The more we see of him, the stranger he gets. He needs to go back to Fox News, where he can’t make any more of a mess than he has made of the DoD. You remember the religion being forced on the troops. You remember his pastor is a dick. And now he’s gone so far out there we can barely see him. Apparently, Grandson has been forgetting *his* meds. What is going on with this guy? I appreciate Raw Story:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s latest remarks about the war in Iran paint an “unsettling” picture of his leadership, according to one expert. On Wednesday, Hegseth was asked during a press briefing about an Iranian drone that struck the U.S. embassy in Kuwait, killing six Americans over the weekend. Hegseth dismissed the question by saying “tragic things happen” before launching into a tirade about how the “fake news” media covers the Trump administration.
Excuse me? Where in the hail did *that* come from? We lost people, and he babbles about the fake news. That is absolutely NO way for the Secretary of Defense to speak. It’s childlike, tactless, and just plain rude! These are the folks he is supposed to be leading, but he doesn’t care about their lives? Good gawd almighty.
Hegseth’s response was “unsettling” because someone in his position is expected to “carry this news to the American public and mourn with them,” Tom Nichols, professor emeritus of national-security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College and a staff writer for The Atlantic, wrote in a new article on Wednesday. Instead, Hegseth showed that he is more concerned with “drama-laden antics,” Nichols argued. That shows the Defense secretary is “unable to grasp that the deaths of Americans are not merely a public-relations problem,” he added.
Yes, once again, Petey Boy proves he’s a callous idiot. It’s incomprehensible as to what’s going on in his head and his behavior. Everything he does is a disaster. Look at him bringing in all the military leaders to strut and yell and scream like a bantam rooster, for no damn good reason. It was also embarrassing. Then there’s he benched 315 except he didn’t. He has a makeup studio. And don’t forget he calls himself Secretary of War. Huh? It’s all about appearances. He’s all fluff, all talk, all stupidity, all worthless.
Nichols also noted that Hegseth’s remarks seemed to horrify his own staff. “My colleague Nancy Youssef was at the Pentagon this morning, sitting just three rows from the podium,” Nichols wrote. “I asked her what the atmosphere was like after Hegseth’s heartless remark. She told me that his comments ‘sent a stunned silence through the briefing room.'”
“Even members of Hegseth’s staff, she said, seemed to flinch at what he was saying. ‘Some put their heads down,’ she said, while others just looked around. Someone in the room then said: ‘That was one of the most insulting things I have ever heard,’ quietly but audibly and, as far as Nancy could tell, to no one in particular,” he added.
It was one of the most disgusting things we have heard, too. And can we bet he didn’t think anything of it? How many people are fleeing the DoD because of him? We can hope his staff gets paid the big bucks for having to work with this egomaniac. It just kicked me in the gut. He literally Does Not Care that we lost Americans. We lost *our people*. And because he defended the administration, we can’t even hope, for now, that he’ll get fired. What the actual eff?
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Why do I hear Don Henley playing now?
“We got the bubble-headed bleach blond comes on at five; she can tell you ’bout the plane crash with a gleam in her eye.” (“Dirty Laundry,” 1982)
A few little changes and that’s Kegsbreath in a nutshell. I don’t think he remembers he’s not playing for the brain-dead Fox viewers (where such crassness would be expected).
Ooooo I *luve* that song! (Am I showing my age? Ahahaha) Great idea and wish I’d thought of it! It certainly could be a theme song for him. He needs to remember he’s NOT on Fox. The debacle with calling all the military leaders in is a good example. He’s embarrassing and you *know* everything he says gets passed around the world. He certainly won’t get any respect for his histrionics. I’d like to slap him. Twice. It still wouldn’t knock and sense into him.
I remember calling that the National Enquirer official song. You mentioned little changes. How about instead of bubble-headed bleach blond we use gel haired Guido? He looks and acts like one complete with videos of working out in nothing but tight shorts! Except he’s soooooo much dumber than those Jersey dudes!
Oh, mercy, you two are *killing* me with the laughter!!! (And tight shorts when working out is seriously uncomfortable, I am told.)