Well, ladies and gents, we’re likely going to get a taste of just how loyal the Donald Trump MAGA-cultists can be when the time comes for confirmation hearing of Trump’s choice to lead the world’s most powerful military institution.
“Fox and Friends, Weekend” co-host Pete Hegseth is Trump’s choice for secretary of defense. Wow! What a pick!
His credentials? He doesn’t have any. Oh, wait! Hegseth served in the Army National Guard, rising to the rank of captain. That rank doesn’t even rise to the level of “field grade officer.” But … here he is, slated to lead an organization with more than 1.5 million men and women in uniform and prepared to go to war when the commander in chief issues the order.
President Biden’s defense boss is Lloyd Austin, a retired four-star Army general. Trump’s first defense secretary was James Mattis, a retired Marine four-star. Both of those men are eminently qualified.
The Hegseth pick reportedly has raised plenty of brows among Republicans and Democrats who are wondering: What the hell is Donald Trump thinking with this selection?
Hegseth says women’s combat roles hinder our military’s preparedness. Never mind that since 2016, when then-Secretary Ash Carter allowed it, women have served in the Army Green Berets and Rangers and as Navy SEAL operatives … and have held their own with their male colleagues.
Pete Hegseth clearly is not qualified to lead the world’s most lethal fighting force.
We’re going to see how loyal the U.S. Senate majority is toward the MAGA cultist in chief. My guess? It won’t be pretty.
I’ve read two of his books, one on education and one on the military. He’s traveled around the globe visiting and working with our troops. He gets respect wherever he goes. I don’t agree with everything he says, but I feel he’ll do a good job. It might be time to not have a retired general for the role. Pete’s pretty level headed and should give sound advice. We shall see. I’m at least willing to wait and see instead of blasting without knowing.
I know enough about Hegseth to blast away.
Hegseth is a talking head. Nothing more than that. He’s also highly partisan, the antithesis of what you must have in a DoD secretary.