Summary
Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth, a Fox News presenter with minimal managerial experience, as defense secretary has stunned the Pentagon.
Hegseth has been a vocal critic of the military, calling for a purge of generals and questioning the appointment of Gen. Charles Brown as chair of the joint chiefs of staff.
Hegseth’s nomination is seen as a boost for the far right in Israel, as he has shown support for territorial expansion and suggested the construction of a new temple on the Temple Mount.
Oh no, it’s the consequences of our actions! What a fucking joke of a country we are in.
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They’re better positioned than most to actually do something about it, but they won’t.
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We shall see.
I guess on the plus side when China invades Taiwan we won’t have to honor our long-standing commitments and get our hands dirty defending our allies I mean economic partners
With TSMC in Taiwan still the only chipmaker worth its salt in the world, that’s not going to happen. They’ll have every carrier group there the second China sticks it’s pickles across the line.
Trump believes Taiwan “stole” chip making technology from the states. And judging from most Republican’s general stupidity on this matter… They think majority of the semiconductors are produced in China. Because to them Taiwan == China.
Perhaps he’ll have an accident. Who’s running the CIA, Jerry Lewis?
edit: forgot “/s”
Was hegseth chosen for his skin colour or his soul. I guess we’ll never know
His professed loyalty to Trump. There is nothing else now.
Hegseth’s nomination is seen as a boost for the far right in Israel, as he has shown support for territorial expansion and suggested the construction of a new temple on the Temple Mount.
BUT AT LEAST THE DEMOCRATS LEARNED A LESSON RIGHT LEFTISTS???
Nice job dumbfuckmericans
Hey, a lot of us tried! It’s literally stacked against the sane people over here!
I agree, those who voted for that fucking idiot are indeed dumbfuck Americans.
Anyone surprised by something Trump does is either an idiot or been living under a rock.
If they’re stunned by this then they’re gonna be catatonic for the next 4 years. I wonder what effect that’ll have on national security…
Both probably on Putin payroll to cripple the military by removing competent leadership and replacing them with incompetent people.
The stunning has only begun.
The Stunnening!
Oh man, you guys are fucked!
Militaries that promote for political loyalty tend to perform really poorly when fielded.
SecDef may not be a military-proper position, but if this goes regime goes on long enough, that’s where we’ll end up.
I don’t think Trump intends to field the military against another military anyway. The performance required to massacre civilians isn’t a high bar.
So let me get this straight. Trump appointed some guy with minimal military and managerial experience as the defense secretary? Is that the same as Secretary of Defense? I am not surprised, I am just trying to fathom the stupidity of this current decision.
but not a surprise to the people who actively voted against him and his party in order to not have them in control.
This is a pretty outstanding Dipshit Move, even by the standards of Trump. And a good 90% of his actions seem stupid to the point of being actively malicious anyways.
So he’ll cripple our military by installing loyalists and removing competent leaders by Totally bypassing existing procedures in the Pentagon… Wonder if any foreign adversaries will decide to test our strength once this is done… Love this timeline. Give me more.
When they do it’ll be Biden’s fault somehow.
I’m not seeing much benefit for them. If their goal is to destabilize the US, we’re doing the job ourselves far better than they ever could. And if their goal is to conquer territory? The US is pretty isolated and it would be difficult to maintain control unless it was Mexico or Canada invading. Oh, other than Alaska, Russia could attempt to annex it. Trump might even just hand it over if they ask!
I would gladly welcome Canadian troops down here
Same!
As an individual territory, the U.S. is isolated. As an empire, we have bases on every continent. The risk isn’t being killed. It’s being declawed.
Not advocating for American imperialism, just clarifying the point.
100% agree, also, I think we’ve come across each other before. Love the tag and pic. Metroid is my favorite series.
Sadly, Dread was not for me. Too much twitch reaction and pattern memorization required to progress, not enough exploration. Hoping I’ll like Prime 4 better!
Haven’t played all the way through personally, but I enjoyed it. There was a skill gap for me though via the same twitch reactions 😂.
We’ll just pretend the other m didn’t happen. But yes been looking forward to MP4 for SOOOOO long. Honestly gonna miss the Wii controls, thought they worked really well for Metroid.
other m didn’t happen
That was literally the quote by my username in the Nintendo subreddit.
