America’s allies should be deeply concerned about Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, Tom Nichols writes in The Atlantic Daily. “America’s enemies, meanwhile, are almost certainly laughing in amazement at their unexpected good fortune.”
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It’s just one in a long line of examples to come that the United States has become a corrupt and idiotic nation. We’ve been failed by everyone including ourselves.
Just because you are popular at the frat house known as Fox News, does not mean you are qualified to do much more. I am not saying this in a partisan way. I am personally not qualifed to run the defense dept and will not pretend that I am.
A great disciple of Putin's
ru$$ia, Donnie seeks out the worst of the worst for several reasons:
1. He wants to blame his crimes on them.
2. If the people don't support him, they'll get absolutely disastrous candidates.
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N. He's making fun of America.
Hegseth is the perfect choice for The Orange Slug. He was chosen for his blind loyalty to the least virtuous man in the nation, & his willingness to turn the military on the US populace.
WARNING: All antifascists need to prepare for sheltering in place w/out power & running water for a month.
“…to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among (The People), deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it…”
The United States is asleep at the wheel which is setting us up for another 9/11. Hegseth is woefully unqualified and those who want to do us harm are watching.
..and just what did you think was going to happen? I mean really, you all certainly are not naive. America elected the bottom of the barrell and here we are and here we go. You did not see this coming? Signed, Pissant.
I work in a global organization and I am so embarrassed to be on calls sometimes with my European and Asian colleagues. I feel like I just want to apologize for the global embarrassment that is the United States. Electing a fascist dictator cult leader. Ugh. Gonna be a rough 4 years for the globe.
Three months ago, this guy was so drunk he couldn’t find his way from his dressing room to the stage to co-host a Fox News Saturday morning tv show.
Now he’ll run the department of defense.
The Kopromat they have and will have on this guy with some gin and hookers will be simple. Trump playing tiddly winks while other countries playing chess. What a joke.
The US is regressing at an alarming rate. China is sitting back and waiting for the inevitable civil war that will tear the US apart. Then it will invade. Flood the US with millions of troops.
'Hegseth also said he wasn’t perfect, and that he’s been redeemed by his faith in Jesus Christ, whose name came up more often than one might expect during a hearing related to national security.'
His personal Jeebus is like Carrie Underwood's, asleep if not dead at the wheel.
At this point i believe that everything happening in US politics is part of a huge social experiment. Like 'How far can you go before people wake up and resist?'
rapists, traitors, criminals & generally incompetent people being in charge of leading the country would be a joke if it wasn't so tragic
Hegseth didn't JUST fail to quell concerns - he painted himself as the WORST POSSIBLE CANDIDATE - contentious, rude, completely without apology for his lack of any qualification or basic knowledge of relevant information, anything that would equip him for this position - & he's an active alcoholic!
Our Allies should be very cautious of this administration. When it comes to National Security they won’t trust the U.S. and I wouldn’t blame them, considering Trump aligns with Putin.
SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH proved beyond any shadow of doubt that the drunk nominee is not only unqualified, but is totally unwilling to read the job requirements.
So these clowns can't imagine how happy that makes Putin and Xi. They are actively undermining national security and they seem happy about it. I'll never understand.
Pete Hegseth will purge the military of anyone not deemed loyal, and put us on the path to an American SS force in this nation willing to do the bidding of the FOTUS. Putin is overjoyed at this. This US Veteran clearly see what is happening in front of our eyes.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social If Putin or Xi was paying Trump would he be doing anything differently? Between Trump's appointments and calling to invade numerous allies.
The Hegseth smirk is the afterglow of the immolation of truth, decency and justice by 8 years of Trumpism. Almost every GOP politician
has turned into a character in the movie Smile, taking a knife to their own integrity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcDK7lkzzsU
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ru$$ia, Donnie seeks out the worst of the worst for several reasons:
1. He wants to blame his crimes on them.
2. If the people don't support him, they'll get absolutely disastrous candidates.
.
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N. He's making fun of America.
WARNING: All antifascists need to prepare for sheltering in place w/out power & running water for a month.
Disinformation is on full blast.
The Constitution is in shreds. We are ruled by an autocracy of, by & for the technoligarchy & the obscenely wealthy.
I do not consent to autocracy.
Now he’ll run the department of defense.
#satire #meme
His personal Jeebus is like Carrie Underwood's, asleep if not dead at the wheel.
rapists, traitors, criminals & generally incompetent people being in charge of leading the country would be a joke if it wasn't so tragic
cesspool.
GO TAMMY!!!!!!
has turned into a character in the movie Smile, taking a knife to their own integrity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcDK7lkzzsU