The thing is, Traitor Trump has already made a practice of appointing people just because he pretty much mindlessly likes what they’ve had to say on TV. Like Larry Kudlow and Heather Nauert. So there is precedent.The last member of an informal alliance of top Trump officials with enough swat or stature to stand up to President Trump — the Committee to Save America, as we called these officials 16 months ago — resigned in epic fashion.The bottom line: Unlike most others, who pretended to leave on fine terms, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis bailed with a sharp, specific, stinging rebuke of Trump and his America-first worldview...It was a historic letter and a historic moment capping a historic day, one you could easily see filling a full chapter of future books on the Trump presidency. The wheels felt like they were coming off the White House before Mattis quit. - Axios
Hegseth's Minnesota connection is that he’s from here, and ran for the GOP Senate nomination here in 2012. He’s since become a major Fox idiot - Trump's kind of idiot. Birds of a feather.
(BTW: "Mattis was no Shining Knight," from Informed Comment, here.)
Did you catch that Hegseth's reaction to Trump's removal of troops since "he beat ISIS" ?
ReplyDeleteOn his twitter account, he seemed surprised ... concerned ... and then hopeful that everything will work out.
Yep ... he's Sec of Defense material.
Jarad. What about Jarad as a Mattis replacement? He has Ivanka's faith in him, and already has the Israeli portfolio. Speed up that security clearance limbo, and he's ready to mount the horse and ride. Like a modern day Patton.
ReplyDeleteOne other thought that never should be forgotten: Bernie would have won. All the Dems know that. They just suppress and opine . . .
ReplyDeleteHmmmm .... Secretary of Defense may not be where he could do the most damage .... how about head of the CDC or Surgeon General where he could implore people not to wash their hands.
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Fox News host Pete Hegseth confessed on air that he has not washed his hands for 10 years because “germs are not a real thing,” the BBC reports.
“Speaking on Fox and Friends, Hegseth said the infectious micro-organisms did not exist because they could not be seen with the naked eye.”