It's Pete! F you, libs! America wins!!**
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Georgia senators Warnock and Ossoff voted no.
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Half of them look like they think he’ll upgrade the cavalry horses if he wins.
An embarrassing moment for America. We are less safe.
Our local Republican Congressman told me that were it not for Trump’s money men forcing it via direct threats, the Hegseth vote in the Senate have been 0 yes, 100 no.
Cool. Only the best.
No...what's embarrassing and what makes America less safe is when your Secretary of Defense goes missing for several days without informing the Commander-in-Chief.
What's embarrassing and makes America less safe is having a Secretary of Defense who uses the military as a social experiment with all of the DEI bullshit.
Our military could not reach a lower point than with Lloyd Austin.
But hey, you keep being you.....in this world, there has to be winners...and, like you...losers.
I don’t know if I believe that, but if Musk has to threaten to primary you if you vote no… then that’s a sign you did not nominate a qualified candidate.
He now leads the pentagon and has held no senior leadership role in the military, has been unfaithful to multiple women, and was a TV show host. Unreal.
Trump better hope China doesn’t invade Taiwan in two years like they’ve said they might.
As a positive, we need identical goals for any combatant (not lower standards for women).
Such pussies. Can't think for themselves. Kemp is going to wax pajama boy.
Georgia senators Warnock and Ossoff voted no.
The fat black dude absolutely sucked. Your preferred qualifications didn't protect us from that ahole.
Just take a look at the LA fire dept and the level of preparedness they displayed in a scenario that was/is completely predictable and somewhat preventable. Trump/Hegseth are focused on creating a military that understands killing people and breaking things are job one, not counting the number of women and alt lifestyle people that occupy positions of authority.
Hegseth is going to set the tone and direction of the DOD and that means promotions based on merit and the 86ing of social experiments. Hegseth will also ensure his military planners are putting our troop's needs and safety in position one as opposed to allowing the enemy to take advantage of insane rules of engagement. Hegseth was hired to cut out the rot, replace those that don't understand defending America's interest is job one and promote the importance of the military so young potential soldiers will sign on the dotted line. He's not going to take over and be the sole ops planner or come up with brain dead schemes that employ social promotions over elevating people that have demonstrated real leadership qualities.
As for Tiawan, we'd all better hope China doesn't make a move because the woke policies and leaders that rose during the O admin have left us with a weakened military. Otoh, the partnering up with China on so many ventures and refusing to confront them as they prepare to expand their influence has made them more of a global threat. If China moves, it won't be due to Trump/Hegseth, it will be because they decide now's the time because America won't be getting less prepared than we are now.
I agree with the majority of this.
But the guy who claims “no new wars” because he’s so tough will absolutely have to admit that was made up if China invades.
Hopefully for everyone, they do not.
But our government is getting ripped off by military contractors and are fully unprepared for war. We can’t even make our own ships anymore. Crazy. Both R and D are responsible for that.
Of course they didn’t. These choices are not mutually exclusive. No one expects a Republican to nominate some flaming liberal. There are dozens of qualified conservative Republican Generals and Admirals, etc. who could lead the pentagon. And none were chosen. Same with AG. Same with HHS.
Qualified folks were almost intentionally skipped over.
Pete has a shot to be okay, as long a there are no actual wars he has to fight. He can set the tone and culture of the DoD, but if he’s called into real action as the leader of America’s military, he’s so far out of his league. Hopefully, this decision will not cost anyone their lives.
And more than anything, I pray for peace.
And all of this happened under the leadership of the people Trump/Hegseth are trying to expose. Like Trump, Hegseth is not what I would build in a lab to be POTUS or SecDef but I trust them to conduct their business slanted more towards the will/good of the American republic over the interest of the MIC. Just like the NIH being steered by pharma, I don't think we need a defense dept steered by the MIC and I think we've been in that position for a while.
I agree with this by and large. I think Trump is in it for Trump, primarily. But he earned my vote by being less crazy than the Dem candidate.
And he is the ONLY presidential candidate with the balls to talk about getting rid of illegal aliens.
I hope Hegseth gets/ keeps his life together and I hope we don’t get involved in any large scale military action.
I call BS on this one.
The best part of this moment is that the Republicans leadership in congress is now playing the game like the Dems always have. They are strong arming the Pub members into doing what they were sent to DC to do.
McConnell has become Biden 2.0. A senile old man who has a grudge against Trump.
Bunch of sick-ass MFERSSo you prefer this over Hegseth? Figures.
Lol. No.So you prefer this over Hegseth? Figures.
As I’ve stated many times, it’s not an either/ or choice. You do not have to choose between some wacko, flaming, weirdo, and a guy who habitually lies to his own wives and is unqualified.
It’s concerning to me that it does not concern anyone else that these are the two choices we have been presented with. It was not that long ago that presidents used to nominate people who were qualified and normal. I think we should all try to pressure our senators and representatives to get back to that.
Additionally, that pressure actually works. When Matt Gaetz was nominated to be the attorney general, he is both completely unqualified and a sycophant. Pam Bondi is a sycophant… But at least she’s a prosecutor and is qualified for the job. So the pressure put against Matt Gaetz actually worked. The same thing would’ve happened with Pete. If he did not get confirmed, Trump would probably probably go nominate a four-star general from the army, who would be qualified. I posted many times that Pete has a chance to actually be successful because he was a leader in the military, just not a high-ranking leader.
If me talking about the ways that Pete is not qualified bothers you, just wait until the nomination of RFK this coming week. I’m about to have my head explode from that clown.
Serious question - Are those images fake? What exactly is the dog mask thing? What about the blue mask thing? What is that supposed to be? And why is the person in the mask wearing a military uniform? This is all so confusing.So you prefer this over Hegseth? Figures.
And is that the dude who thinks he’s a chick? Or maybe it’s a chick who thinks she’s a dude? I can’t even remember these days.
Pete will do a good job & our military will be in a much better place in the near future.
The idea that you think Donald Trump = America is… interesting.
I understand why people don't share this view, but having worked in Congress and speaking frequently with Matt Gaetz - he is one of the most intelligent members of Congress we've had in the modern era.
Now can he be brash and was his personal life a complete wreck prior to getting married? Yes. But I like brash and the latter can be said for a lot of high ranking government officials.
That being said, Pete is the nominee (along with Noem) that I was most skeptical of. I've warmed up significantly with who has celebrated his selection - and I think the Undersecretary choices have been great - but I do understand the initial skepticism.
That being said, a Republican president should get his choices with a Republican held senate.
You are making assumptions about his readiness. You might be right or you might be wrong. What I do know is you sound like the liberal leaning posters who act they know everything.
I agree with 99% of your post.
No, a President should not get everyone he wants. It’s actually up to the senate to decide who does/ does not get confirmed. But it’s usually a formality, and it was/ is this time.
I’ve never met Matt, but he literally consorts with convicts and accepted a nomination for a role in which he is/ was GROSSLY unqualified. If you’re not a lawyer, then it probably all sounds the same. But the idea that he would be the top prosecutor in the nation is crazy and dangerous. And like most of Trump’s nominees, they are beholden to him alone and don’t have the gravitas to challenge him; something he did not like above the qualified cabinet members of his first term.
As a show of Trump’s character, he is removing the secret service protection from people he doesn’t like. This is crazy.
Fauci, Bolton and Pompeo do NOT deserve protection on the taxpayer dime.....especially Fauci. If that traitorous SOB wants 24/7 limousine service and protection, he should pay for it on his own.
This is only step one of the overall cost-cutting measures.
Again, I think it's going to be glorious watching guys like you wither with every decision President DJT makes.
The man has more stamina than anyone I've ever seen in the position of President of the United States.....his schedule yesterday was unbelievable, and I doubt most guys half his age could keep up and perform as well as he did.
Good article here Tivoli, you sound way too much like paul ryan and the other soft as Charmin supposed pubs:
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dav...ed-whole-point-secretary-defense-pete-hegseth
I read the article. Respectfully disagree.
I think we need DEI out of the military, and everywhere else, and Pete is probably the right guy to help adjust the culture. But that is a peacetime conversation.
If Iran launches a nuclear weapon at Tel Aviv, this is a very real wartime scenario. Russia has already invaded one country.
Pete and Rubio are folks I have the least issue with so don’t want to get bogged down there. Tulsi and RFK have my full attention.
Bullseye with that article.
This breaks the mold of insanity.......you know....doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
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Good grief man,, most folks lose their secret service at some point. Some of them have had it longer than normal... Now lets talk about bidens stuff with the secret service. Remember the Robert F Kennedy stuff. Remember trump having the dregs of the SS protecting him? That was a biden admin directive. You are just like will and kidney bean, very selective memory. I agree with trump on fausi. He made mega bucks while killing and lying to Americans. If he thinks he needs protection, hire it himself. Kind of like the dims saying we shouldn't have guns while they have armed body guards.
I asked you another thread,.., Give details on bidens admin that make you think his appointees were qualified and if they were so qualified whey did they suck so bad?
You should just switch sides. Obviously fixing America is not for you.. You prefer the same old same old uni party with officials that are beholden to lobbyist and big government deep state types. If you didn't want people to follow trumps lead you should have voted for kamala. It is LAUGHABLE that you think appointees by the dims were all about doing the "right thing" running efficent offices for the good of the people in deference to the president they serve. SMH
You voted for trump you say but so far you sound just like the chat libs. Crying and whining about J/6 pardons and admin appointees. Just stop or admit you are just another turtle pub or in fact a chat lib.
Iran knows they will cease to exist if they take such action. Iran will be dust.
Trump is on his way to ending two wars, and then Pete can focus on rebuilding our military and getting DEI the hell out of there.
LOL,,,, you can disagree but that just shows you are a big government deep state lover; Tell me what you loved about biden appointees. My goodness man. You are lost. I don't care about RFK. He isn't going to do anything to hurt me. Tell me what his predecessor did?
As far a Tulsi goes. Again LMBO if you think the previous "establishment" people in charge did anything other than work for brandon and the dim partys pipe dreams. AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL. Trump tried using those with previous govt. experience before and they were just uniparty dregs.
Well you just used the phrase “deep state” and it wasn’t a punchline. So.
And the idea that the leader of HHS isn’t going to do anything to hurt you shows that you don’t know what they do.
If you slurp up everything Trump sells you, that’s fine. Good luck with your ivermectin pills.
I understand the Senate's role in the process, but in practice we've had the Senate rubber stamp all sorts of bafoons with DC-heavy credentials (rather than real world credentials.) I have very little patience for legislators grand standing about qualifications given their own behavior - but it's also something I fully expect.
On Matt, the AG is an executive role and I would much preferred him in that role than Bondi. Now I am still confused about the calculations that went into him ever getting nominated though, since he was never going to get the math work for him (my hope as a Floridian is that it helps set the stage for him to run for AG of Florida, but I'm doubtful of that.)
Personally though, I don't want cabinet members that "challenge" Trump. I want cabinet members that can have a meaningful role in setting the agenda, and then dutifully following what Trump decides. Doesn't mean I always agree with Trump - plenty of specific areas where I don't - but he's the president and everything he's been "challenged" it's in favor of the status quo - which I think is more dangerous than Trump at his worst.
As far as secret service goes, Im glad that taxpayers arent financing the lifestyles of government employees who have abused and enriched themselves from their positions in government. A big improvement from Trump giving them a seat at the table.
America should be in a period of relative peacetime. The true military threats out there are not directed at the US, but are rather byproducts of outdated alliances that don't really serve our interests.
I do think Iran and Israeli relations will be extremely interesting in the next year though, because I think Trump wants a big deal there - one Netanyahu probably isn't going to like. But that's an example of Trump's pettiness about Bibi's handling of 2020 being an asset to American interests.
The Tulsi and RFK votes will be interesting for how many Dem votes they can muster. MAHA has some appeal to Dem voters that may factor in for the more crafty members of that part - like Fetterman. I'd imagine Bernie would be a potential Tulsi play as well.
Two Dems for Tulsi and the math changes significantly for Republican defections.
I don't slurp up everything sells me. I don't like everything he says or does. But I am certainly more excited about the amount of positives. There were no positives the last 4 yrs. I am willing to try folks that aren't doing things to promote their govt career but are actually working for America.
I have asked you repeatedly to tell me what the previous HHS did for you? I think a whole lot of what the government pushes is bad for us. Have you seen the school meals lately. Sugar Sugar Sugar. Yes they provide other things but most kids pick the sugar. PLEASE INFORM me. I will tell you I was wrong if you can give me 2 things the previous HHS did that were good for me. While your at it, tell me what Lloyd Austin did that was good for the USA. After that, tell me what Chris Wray did. Tell me what Merrick Garland did other than go after trump and his pals and protect biden and his son. Why won't you answer?
So you don't think there is a deep state? LOL The 51 letter signers are the very definition of the deep state. The lifetime govt agency employees that are planning to resist Trumps agenda are the very definition of the deep state. The leakers that broke the law with leaks the last go around are the deep state. You need to get off the msm networks and get your mind cleared.
I am not a fan of the Biden presidency and have never voted democrat in my life, but to say there were no positives is not objective. Unemployment is at record lows, he continued Trump’s Operation Warp Speed and got us through COVID, he supported Ukraine against our arch enemy, he supported Israel when spineless/ anti-American democrats wanted to cut bait. I could go on, but won’t.
As far as classified documents, when Biden was identified to have classified documents, he gave them back. When Trump was identified to have classified documents, he refused to give them back three times in three separate face-to-face meetings with the FBI. They had no choice but to raid his home. That’s what Trump wanted and what Trump chose.
The documents were going to get returned, regardless. The same outcome was achieved, except now Trump can claim he was persecuted (when, ironically, he’s the one who broke the law) and his fan boys lap it up.
Instead of pointing out the negative things about Democrats, can anyone hear explain to me why Trump took classified documents and refused to give them back to the FBI three separate times? As an American citizen, does that not cause you any concern?
Furthermore, why would ANY president leave with classified documents??? Is this a thing they do?
And wanting the official military uniform to be tutu’s with spiked heels!👠 Boy that would scare the hell out of our enemies!
That’s what you have now.
Has PETE fired this sorry WOKE Mfer yet? Said that there were "TOO many "WHITE Officers" in our Armed Forces.
Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. is the 21st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation’s highest-ranking military officer, and the principal military advisor to the President, Secretary of Defense, and National Security Council.
Buh-Bye!
Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. is the 21st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation’s highest-ranking military officer, and the principal military advisor to the President, Secretary of Defense, and National Security Council.
Buh-Bye!
