give Trump advice, but time and again he doesn’t take it. He has been told to stop tweeting, but he still does. He was told not to fire FBI director James Comey, but he did. He was told not to call his travel ban a travel ban because it would hurt his case in front of the Supreme Court, but he did. But he likes to be around, listen to, and hire ... Link to the full article to read more