America’s allies should be deeply concerned about Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, @RadioFreeTom writes in The Atlantic Daily. “America’s enemies, meanwhile, are almost certainly laughing in amazement at their unexpected good fortune.”
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Hegseth doesn't deserve to scrub toilets in the Pentagon, much less run it
and that means he’s not a DEI hire.
Irony is dead 🙄
-Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
Such a difficult decision, it’s either my career or our nation’s national security. I choose my career.
The GOP is Now the Party of National Insecurity
Fracture relationships with allies? Undermine our reputation and moral leadership abroad? Divide people at home? Weaken economy? Waste assets? Putin prefers it.
#PutinPrefers
A large contingent has been wielding national security as a tool for use in domestic politics most of my life. Undermining presidents in that realm when not of their party. Trump is another category though.
Just sayin🙁
What a pile of unadulterated crap from "supposed" adults RUNNING A COUNTRY.
😳🥺
Yeah, he voted against Pete. But that was after 14 years of saying NO to Democrats, costing us the Supreme Court, the second Trump term and the rule of law.
And giving Putin a green light on Europe, and a new Soviet Union.
hey, where's the "yeah, but Democrats..(yadda)" now?
I saw this coming during Roni Raygun..to a T.. for 'treason'.
Surprise?: "nope,"..deer meat.
We should all be frightened at the utter destruction Trump is bringing to our government and our nation.