Absolutely amazing—and embarrassing. - Grossly unprepared - Absolutely no grasp on geopolitical and military policy - Proving a Fox News guy as SecDef is a really bad idea (He’s nothing without an ear piece or teleprompter feeding him lines.) - ThreadSky

jwharris.bsky.social • 9 days ago

Absolutely amazing—and embarrassing.

- Grossly unprepared
- Absolutely no grasp on geopolitical and military policy
- Proving a Fox News guy as SecDef is a really bad idea (He’s nothing without an ear piece or teleprompter feeding him lines.)

Reposted from Aaron Rupar

REPORTER: Can you give a guarantee that no deal will be forced on Ukraine that they do not want to accept?

HEGSETH: That's not ultimately my decision. President Trump -- I've got the Truths right here that he posted -- called both, in case we missed it, Vladimir Putin and President Zelenskyy

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nananancy.bsky.social•9 days ago

Larping his role.

lesliesherman.bsky.social•9 days ago

Fuck the Senate for confirming this NitWit!
If they don’t wise up and do something NOW, UNANIMOUSLY, there won’t BE a Congress and they’ll all be obsolete

rennyfella.bsky.social•9 days ago

The alliance is dead. 😞

coherentlight.bsky.social•9 days ago

Damn, he is incompetent

muddles1968.bsky.social•9 days ago

His confirmation hearing was enough to see he was in over his head. He was trying to Fox News his way through it. Wholly unprepared and embarrassing.

tyendinaga.bsky.social•9 days ago

Trump picked ppl to represent him that are fools.. therefore making Trump the ultimate fool and the Americans that voted these ppl in very very foolish indeed.

robertstaskiewicz.bsky.social•9 days ago

ericbox.cloud•9 days ago

So, we're now referencing 'Truth' Social posts as official U.S. policy and diplomacy?.. 𝚓𝚏𝚌

kenfinch.bsky.social•9 days ago

The idiocy and incompetence is the whole point of why he’s there.

radarnick.bsky.social•9 days ago

I introduce you to the Secretary of Defense. What do you expect from someone who believes women are not equal to men and are just there for entertainment.

A few sessions behind the barn would have done him some good.

artwordslife.bsky.social•9 days ago

is it just me or does anyone else cringe when they call them "truths"?

mrsdalgliesh.bsky.social•9 days ago

It is not just you. Not by a long shot.

artwordslife.bsky.social•9 days ago

Phew - thought I was living in an alternate universe for a second!

traderb66.bsky.social•9 days ago

No way this drunk gets respect from his subordinates. Bet it gets ugly like the SDNY gong show.

mimi1016.bsky.social•9 days ago

In waaaayyyy over his head

briangcox.bsky.social•9 days ago

Is somebody insisting his staff call them by the Orwellian “Truths?”

silky523.bsky.social•7 days ago

God what an asshole.

ckdesign.bsky.social•9 days ago

And the public record of account is “truth” posts. Pathetic.

andreaisareader.bsky.social•9 days ago

GI Ken. He makes a nice set with Homeland Security Barbie.

lesliesherman.bsky.social•9 days ago

OMFG! 😂😂😂👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😂😂😂

jwharris.bsky.social•9 days ago

cc: @crunchyfishtaco.bsky.social I’m gonna need Homeland Security Barbie and GI Ken in a graphic stat. ^^

crunchyfishtaco.bsky.social•9 days ago

Yes, my Queen!

thehobbyhopper.bsky.social•9 days ago

Shocking I know.

There was some claptrap somewhere about Trump being the leader of the free world. Umm, I think the rest of the world needs to put the US in a timeout until we can get our shit together.

thewordbird.bsky.social•8 days ago

🤮🤮

pucci28.bsky.social•9 days ago

WTF!??? He can’t even answer anything!??? Probably TOO fucking DRUNK ALL THE TIME!???

fettejessica.bsky.social•9 days ago

This is seriously terrifying. He’s doing real damage

davidw38.bsky.social•9 days ago

"... I've got the truths right here that he posted" has to be the most pathetic line ever spoken by a Defense Secretary. This isn't Fox News you loser!

counselorv.bsky.social•9 days ago

I think of all the trolls who kept saying "show me the qualifiers for secdef" and i can assure you, this aint it

americanperpwalk.bsky.social•9 days ago

I’ve heard more cogent responses from Miss America Contestants.

desireeaa.bsky.social•9 days ago

some people out there in our nation don't have maps and I believe that our education such as South Africa and the Iraq and everywhere like such as

bskykenwall.bsky.social•9 days ago

It's the official 'trashing' of America. Meaning, it's finally official that a majority of Americans are trash. We elected a complete trash president.

lmj4all.bsky.social•9 days ago

Not the majority ffs. Dump didn't win the majority of voters. He "won" the election because it was, in fact, rigged by the billionaires and disinformation campaigns. And a shit ton of voters sat it out or voted third party, or believed that other voters would save their sorry asses.

bskykenwall.bsky.social•9 days ago

I wasn't referring to the election results specifically, but the general tenor of American society. I agree with what you say, especially the dis-info. That has been a growing problem for 30 years. Too many Americans have critical thinking deficiencies .

bskykenwall.bsky.social•9 days ago

I could go on... It comes down to the bloviating trashy American culture! In case you are wondering, my family has been here for almost 200 years.

cyclepathcarl.bsky.social•9 days ago

We're the trailer park of the world.

holgerroehr.bsky.social•9 days ago

Sending someone like Hegseth to this conference is nothing but a huge middle finger from the Trump administration to the entire world.

lavieenrouge.bsky.social•9 days ago

The naff pocket square 🙄

geraldlombardi.bsky.social•9 days ago

...which also happens to violate regulations governing use of the US flag.

pp8010.bsky.social•9 days ago

He's the popular, but stupid kid in class that borrows somebody's notes and tries to fake it through the oral presentation of the book report after not having read it.

expatinblighty.bsky.social•9 days ago

Oh, but he's mastered the furrowed brow. And MAGA snark. What an insult to current and former military personnel.

lioness-cal.bsky.social•8 days ago

It is absolutely ridiculous that they think a tweet to a horrible app constitute a policy or an action

peanutbd.bsky.social•9 days ago

What a knob

anonymousvc.bsky.social•9 days ago

OMG!

This is pathetic.

veracitas.bsky.social•9 days ago

Didn't he say a day ago that Ukraine has lost the war, must give up all territories in Russian control, and they'll split the rare earth metals there (worth $500B) with Russia?

elanc.bsky.social•9 days ago

Amazing, embarrassing, and dangerous for the country, that the President and the Sec Def communicate only through open social media.

teldred58.bsky.social•9 days ago

Looks thirsty.

apollothustra.bsky.social•9 days ago

Senators were supposed to protect against this shit.

krazy1.bsky.social•9 days ago

Embarrassingly UNqualified!

ridder.bsky.social•9 days ago

"I've got the truths"

US SecDef has "the truths". What a freaking clown. A literal joke.

kbenjaminstone.bsky.social•9 days ago

We’re all gonna die.

ridder.bsky.social•9 days ago

Well, yes. We all die eventually.

kbenjaminstone.bsky.social•9 days ago

No I mean like soon probably.

ridder.bsky.social•9 days ago

It's possible. The Fool King Trump could rain serious death upon us. Though I'd say not soon. However, it's possible. I'd say more likely is that thanks to him the golden age is over for the US. I think we're more likely to become hated and irrelevant. We get the government we deserve!

cmhoskins.bsky.social•9 days ago

The world was watching. They asked WTAF? I'd love to be a fly on any wall there right now. America should be embarrassed.

przeorski.bsky.social•9 days ago

Well, he did bring copies of Trump’s “Truths.”

nemesys23.bsky.social•9 days ago

I believe the most effective thing the world press can do is to mock and ridicule this clown to his face, forcefully and at every given opportunity.

thehobbyhopper.bsky.social•9 days ago

I think the other world leaders should do so. And exclude the US from negotiations.

bdetterules.bsky.social•9 days ago

He look slooks so sleazy

xbegone.bsky.social•9 days ago

Seriously would he use an ear piece? 🤯

nursek49.bsky.social•9 days ago

Piggy rapist and drunk!!!!

okguy.bsky.social•9 days ago

He brings shame to America, it’s a disgrace that he shares the same uniform that were worn by heroes who have died for this country, he dishonors their memory. This is a dark time in our country. We’ve never been weaker in the eyes of our allies and even more dangerous, in the eyes of our enemies.

charpopcorn.bsky.social•9 days ago

barf... seeing "truth" and "trump" in the same sentence is nauseating.

lliizz.bsky.social•9 days ago

He looks like he’s playing a part in a high school musical production

overit1971.bsky.social•9 days ago

Cos play

nilabisan.bsky.social•9 days ago

Our nato “allies” are going to tell Trump and kegsbreath to go fuck themselves.

pete1965.bsky.social•9 days ago

Just another obnoxious greasy American tourist. 🥱

squindar.bsky.social•9 days ago

he's got a patriotic pocket square! surely he is qualified to be in charge of the entire military-industrial complex!

atticuspund.bsky.social•9 days ago

Oh my fecking God - policy by tweet. This is how we run a country that claims to be the most powerful in the world?
Parse his comments, he said NOTHING.
Sec(retary) (of) Def(ecation).

What the feckin' feck.

agosteen.bsky.social•9 days ago

Hegseth:
A Waste, Fraud, and Abuser

geraldlombardi.bsky.social•9 days ago

I see the source of his sartorial inspiration.

geraldlombardi.bsky.social•9 days ago

The amateurishness is embarrassing. I'm feeling his minor surge of flopsweat.

jumulojimbus.bsky.social•9 days ago

jennmelb.bsky.social•9 days ago

Seriously, this fool and the US need to get the fuck out of the world's face, why are they leading negotiations? Useless and dangerous.

mickcori.bsky.social•9 days ago

Trying so hard to look like a serious professional. Practiced in the hotel bathroom mirror all morning.

mickcori.bsky.social•9 days ago

"I have the truths he posted right here...." flashes blank piece of paper. Then contradicts the boss, saying Ukraine and NATO will be in on the negotiations. So out of his league. I hate to say it but this is gonna be fun to watch.

mickcori.bsky.social•9 days ago

"Got the truths right here that he posted"...flashes blank piece of paper. Then contradicts the boss. What a brick. As scary as it is, this will be fun to watch.

mistresswitch9.bsky.social•9 days ago

Following orders to a 'T'

twdiem.bsky.social•9 days ago

His policy knowledge is "I read trump's twitter feed?"
Good Lord.

studar.bsky.social•9 days ago

The ultimate DEI hire. No relevant experience, sexual assault history, alcoholic tendencies but he's white and was on fox

tande432.bsky.social•9 days ago

Perfect example of a DEI..

marker36.bsky.social•9 days ago

Yeah, but the party tonight is going to be lit.

leegoettl.bsky.social•8 days ago

usnthem.bsky.social•9 days ago

I can't believe this fucking guy is the ***U.S. Secretary of Defense***

balut.bsky.social•9 days ago

He’s like a macho wetbrain version of Matt Gaetz.

hmcc53.bsky.social•9 days ago

“I’ve got the truths right here that he posted” WTF? Do these asses know how to speak English?

debscheetzam.bsky.social•9 days ago

They communicate by social media?????😳

justicelives.bsky.social•9 days ago

Putin Loves it! No Opposition! Nothing more, nothing less!

therealfrankchurch.bsky.social•9 days ago

I would rather slit my wrists in a hot bath than utter the words “the Truths”

devotaj.com•9 days ago

“The truths right here that he posted”
That is just beyond 1984

raudssus.bsky.social•9 days ago

And yet, Americans go with it.

virginiap.bsky.social•9 days ago

“the Truths”
Well that’ll show ‘em-
We don’t need no stinking policies

greenfield949.bsky.social•9 days ago

The emptiest of suits. Just a complete clown in every way.

l84thesky.bsky.social•9 days ago

His smugness at the end is horrible. So immature and unprofessional.

mrsdalgliesh.bsky.social•9 days ago

Wait. When Hegseth holds up "Truths" -- are those Truth Social posts? Is that what they're called? I'm really asking.

fireantranch.bsky.social•9 days ago

That’s what I took it to mean.

tobend.bsky.social•9 days ago

His overcompensated body language and hand gestures are just nauseating. He should be selling used cars, not security deals.

profusional.bsky.social•9 days ago

Jfc “ i’ve got the truths right here” as though he got a briefing from a bunch of experts. How embarrassing.

marriecarrie.bsky.social•9 days ago

What an embarrassment.

niamolinari.bsky.social•9 days ago

alhrm.bsky.social•9 days ago

Good grief.

linkay17.bsky.social•9 days ago

He said a lot of nothing .

kmeiri.bsky.social•9 days ago

Not only is he an intellectual embarrassment, he actually looks like a used car salesman.

taylorgrayson.bsky.social•9 days ago

He's got that furrowed eyebrows thing going on; what more do you want?

obtinia.bsky.social•9 days ago

I have these printouts from my boss’s social media that proves you can trust me

sylvainpg.bsky.social•9 days ago

Alcoholic TV anchor can’t wing being SecDef?

Would never have guessed.

saneplanet.bsky.social•9 days ago

At the risk of sounding coup-coup...

AMERICANS, R-E-S-I-S-T 💪💪💪
https://bsky.app/profile/saneplanet.bsky.social/post/3li3wv54zc22u

tracykendall.bsky.social•9 days ago

But hey, he’s got the ‘tough-guy scowl’ dialed! 🤣🤣🤣

wrestlingdad1975.bsky.social•9 days ago

Did he say truths????

vern58.bsky.social•9 days ago

He is exactly what they said he is. I wonder how many drinks he had today.

labyrinthgal.bsky.social•9 days ago

Seriously pathetic.

floridajohn.bsky.social•9 days ago

He's a fucking idiot. As a veteran, I'm ashamed.

buffkittycat.bsky.social•9 days ago

Thank you for your service!

wolfenred.bsky.social•9 days ago

Captain Blackout said nice things about 45 on the tv. Only reason he has the position.

ekuadam.bsky.social•9 days ago

But he does PT with the troops!!!!

decentwhiteshark.bsky.social•9 days ago

He probably did have an earpiece; it was Trump feeding him lines.

jwharris.bsky.social•9 days ago

That tracks — rambling and not specific, prone to hyperbole and outrage

kimmasters.bsky.social•9 days ago

Even with those things, he is worse than nothing.

databass.bsky.social•9 days ago

When you interact with systems that function like this, you don't recognize preparation.

Most people don't interact with organizational excellence, and won't see this as abnormal.

vluchr.bsky.social•9 days ago

I hope someone in Ukraine right now has the gumption to build a really interesting kompromat file this week. I guarantee this guy got drunk and groped some woman from one of the delegations.

brianmorales.bsky.social•9 days ago

Fundamentally doesn’t even understand what a negotiation is.

humanityma.bsky.social•9 days ago

Trump sent this dude to a NATO summit with a screen shot of his social media posts as talking points. Gtfoh. Embarrassing

kenfinch.bsky.social•9 days ago

Seriously how long before most countries just stop agreeing to see these people and just shut the door on them?

sonofherby.bsky.social•9 days ago

Who then proceeded to metaphorically wave them around like NATO is supposed to treat Trump's social media posts as if he was Moses coming down from Mt Sinai.

zackattack17.bsky.social•9 days ago

Well he is a drunk. What did you expect ,?

nilabisan.bsky.social•9 days ago

It’s worked for me so far.

rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social•9 days ago

Dozens of students walked out of their German school during a visit by Whiskey Pete Hegseth in protest over Donald Trump’s crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). From the mouths of babes, if you will.

ladylifeliberty.bsky.social•9 days ago

🤬

flynavy77.bsky.social•9 days ago

“99 bottles of beer in his room, 99 bottles of beer…”

jeremydium.bsky.social•9 days ago

Merit. Based. Hiring.

helena824.bsky.social•9 days ago

He is smirking like he does not hear or does not understand what is said to him.

4seasonstl.bsky.social•9 days ago

I mean maybe he’s just drunk.

americareformed.bsky.social•9 days ago

He's quoting "Truths"???? Really, we quote Trump on Truth Social as something official and he's saying that the Sec Def has no part in the negotiations?

He's a little boy in a man's role.

americareformed.bsky.social•9 days ago

My middle school geography and civics students know more about foreign affairs than he does.