This is what makes Leavitt's claims that he's a great leader so ridiculous. If your own hand-picked guys are "resisting" you, you cannot possibly be even a halfway decent leader.
Putting a drunk and racist fool in charge of one of the most important organizations in our government comes with disastrous results. Who would've known?! 😑
This part has been way too lightly touched in the reporting on this. It’s his own brohemes saying he’s a mess and a liar and that the whole place is falling apart. I haven’t seen reports get this wrong. But most accounts you cld get the impression they were incumbent bureaucrats.
Ullyot was supposedly the guy who assured GOP Senators that voting to confirm Hegseth wouldn't blow up in their faces during the short period when his nomination was on shaky ground. What a clown car.
My guess is it’s REALLY BAD and they are taking one for the team. I have to image what they are hearing from down the ranks is bad. These Op Sec breaches are a killer for morale. They literally could get servicemembers killed.
and I’d take this with a grain of salt but I’ve heard some chatter in the anti-trump veteran ranks that they’re hearing Hegseth’s wife is around all the time and she’s always got a bottle of gin on her for when he needs a nip.
I frankly have been surprised we haven't heard of reports that Hegseth has been drinking this past week but maybe that is why Mrs 3 is around 24/7 to keep him in line.
The fact that the pentagon circled the wagons so quickly against Hegseth (and leaked like CRAZY!) is a good sign. I think Trump underestimates the military command structure at his peril.
The Trump machine’s been pinpoint-bombing that command structure based on race and gender. That’s the opposite of what a sane person would do to earn trust and loyalty from the military.
Yes, it's confusing. I assumed the office would be set up at least at first with military bureaucrats. Why would long time bros turn on him so quickly. And how could the office have been functioning effectively even while they were there? They were likely as unqualified as he is.
That is because they do not want this important and relevant fact to be understood. And that is because almost all news media are now firmly in the coward column--afraid of trump/lawsuits/ratings.
I also love the idea of grey haired, clearly drunk most of the time Hegseth as a youthful breath of fresh air. Trump is so old his idea of youth is drunks who’re around 50
One problem for Trump - most west pointers and Air Force academy graduates are pretty well educated in history & know the importance of getting rid of a bad actor before the infrastructure rots. I’m guessing that this is a pretty bald effort to get rid of Pete and save the pentagon.
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Or he could just be okay with it?
Yes. Good good.
He is someone who has pals?
Dump them too.
It’s hard to treat his comments as actual good faith.
- Dude
Dude, this is going tits up
- Dude, you're fired
Du-ude
[Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense)]
I mean... d'uh?
TPM
brohemes
incumbent bureaucrats
🙄 next time I'll just TL;DR
Grifting & wife beating..?
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The dude was a Fox News host? Does that mean like his makeup artist?