Sooner or later he's going to need someone to blame.
He's a bit slow to accept defeat, but when he does, Pete will have been a disaster. Trump's conflict isn't performance, that's always been shit. It's that Pete represents what Donnie sees himself as...young, attractive, strong.... masculine. Donnie has always been an outsider... who paid for everything he had and still couldn't be seen as "one of the gang".
He'll turn on Pete, but only when the only other option is to take responsibility for something.
By Wednesday evening, sentiment within the Pentagon suggested that Hegsethâs days are numbered, with names of potential replacements already being bandied about. âDead man walking,â said one official. A former defense official agreed: âThey pinned the failure in Iran on him. Now itâs only a matter of time.â Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, with support from Democrats, is slated to take aim at Hegseth as soon as next week with eight articles of impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors.
With Hegseth increasingly under fire within the ranks, at the Pentagon, and on Capitol Hill, and with rumors swirling that the White House may cut him loose in the face of the staggering electoral defeat, The Intercept spoke with six current and former defense officials as well as additional sources on Capitol Hill, most on the condition of anonymity in order to speak freely. Hegseth has, they said, undermined the rule of law; irreparably harmed the U.S. military through purges of top commanders and those who refuse to pledge fealty; pursued relentless leak investigations; spurred religious extremism; and diminished the department he leads due to an almost endless raft of scandals, culture-war clownishness, and senseless policies.
Of all the people to throw under the bus, he is probably the most important right now. I still don't see why trump kept him around so long.
By Wednesday evening, sentiment within the Pentagon suggested that Hegsethâs days are numbered, with names of potential replacements already being bandied about. âDead man walking,â said one official. A former defense official agreed: âThey pinned the failure in Iran on him. Now itâs only a matter of time.â Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, with support from Democrats, is slated to take aim at Hegseth as soon as next week with eight articles of impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors.
With Hegseth increasingly under fire within the ranks, at the Pentagon, and on Capitol Hill, and with rumors swirling that the White House may cut him loose in the face of the staggering electoral defeat, The Intercept spoke with six current and former defense officials as well as additional sources on Capitol Hill, most on the condition of anonymity in order to speak freely. Hegseth has, they said, undermined the rule of law; irreparably harmed the U.S. military through purges of top commanders and those who refuse to pledge fealty; pursued relentless leak investigations; spurred religious extremism; and diminished the department he leads due to an almost endless raft of scandals, culture-war clownishness, and senseless policies.
The globe, which is now housed in the Pentagon, dates back to the 1930s and was reportedly used by Eisenhower during World War II, making it an extremely delicate artifact that needed to be handled with care. But a task that should have been delegated to archivists or museum professionals was instead handled by Hegseth's own staff, who dropped the globe when they tried to move it to the defense secretary's office early this year, The Washington Post reported. **edit - more details:
So there was no reason for Iran to actually launch a drone strike to make the world's biggest military stop bombing them and scurry home (assuming the creditable threat actually was from Iran). I'm sure putin is glad to erode the US military presence in Europe, too.
In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that comes in the wake of news reports about the war with Iran and the U.S. militaryâs diminished stocks of munitions. âI have never witnessed more inept management of the brave men and women who serve our country,â Senator Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote in a social media post this week, calling on Mr. Trump to replace Mr. Hegseth. âHe is intimidated by competence and retreats to ginning up culture wars instead of soberly attending to the vital work of our national defense and the health and well-being of our fighting force,â Mr. Tillis said.
It would be the epitome of irony if this Great Experiment ended in a military coup.
In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that comes in the wake of news reports about the war with Iran and the U.S. militaryâs diminished stocks of munitions. âI have never witnessed more inept management of the brave men and women who serve our country,â Senator Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote in a social media post this week, calling on Mr. Trump to replace Mr. Hegseth. âHe is intimidated by competence and retreats to ginning up culture wars instead of soberly attending to the vital work of our national defense and the health and well-being of our fighting force,â Mr. Tillis said.
