• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    This whole thing is based on one guy’s speculation. Hegseth isn’t going anywhere. Trump only wants one thing from Hegseth: to give the order to fire on American citizens, if and when the time arrives, and Trump knows Hegseth will do it. He doesn’t care about any of the rest of it.

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    I will believe it when I see him gone.

    Dude has survived so many colossal fuck ups that I’m convinced he’s staying forever

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      The article actually specifies it’s regarding the major cabinet positions and that supposedly they were supposed to actually get a full year in position before he would start firing them, as opposed to his first term.

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        I would have thought the first to go were the three he nominated… but regardless you would think that when your hire someone, especially for such a position, that they stick around for more than a year huh

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    The warning shot came from The Daily Beast’s Washington bureau chief David Gardner, who says the Pentagon boss’s tenure is on life support after months of missteps, messy leaks, and a media meltdown that has the press corps bolting from the building.

    No one could have foreseen this kind of behavior from a raging alcoholic!

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    Trump vowed to avoid the revolving door chaos of his first term, promising cabinet secretaries a full year to prove they could deliver. That grace period, Gardner suggested, is about to expire.

    A FOX anchor is ill suited to run the DoD. Color me shocked. To avoid chaos you need to employ competent people I guess.

    Who else will turn out to be useless.

    But more importantly: who will they replace them with? It’s not like MAGA is completely unable to learn from its mistakes.

    Anyhow, I hope for more happy infighting!

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        You can see it in the article. He got sent down in a dunk tank, filled with champagne of all things.

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        Pete Hegseth, nominated by President Donald Trump for Secretary of Defense, is undergoing increased examination concerning his previous actions following the reappearance of a video from Fox News’ All American New Year Live in 2023. In the footage, Hegseth, 44, is shown sipping champagne straight from the bottle and submerging himself in a tank allegedlyfilled with alcohol during the live transmission from Nashville.

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      18 hours ago

      “We’re totally against DEI hires, we demand that MERIT determine who gets chosen for a position. That’s why it is my great pleasure to announce Barron Trump will be Hesgeths replacement at the Department of War.”

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      This. He’s already dug through the bottom of the barrel. And started scraping the bottom of hell.

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    I doubt that he’s being fired for incompetence. For one, he was clearly never hired for competence. He was hired for being a familiar face and a sycophant like all the others. For another, he’s far from the only incompetent and embarassing cabinet member in the regime. I think Pete got a bit too big for his britches for Trump. He’s the only one in the administration that I think could actually get a fair amount of the MAGA cult to follow him personally after Trump’s demise and would have been in a prime position to attempt a coup on Vance if and when that happens. Trump likely doesnt give a shit what happens after he’s bounced from this plane of existence, but he might see Hegseth as a threat sooner rather than later.

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      A bit of both I’d say - the way the article characterizes it, and you.

      I’m wondering if Trump is now at that stage (of senility) where straighter heads have it easier to steer him, or make better decisions in his name. Where people don’t obey him whenever he shouts “You’re fired!”, or he doesn’t do it so much anymore.

      In any case, watching the MAGA monster baby grow up into a fully grown tyranny is pretty terrifying.

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    “Damn it Hegseth, I thought you said we could convince the military to shoot the American citizens I don’t like…I mean…antifa.”

    “I was sure calling them fat would work sir…”

    “You’re fired Hegseth! Now…who can I get that will be able to convince the military to shoot their own friends and families…can’t be that hard.”