Summary
Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth, a Fox News presenter with minimal managerial experience, as defense secretary has stunned the Pentagon.
Hegseth has been a vocal critic of the military, calling for a purge of generals and questioning the appointment of Gen. Charles Brown as chair of the joint chiefs of staff.
Hegseth’s nomination is seen as a boost for the far right in Israel, as he has shown support for territorial expansion and suggested the construction of a new temple on the Temple Mount.
Militaries that promote for political loyalty tend to perform really poorly when fielded.
SecDef may not be a military-proper position, but if this goes regime goes on long enough, that’s where we’ll end up.
So he’ll cripple our military by installing loyalists and removing competent leaders by Totally bypassing existing procedures in the Pentagon… Wonder if any foreign adversaries will decide to test our strength once this is done… Love this timeline. Give me more.
Was hegseth chosen for his skin colour or his soul. I guess we’ll never know
His professed loyalty to Trump. There is nothing else now.
Oh no, it’s the consequences of our actions! What a fucking joke of a country we are in.
but not a surprise to the people who actively voted against him and his party in order to not have them in control.
OH OH OH OH IVE SEEN THIS ONE!!!
NEXT THEY’RE GONNA REVEAL VAULT PROGRAMS!!!
I guess on the plus side when China invades Taiwan we won’t have to honor our long-standing commitments and get our hands dirty defending our allies I mean economic partners
With TSMC in Taiwan still the only chipmaker worth its salt in the world, that’s not going to happen. They’ll have every carrier group there the second China sticks it’s pickles across the line.
Trump believes Taiwan “stole” chip making technology from the states. And judging from most Republican’s general stupidity on this matter… They think majority of the semiconductors are produced in China. Because to them Taiwan == China.
I think this is pretty funny in a the capitalist propagandizers are running the nuclear state insane asylum kind of way.
Put in a clown, you get a fucking circus.
Harriet Miers is smiling.
Nice job dumbfuckmericans
Hey, a lot of us tried! It’s literally stacked against the sane people over here!
Oh man, you guys are fucked!
If that stuns you…just wait. The next 4 maybe more years should be VERY stunning.
Russia’s investment really paying off!
They said russia lost the cold war. Well when america is sold for scraps to putin, who is the winner then?
Russia lost the cold war, but Russia won the orange war
He is only a Major in the national guard. WAY under qualified. This is a job for a general officer. Seasoned O6 at the bare minimum
It’s a civilian job and most SecDefs weren’t generals. A lot weren’t even in the military. They tend to not be foxnews fuckwits though.
A lot weren’t even in the military.
The vast majority were, at least recent ones.
And at least one star, I believe.
