Surely this can't go wrong. Https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/21/pentagon-job-cuts-trump-hegseth/ - ThreadSky

wajali.bsky.social • 18 hours ago

Surely this can't go wrong.

Https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/21/pentagon-job-cuts-trump-hegseth/

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jeff-levesque.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Yeah…. Rest assured MAGA ‘Murica, your best interests will be well preserved by a raging alcoholic.

patty003.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Come and get us, terrorists! 🎯💣😰

neveragain1.bsky.social•17 hours ago

When they gut US intelligence, what happens after will make 9/11 look like child's play.

wahube.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Keep Fox broadcasting on all tvs at every single USA military base and facility around the world and the terminations will never be known

gretialee.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Paywalled so cannot read.

Honest question: Are veterans considered "civilians" in the Pentagon since they are not active duty?

I ask because if the answer is yes, a large portion of those "civilians" are most likely veterans.

pinkietigger24.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Yes

jsplace.bsky.social•17 hours ago

And after it does, Elon Trump will rehire with goose walkers:

brownejax2024.bsky.social•16 hours ago

little hangover hegseth is a tool

dobeyearlobe.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Maybe they should start with unqualified new hires with histories of substance abuse and gender based violence.

nevergonnakneel.bsky.social•17 hours ago

I don’t suppose he eliminated his own position?

jsuejsue.bsky.social•14 hours ago

5400 more people might not be able to pay rent in April, or pay their electric bill next month, or pay for their kid's dental appointment in a few weeks. 5400 people cancel their xyz subscription this week. 5400 people will all be looking for 5400 jobs.

bopgun22.bsky.social•17 hours ago

How many of these federal firing victims were Trump supporters? Once this starts affecting them and their tales of woe start reaching friends, family members, and fellow workers, how many will do a 180 on Trump and MAGA? They're shooting themselves in the face with these firings, I believe.

twwf-bsky.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Jesse Watters on Fox already took to the air to ask the orange leader to give his fired friend his job back...

thenicabides.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Are the brave men and women who serve in our military let some unqualified alcoholic decimate our armed forces or will they stand up for what is right?

taesali.bsky.social•17 hours ago

weakening our military. What could go what we are not planning to attack our allies…Oh shit!

strawberrybland.bsky.social•13 hours ago

At some point isn’t this enough to hit the jobs numbers? Where do they think these people will work?

djmaryaleescarlet.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Who says the Trump DOL/BLS will release truthful statistics?

kimoco.bsky.social•18 hours ago

I bet there are a lot of things they can cut in the military but the salaries of civilians is drop in the bucket and is only punitive not saving any money or making us safer.

nptwrites.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Bet it's a 24/7 party in the Kremlin these days. They don't have to do anything except sit back and watch America destroy itself, and quite possibly drag the rest of the western world down with it.

dookielazer.bsky.social•17 hours ago

So many veterans being thrown out on their ass because Trump’s insanity has him thinking he’s a victim of a “deep state.”

windycitychik.bsky.social•17 hours ago

I literally saw a commercial on CNBC tonight announcing that the Army is looking for civilian workers. I don't get why the Army is advertising to encourage civilians to apply for those jobs while their alcoholic letch of a boss is trying to eliminate thousands of those positions.

mrs-laughter.bsky.social•17 hours ago

I just met a guy with serious experience who works at the Pentagon. The arbitrary nature of the cuts, he said, are really unnerving to everyone there that he knows. That’s a healthy work environment for people w specialized expertise.

just-ric.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Will the bartender be included?

odysseygtr.bsky.social•17 hours ago

They were all warned.

jkurr.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Pairing down for the big merger with Russia

greaterorlandoantifascistnetwork.com•16 hours ago

They're going to be replaced by Musk/Trump loyalists!

per52oskar.bsky.social•15 hours ago

TRUMP AND MUSK DONT CARE ABOUT AMERICANS.

THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT THEMSELFS ,

jomamab.bsky.social•10 hours ago

orchidman.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Part of the surrender to putie?

derek-baker.bsky.social•18 hours ago

ah yes the ol’ Friday night news dump

a classic move from Trump’s first go-around

unpopular move? bury it before the weekend can take hold, and by Monday it will be long forgotten

lisa4uk.bsky.social•18 hours ago

We are headed for a deep recession. Can’t wait to see those unemployment numbers, unless they manipulate those too.

magiclady58.bsky.social•17 hours ago

he's firing man who proudly served this country for decades who are much more qualified than to read some scrip for a tv news orience

joiningupthedots.bsky.social•6 hours ago

In place of nuclear scientists?

briandmc.bsky.social•17 hours ago

I have a feeling that Hegseth and fellow hubristic MAGA mooks will launch a military operation somewhere that will prove to be as big a disaster as the Athenians’ expedition to Syracuse (Sicily) during the Peloponnesian War). Miles Gloriosus in the flesh.

dreemer24.bsky.social•46 minutes ago

Weaken the military and then send them to Putin's war.

maplantgirl.bsky.social•17 hours ago

If we’re lucky, Hegseth will fire himself

post-martinet.bsky.social•15 hours ago

But the 600 billion DOD budget that is at least double all other nations including equipment they have said they don’t need or want we won’t touch, just lifetime employees with years of experience

jakeup.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Russia wins

shitsandwich.bsky.social•16 hours ago

They are culling the herd so when the law breaking really begins (Marshall law, killing of protestors etc) they like their odds with a smaller more loyal group.