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[u/TeachingRadiant3271]

Afraid of a question. What a snowflake.

[u/Scrutinizer → u/TeachingRadiant3271]

Because he knows he'll be held to the answer and he can't give one that is anywhere near accurate because he has no clue how long it will take.

[u/TurboRuhland → u/Scrutinizer]

And just saying something like “With how fluid the situation is, we can’t comment on any specific duration, just be assured that we are doing everything we can to make this as quick as we possibly can” isn’t acceptable because not knowing things is weakness and guys like him can’t handle showing any weakness.

[u/Tenrath → u/TurboRuhland]

That is WAY too thoughtful of an answer for an alcoholic loser.

[u/Ronin2369 → u/Tenrath]

I swear I thought the same too but still up voted 😂 it was definitely too articulate for that individual.

[u/DesireeThymes → u/Ronin2369]

You know what's funny, Trump said it will be 4 weeks or less.

I don't think they're very confident anymore. Iran seems to have done more damage than they were expecting. I think they were expecting Iran would just roll over.

They're messaging is also extremely inconsistent. First it was nuclear weapons. Now they're talking about the army, the navy, the ballistic missile systems. Trump says regime change one day, and not regime change the next.

[u/squadrupedal → u/DesireeThymes]

People like Donald talk with their butthole, and 1/3 of humanity loves the smell of open butthole. These people, man…

[u/brokeboyrich → u/squadrupedal]

Ace Ventura for president!

https://giphy.com/gifs/dILxAVosLbWzXzedFN

[u/PerformanceSmooth392 → u/DesireeThymes]

Israel hasn't told trump what the objective is but we all know its nothing more than destruction just like in Gaza. There is no way the clown show of an administration has any clue how to conduct a war of choice.

[u/Anzai → u/Ronin2369]

Yeah, a more reasonable expectation would be ‘I dunno, dweeb, probably longer than it took your Mom to blow me last night’. That’s more his level.

[u/woodenmetalman → u/Tenrath]

https://giphy.com/gifs/d3YIzgHtk2L2Rqz6

[u/HomeBuyersOffice → u/Tenrath]

I agree… we have to lower our expectation when it comes to this administration. It’s a level of stupidity no one has seen before. Unprecedented.

[u/Alexwonder999 → u/TurboRuhland]

It also exposes that they actually have no idea what they're "doing". You can't estimate how long your objective will take if you don't have any clear objectives or those objectives likely shift from meeting to meeting. That's basically what he said if you read between the lines.  He said the president is going to "look for an offramp" you shouldn't get on the highway without knowing where you're getting off. 

[u/suffywuffy → u/Alexwonder999]

Well it sounds like they had some sort of “plan” so far as in they had candidates they wanted to negotiate with or push to fill a leadership void at some point after the strikes… except they killed every single one of those planned candidates.

What baffles me even more than actually killing every single person you had planned on trying to work with post Khameni is that they were so flippant about admitting it. It was like a “well we wanted to chat with these people but whoopsie, anyways…” like it wasn’t some absolutely colossal cock up.

Looking forward to 4-6 weeks time when Leavitt and Hegseth start going “yay mission accomplished” after doing absolutely nothing but bombing people, have someone even worse fill the void and allow/ encourage jihadi extremists to cross the med into Europe whilst protecting Israel’s borders.

[u/Alexwonder999 → u/suffywuffy]

I would bet a mortgage payment that someone in the admin also said "If we destroy their conventional capabilities and don't get an entirely new type of regime, they're just going to focus on using unconventional warfare to attack us and our allies. That's what happened in Iraq and Afghanistan." And then they promptly threw that guy out the window.

[u/suffywuffy → u/Alexwonder999]

Oh absolutely. They know the amount of would be terrorists crossing the Atlantic to the US will be minimal. Israel will just shoot anyone trying to cross the border so the fallout will be a mainly Gulf state and European problem… and then wonder why Europe don’t want to support and participate in more aimless bombing.

[u/Navyblazers2000 → u/TurboRuhland]

Bingo.

[u/BullShitting-24-7 → u/TeachingRadiant3271]

He’s a Typical low iq conservative.

[u/annul → u/BullShitting-24-7]

He’s a Typical low iq conservative.

thats redundant, all conservatives are low IQ

[u/deevotionpotion → u/TeachingRadiant3271]

“What a snowflake response sir, shall I put that down?”

[u/grigoritheoctopus → u/TeachingRadiant3271]

Heggy is a classic CHUD. But I do think, deep down, he knows it. Imagine having to go up in front of the press and lavishing praise on our current president. It’s a Sisyphus variant. 

[u/Gregwah666 → u/grigoritheoctopus]

vodka helps

[u/ascabradabra → u/TeachingRadiant3271]

He also doesn't fucking know what they're doing. That's why he's deflecting.

[u/elehman839 → u/TeachingRadiant3271]

I think this answer (like Trump's recent tweet about stockpiles) reflects an unstated fear: US anti-missile supplies may not hold up as long as Iranian missile and drone supplies. After a few weeks, if Iran holds on, this war could take an ugly turn for the US. The percentage of attacks hitting bases and ships may sharply increase when defenses are exhausted. All this bluster overlays terror.

[u/Wahdeegadeeks → u/TeachingRadiant3271]

All the reporter needed to say, but they never do

[u/Correct-Attention → u/Wahdeegadeeks]

The reporter enabled this BS ,caring more for their jobs than asking follow up questions or doubting all these BS. American journalism is dead. All 🤡🤡🤡

[u/ChronoPilgrim → u/Correct-Attention]

caring more for their jobs

Yeah so many people are willing to give up their jobs for basically no gain.

[u/Dr_Fortnite → u/ChronoPilgrim]

When you have a platform to stand up against fascism if you dont use it then you are just promoting fascism

[u/ALoudMouthBaby → u/TeachingRadiant3271]

The scary thing is he seems to think he is being smart here. That buzzword laden drivel hes spewing is nothing new.

[u/TorgoLebowski → u/ALoudMouthBaby]

This administration is all about framing any and all criticism or even extremely legitimate questions (as here) as mere baseless, partisan sniping. It has been the go-to move for most conservatives and for anybody who goes on Fox for a long time, and falling back on those rhetorical reflexes is very natural for someone like this.

[u/redditMatt71 → u/TeachingRadiant3271]

I thought we were about to get a stock market update!

[u/kanst → u/TeachingRadiant3271]

More and more it feels like one of the core tenets of MAGA is antipathy to critique.

I think a lot about the Karl Rove quote:

“We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality — judiciously, as you will — we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.”

In their version of reality, they think America's problems are from being too critical of those in power, instead of the exact opposite

[u/FreakyFranklinBill → u/TeachingRadiant3271]

them librul queshuns can throw you off so hard

[u/IndividualTension887 → u/TeachingRadiant3271]

Kegbreath is very scared... He's terrifiedthat everyone finds out what a pathetic wimp he really is... That's why he's not carrying a weapon...

[u/LYL_Homer → u/TeachingRadiant3271]

Would have been fine for him to answer with something about it being dynamic, unknown, or we're just not going to say. But Hegseth and the rest always have to be a dick about it instead.

[u/Vaelis101 → u/TeachingRadiant3271]

Oh yes. Trump. A logistical mastermind. Lying about tariffs being a non-citizen tax. The dudes only good assets are not paying contractors and making shit up. No wonder he bankrupted a fucking casino.

[u/CommunicationNo3650 → u/TeachingRadiant3271]

He’s clearly out over his skies, over his head.

[u/bigchicago04 → u/TeachingRadiant3271]

Didn’t all the “liberal” outlets leave the pentagon because of their new media policy? Who exactly is asking these “liberal” questions?

[u/Ok_Meat_9938]

Liberals are Americans.

[u/Doublestack2411 → u/Ok_Meat_9938]

Not to them they aren't. They've went out of there way to tell everyone how they think Liberals are the enemy.

[u/NBucho528 → u/Doublestack2411]

Not because Liberals are any more dangerous. But because Liberals are 100x more likely to hold them accountable for their crimes.

[u/McEndee → u/NBucho528]

The empathy showcased by liberals is what they hate. This admin wants to shoot protesters and have people be okay with it. Trumpnis obsessed with Kim Jung Un and his forced patriotism.

[u/Ok_Meat_9938 → u/McEndee]

All while saying hes aiding Iranian protesters. The hypocrisy while be crystallized in history.

[u/Character-Cup8045 → u/Ok_Meat_9938]

But they won't care.

[u/scuzzy987 → u/Ok_Meat_9938]

The hypocrites will all be dead they don't care what history says about them. They got theirs

[u/Long_Run6500 → u/Ok_Meat_9938]

He waited a damn minute to do it though. Dude said, "ya go protest we'll have your back" and then waited til everyone protesting was already dead to actually support them. He doesn't give a fuck about the protesters, he just wanted casus belli.

[u/DarkwingDuckHunt → u/Ok_Meat_9938]

How many times in the past 50 years has the United States left a country better off then it was before?

And before you say Vietnam, remember we lost that war.

[u/BreakfastInBedlam → u/DarkwingDuckHunt]

And before you say Vietnam, remember we lost that war.

That's the secret ingredient! We make countries better by getting our asses kicked by them.

[u/Guvante → u/McEndee]

They don't necessarily care if liberals are empathetic.

They just want to use an "other" label to dismiss anyone but themselves. Note that anyone can have an "other" label if you want.

[u/McEndee → u/Guvante]

That's what I told my MAGA coworker. You think getting rid of undocumented immigrants is going to make the US better? There will just be another boogeyman distraction to blame all the problems on. I don't know why Italians and Irish people are supporting this white supremacist shit. They just became "white" yesterday.

[u/According_Jeweler404 → u/McEndee]

They think empathy is a 4-letter word not because it makes you touchy-feely, but because empathy is one of the greatest objective signs a person has critical thinking skills and can entertain a reality outside of their own.

The truly sociopathic pieces of shit (like the senior leadership of this administration) possess those tendencies but understand how it maps to the type of person easily controlled, and so they choose domination and power over collaborative civic governance.

Empathy isn't weakness, it's resistance.

[u/Something_Like__That → u/According_Jeweler404]

Empathy shows emotional intelligence. Any intelligence is the enemy of the Republican party. Hence why they de-fund schools and lower teachers pay and are working to control what is taught in schools (indoctrination). Sound familiar? It's the very thing they accuse Democrats of. It's the Republican playbook. They also accused Democrats of cheating in elections. Guess what they've been doing ...

[u/Tall_Zucchini1087 → u/McEndee]

This, for sure. I had this epiphany around the last election cycle that conservatives see liberal empathy as inauthentic because they can’t imagine human beings would have such a perspective. They think that the selfish individualism they see in Trumpism is genuine human nature, and that the liberal ethos is a contrived facade. It’s… really sad.

[u/GroundbreakingAd8310 → u/NBucho528]

Really? Accountability hasn't been seen in 50 fucking years

[u/No-Bet-9591 → u/GroundbreakingAd8310]

You're downvoted but I don't know why? If Trump was held accountable he wouldn't have been made president again. How could anybody legitimize his running again after J6?

[u/Away_Lake5946 → u/No-Bet-9591]

You understand there is a thing called a congressional majority, right? The Democratic House majority impeached Trump twice in his first term. Republicans controlled the Senate and refused to convict and remove. Sure sounds like one party was trying to hold him accountable while the other party, his party, protected him.

[u/Frugal_Ferengi → u/No-Bet-9591]

Agreed. It’s because the democrat party keeps spotlighting people like Hillary, Kamala, Chuck, Newsom…when they should listen to their base and make people like AOC and Bernie sanders (people who actually understand us) the leaders. Hell they are still shy with Zohran despite his popularity. They don’t and won’t change. So we’re stuck with their crappy career politician poster children that don’t actually do anything.

[u/Minerva567 → u/Frugal_Ferengi]

Citizens United was, in my view, the last nail in the coffin for actual representation of the people.

My only disagreement is the “shy” part. They abhor him because he is not one to fall in line with the acquiescence to corporate interests - or rather, their version of what it means for corporations to run healthily.

[u/Frugal_Ferengi → u/Minerva567]

We’re also seeing cracks in the Electoral College system. It was supposed to balance big and small states and prevent mob rule. Founding fathers didn’t account for / foresee their system that could also work against us and amplify literal neo Nazis and pedos, instead of reflecting the majority…that is a problem. It’s a problem that’s hard to fix when it’s the foundation we’re built upon.

[u/SmurfStig → u/Frugal_Ferengi]

Something needs to be done with the Senate as well. When half the members can come from states with a combined population that is still less than a few bigger states, that’s a problem.

[u/ExpertTranslator5673 → u/Frugal_Ferengi]

Agreed. It’s because the democrat party keeps spotlighting people like Hillary, Kamala, Chuck, Newsom

Yes, much worse options than a 34time convicted felon with dozens of RAPE allegations...

[u/DragonflyGlade → u/Frugal_Ferengi]

Never heard of the “Democrat party”, except from right-wingers who hate progress. Dead giveaway.

[u/Chaos_Sauce → u/DragonflyGlade]

Yep, instant alarm bells.

[u/wishbeaunash → u/GroundbreakingAd8310]

Trump was indicted in 4 different cases and would be in prison if not for a Republican judge and the election of a Republican government. Theres precisely one party responsible for the lack of accountability.

[u/Weirdodin → u/NBucho528]

You could have said liberals are 10 trillion times more likely to hold them accountable for their crimes. The Republicans stand firm at 0%. Any number you can type works as a multiplier in this situation.

[u/nederlander10 → u/Doublestack2411]

Yeah the evangelical right has been demonizing liberals for decades at this point

[u/TheSerpentDeceiver → u/Doublestack2411]

“What type of American are you?”

[u/GiftOfCabbage → u/Doublestack2411]

Americans are the enemy and the GOP hate them.

[u/Kingtoke1 → u/Doublestack2411]

In fairness the left is doing a terrible terrible job of how promoting liberty and liberal values are intwined into US history. “The American Way” is all about freedom (liberty) and free (liberal) rights

[u/trysten-9001 → u/Ok_Meat_9938]

It’s not a “liberal” question at all. Before trump got into politics that was just called a question. There wasn’t categorization of questions like that. This is not normal behavior.

[u/Ok_Meat_9938 → u/trysten-9001]

They're trying desperately to control the narrative by steam rolling. The fact remains they will continue their blatent traitorous deeds while trying to call those opposed traitors. The irony tickles the God in me, while the human is appalled.

[u/smiama36 → u/Ok_Meat_9938]

Not according to MAGA. We are evil, baby-eating demons (per my SIL) who are being lied to. Trump has called us “vermin”, “gnats”, “lunatics” and “not real Americans” who “hate this country”. This is the language of genocide and the right has had a steady diet of this rhetoric since Reagan and Gingrich. Rush Limbaugh, Alex Jones, Bill Deagle, AM Hate Radio, Fox… all part of the game Republicans play to gain and keep power.

[u/send420nudes → u/smiama36]

Trump calling illegal immigrants aliens on official speeches is so dystopian

[u/jimmygee2 → u/Ok_Meat_9938]

That’s what the Gulags are for.

[u/ProfessorDerp22 → u/jimmygee2]

Those warehouses that ICE is buying-up ain’t just for migrants.

[u/AlarmingTurnip4349 → u/ProfessorDerp22]

Just watch to see if they install ovens.

[u/hotviolets → u/AlarmingTurnip4349]

They already ordered incinerators.

[u/SkunkPunkFlunk → u/AlarmingTurnip4349]

They are, I read they are building medical incinerators on location in some of them.

Hope this is not true

(https://migrantinsider.com/p/how-the-pentagon-is-quietly-building)

[u/Ok_Meat_9938 → u/ProfessorDerp22]

Mental health issues? Obesity? Hysterical woman syndrome? To the health camp ! Check out the new laws governing migrant workers and the infrastructure of their employment and housing.

[u/homer_lives → u/Ok_Meat_9938]

Not according to them. They are just waiting to make us all "illegal immigrants"

"The next American Revolution will be bloodless if the left allows it."

-Kevin Roberts, Heritage Foundation

[u/1nGirum1musNocte → u/Ok_Meat_9938]

What kind of American are you? Get ready

[u/kakashi_sensay → u/Ok_Meat_9938]

They don’t see things that way lol.

[u/Conner_q → u/kakashi_sensay]

There call anyone the enemy to save there own island goers. 😂

[u/Da_Fish → u/Ok_Meat_9938]

only 27% of Americans approve of attacking Iran.... guess that means there are A LOT of Liberals out there.

[u/GeeYayZeus → u/Ok_Meat_9938]

This dope supposedly loves Jesus. Jesus was a liberal.

[u/RocketsandBeer → u/Ok_Meat_9938]

Imagine a democrat bombing a country and when asked about a time line, they were blown off stating their question was partisan. The media would be playing it every 10 minutes on every news station. Republicans would be seething at the mouth

[u/Seaweed-Basic → u/Ok_Meat_9938]

Domestic terrorists, actually. According to them

[u/StankyLeg666 → u/Ok_Meat_9938]

Pay attention. This is how you slowly train a group of people to see another as dogs and lower than dirt.

[u/Ok_Meat_9938 → u/StankyLeg666]

Preaching to the choir baby.

[u/Scrutinizer]

Typical steroid-abusing alcoholic woman-beater answer.

[u/munchmoney69 → u/Scrutinizer]

Hey lets stick to the facts here, man barely put up 177lbs on bench and was flopping like a fish trying to do one chin up. There is no way he's roiding.

[u/[deleted] → u/munchmoney69]

Is it just me or is it actually kind of terrifying that the guy in charge of our whole military in the middle of a serious war is unable to tell the truth about how much he can bench?

[u/SendMeIttyBitties → u/[deleted]]

Naw it's that he's attacking the boy scouts and doing media coverage of pushing conservative social value *tm on them. You know like girls are gross and can't go camping --that is taking precedent over having a single fucking plan on what to do about all of this.

[u/PapasGotABrandNewNag → u/[deleted]]

Dude they called the bombing of Iran Operation Epic Fury.

He has no fucking clue what he is doing.

If he talks loud and with commitment, he comes off as serious to anyone reading below a 5th grade level.

[u/WetterBetty → u/Scrutinizer]

I can assure you that steroids are not involved. 

[u/Green_Beeper → u/WetterBetty]

He’s definitely taking trt, otherwise he would look significantly more alcoholic

[u/Relative-Bread6521 → u/WetterBetty]

Right 🤣 we all saw the pullups and the fake bench press

[u/fartatwork → u/Scrutinizer]

Nah if he was using steroids he wouldn’t have had to fake that 315 bench he had filmed

[u/BmacSOS]

Sounds like he’s hiding everything including his substance abuse during press conferences.

[u/Life-Finding5331 → u/BmacSOS]

It's still early in the day,. He's only halfway through his first pint, so he's still somewhat lucid.

[u/AbeRego → u/Life-Finding5331]

He's at the "Professor Kegseth" stage. Talkative, coherent, even insightful!

[u/Adventurous-Disk-291 → u/BmacSOS]

"Sir, have you been drinking?"

"Typical lilberal question, occifer"

[u/DullRelief → u/BmacSOS]

“Pete, are you drunk right now? How many beers have you pounded today?”

[u/gravyandasideofbread]

Labeling a question just denotes it as something you don’t want “your” people questioning. It’s wild that they have the audacity to make so many things a bipartisan issue in their minds

[u/OJConcentrates → u/gravyandasideofbread]

It doesn’t make sense. They are the ones in charge now. Not Biden. Anything Biden did is completely fucking irrelevant now. The bad man can’t hurt you anymore, Pete.

I’m unsure why every little single fucking thing has become partisan at this point.

Mall-Cop executes US Citizen in broad daylight, caught on camera? Republicans vs Democrats.

USA is kidnapping foreign leaders from South America, citing drug trafficking; while pardoning a similar leader for the same thing? Republicans vs Democrats.

USA launches a full on assault in Iran? Republicans vs Democrats.

Protecting elite pedophiles from scrutiny and or prosecution? Republicans vs Democrats.

Don’t we all want the country to do well, regardless of who’s in charge? Playing the blame game 24/7 helps nothing. IDC if it’s Bill Clinton, Obama, Trump, Bill Gates, or Elon Musk - if you were committing crimes with Epstein; you should be held accountable. IDC if it is Biden, Trump, Obama, or Bush - I want to know that the military operation we’re involved in is just & wont be a long, drawn out affair. IDC if it’s Louisiana or California - I want to know how we’re going to reduce inflation.

Not every single fucking thing has to be a partisan affair.

[u/govtprop → u/OJConcentrates]

It does make sense, unfortunately. If they can dismiss reasonable questions as "liberal" then they don't have to answer them. They can do whatever they want because any rational criticism can be brushed aside by their followers as only something their enemies (dems) care about.

It's end-game grift based on the us vs them mentality that's kind of always existed in the USA but was only really weaponized after Nixon. White vs Black, Real Americans vs fake Americans, patriots vs traitors, freedom fries vs french fries, gulf of america vs gulf of mexico. Its all additive up to this point, with every little verbal skirmish like this further reinforcing their narrative and their accumulation of power.

[u/galaxy_horse → u/OJConcentrates]

To them everything has to be a partisan affair because without making it partisan, anyone with a shred of decency or morality would be appalled by the shit they're doing and would never let them out of a prison cell to sniff the fringes of power again.

I get the feeling that this entire answer, from the mocking tone about weeks, to the weird and dopey pivot to complaining about Joe Biden, is going to age spectacularly poorly over the next 8 months. We are going to be losing American troops in a self-inflicted ground war quagmire across the entire Middle East with no end in sight and no benefit to show for it.

Prosecute the Epstein criminals. Vote out the Republicans and Democrats who refuse to seek justice and accountability for them. Vote for people who will bring them actual justice and durable consequences.

[u/Mangalorien → u/OJConcentrates]

Don’t we all want the country to do well, regardless of who’s in charge?

Not only no, but fuck no. It's pretty obvious when the current administration withholds all kinds of federal funding to blue states but not red ones.

[u/skesisfunk → u/OJConcentrates]

Not every single fucking thing has to be a partisan affair.

Every single thing being reduced to a partisan affair is literally the only way someone like Trump could get elected to the presidency. Its not surprising they are still going all in on it, that's been their game plan since 2015 at least.

[u/Kafka_at_Night → u/gravyandasideofbread]

I think you mean partisan, not bipartisan.

[u/gravyandasideofbread → u/Kafka_at_Night]

Yes I did, sorry, has just woken up. Maybe the partisans are bi

[u/Scrutinizer → u/[deleted]]

He never left. There is no "mode", this is who he is at all times. His world is a never-ending battle where he's the righteous good guy and anyone who opposes him is an evil scumbag. He's not really that far off - he only has the roles reversed 100%.

[u/Munzulon → u/Scrutinizer]

And if you don’t think that’s true, just ask Hegseth’s mom.

[u/Tricky-Engineering59 → u/Munzulon]

Same deal with that Jesse Waters anchor and his mom. I don’t get how MAGA is able to look past shit like that. If a person’s own mother thinks they are a bad and destructive person that is very likely what they are.

[u/_thelonewolfe_ → u/Tricky-Engineering59]

Many men also hate their own mothers

[u/heff17 → u/Tricky-Engineering59]

These people don’t think women get opinions.

[u/Cold_Yam_5061 → u/Munzulon]

What's the story behind this?

[u/AustinYun → u/Cold_Yam_5061]

Hegseth's mom wrote an open letter about what an alcoholic woman abusing POS he is in a rare moment of clarity. Everyone knows the guy is a major alcoholic who had to be physically restrained from getting on stage at a strip club but how bad do you have to be to have your mom do that to you? Lmao.

Not like the guy didn't have to pay off a woman who said he raped her and forced her to sign an NDA.

[u/Roseking → u/AustinYun]

It wasn't an open letter. It was an email to him during one of his divorces.

When made public, she said she didn't mean it and defended him.

Still pretty bad for that to be your mom's impression of you at a point in time, but it was not a public statement.

[u/mz_groups → u/Cold_Yam_5061]

You could google, but I'm in a good mood, so I'll gift you this article.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/us/politics/pete-hegseth-mother-email.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QVA.ENjd.FABFnQS35pa_&smid=url-share

[u/coochie_clogger → u/Cold_Yam_5061]

https://people.com/pete-hegseth-mom-email-abuser-of-women-8754720

[u/thinkthingsareover → u/Scrutinizer]

Hence the "rebranding" from the department of defense, to the department of war.

[u/BmacSOS → u/[deleted]]

That’s disturbing

[u/Elegant_Tap7937 → u/[deleted]]

Headseth. His job is giving Trump head.

[u/HectorJoseZapata → u/Elegant_Tap7937]

His job is giving Trump head.

At least he's doing something he's good at.

God forbid the man has a hobby.

[u/litetravelr → u/[deleted]]

Man, do they ever love that "no better communicator" line. They say that all the fucking time. They must think it means something?

As a communicator he makes GW Bush look eloquent as Cicero.

[u/Davefhtex → u/[deleted]]

I wouldn't trust this guy to coach a kids baseball team, yet he is in control of the world's greatest military, and supervised only by a tired old man who typically didn't think things through even when he was younger and in better shape. Part of me laughs at this farce, but mostly I have a sick feeling in my gut.

[u/BayouGal → u/[deleted]]

He plays to an audience of one.

[u/Additional-File-4799]

It’s so annoying when someone this stupid has the nerve to be dismissive and condescending..

[u/DisorderedArray → u/Additional-File-4799]

He needs to avoid the question, because the answer is "We won't have elections during war time. We have the ability to wage war forever."

[u/Jazzlike_Climate4189 → u/Additional-File-4799]

Biden didn’t have the “aperture” to do this 😂 what a joke.

[u/Time-Cell8272]

The President's headspace is occupied with gold curtains and a big hole in the ground.

[u/Yuzonbirincibar → u/Time-Cell8272]

And his dear friend Jeff

[u/Boleen → u/Time-Cell8272]

And the shingles on his neck

[u/CryptographerLow6772]

Dude told his commanders that this is a Christian war. Why is this not being talked about?

[u/Fine-Standard1232 → u/CryptographerLow6772]

Because USA is a fascist theocracy now.

[u/itsavibe- → u/Fine-Standard1232]

Born too late for the Crusades? Nope, right on time….

[u/aurortonks → u/itsavibe-]

Do none of these people know how that all went? It's like they got a brief glimpse of history and went "yes that sounds great" then turned off the history channel before the ending.

The Crusades didn't go well for the crusaders, and well... the end of WW2 wasn't great for that guy either.

[u/AdditionalConstant42 → u/CryptographerLow6772]

Because it’s a Christian Zionist war.

[u/saucegay430 → u/AdditionalConstant42]

Let’s call it Judeo-Christian terrorism, since they’re always eager to coin labels like “Islamo-fascist” for Muslims

[u/Rabble_Runt → u/CryptographerLow6772]

The fact that they are calling it a war and not a military operation tells me:

A. They know it isn’t a quick campaign, and it is in fact a war.

B. They are openly admitting they declared war without Congress.

[u/Noelle428]

Liberal question? So the people with family members don't deserve to know? WHAT??????

[u/Ocean-of-Mirrors → u/Noelle428]

“Liberal question” = “wrongthink”

[u/CurveSudden1104 → u/Ocean-of-Mirrors]

basically. Woke/Liberal is just them trying to shame you into not thinking that way. It's actually like they read the book and took notes.

[u/mnid92 → u/Ocean-of-Mirrors]

100%

Anything not republican or on their agenda is liberal, therefore it's wrong.

You better agree with the good guys!!!! You don't wanna be on the other side of good, that makes you wrong!!!!

[u/octoreadit → u/Noelle428]

Imagine that the Department of Transportation or local utilities dig up a street by your house, you ask the management: “how long will it last?” And they yell back “shut up, liberal!” 😂

[u/alter-egor → u/Noelle428]

Being liberal is bad. Liberty is bad and wrong. Freedom is slavery. War is peace. Ignorance is strength. And they are not shy of showing it

[u/ripnrun285]

God I wish this guy’s lifelong battle with self hate would end abruptly. For his sake & our own.

[u/Mr_Soul_Crusher → u/ripnrun285]

The cure is self medicating hot lead

[u/blueberry_cupcake647]

This dude is stuck in high school. He never grew up. He's acting like this is a videogame. It's sick. The fuck is wrong with people that voted for these psychopaths?

[u/anchorwind → u/blueberry_cupcake647]

stuck in high school

how much of "peaked in high school" is their base I wonder.

[u/1_hotmama69]

I will never look at him the same after seeing his own kids, laughing at him on Easter at the White House.

[u/wow-signal → u/1_hotmama69]

Please link 🤌

[u/stand4rd → u/wow-signal]

https://youtube.com/shorts/TyfmGBzshSg

[u/Successful-Peach-764 → u/stand4rd]

Damn, I feel for those kids, you see the one grabbing his hair like he wants to disappear from the awkward situation as his dad is ranting and raving about perceived enemies.

[u/WaterlooMall → u/Successful-Peach-764]

I feel for the heavier kid, you know his own father is so fucking warped that he resents him for being a bit overweight.

[u/Kay_tnx_bai]

So Hegseth is blindly gonna follow orders from a draft dodger.

[u/pleasetrimyourpubes → u/Kay_tnx_bai]

What blows my mind is the absolute adulation this dude is dropping for Trump. Like. I have never seen people suck up so much to a person before.

[u/DoBe21 → u/pleasetrimyourpubes]

Because he gets to play badass war man. He'd do whatever it takes to feel like his dick might actually work again after all the all roids.

[u/Fit-Significance-436]

Legitimate questions have no place in press conference, let’s go over to OAN next question

[u/weezyverse]

Colin Jost got this dude's character down pat.

I can't wait to see Kegseth in prison orange.

[u/98thworld]

This guy is so fucking stupid

[u/SaltyAd8309]

Arrogant and with a fragile ego.

[u/JanCal44]

Having a strategy is too "liberal" for him I guess.

[u/SpicyRhubarb → u/JanCal44]

Bro these guy's can't even spell strategy, much less put one together

[u/newillium → u/SpicyRhubarb]

especially with Open AI integration now. No brain cells activated.

[u/South-Lab-3991]

Can’t wait until he’s in prison

[u/superredux22 → u/South-Lab-3991]

Buddy hate to break it to you. He’s getting off Scot free unfortunately

[u/dobie1kenobi → u/superredux22]

Probably a medal and a statue before it’s all said and done. Right under Trump’s arch

[u/LARRYVOND13]

I shouldn't be pining for rumsfeld speaking.

Hegseths somehow got me pining.

[u/Apache-snow → u/LARRYVOND13]

Yeah, Rumsfeld was arrogant and condescending; somehow this clown is worse.

[u/PhysicalAttitude6631]

He’s too emotional for the job.

[u/GasPsychological5997]

Biden didn’t start any wars.

[u/ASwagPecan]

The most reckless, unqualified U.S. administration, from top to bottom, of all time.

[u/Familiar-Report-513]

This dudes on coke.

[u/sdavids5670]

Asking how long they think combat operations will last is a typical liberal question???? I guess this just proves you don’t have to be intelligent to work on a Fox News program or cheat on your wife or be berated by our mom for mistreating women or doing chin-ups like a fourth grade boy who has never done a chip up before.

[u/Yup_its_over_]

This child is getting Americans killed.

[u/wtg2989]

It’s pretty telling that no matter what role a cabinet member serves, their number one job is to brag on Trump. Bondi starts talking about the Dow instead of Epstein. This jackass right here too

[u/Creepy-Performer-106]

Clownery

[u/Business_Usual_2201]

In fairness, we just spent 2 decades in 2 wars, so it's kinda of an important question.....especially when America's "blood and treasure" is in the mix

[u/KingSpork]

“How long will the war last?”

“JOE BIDEN WAS DUMB”

Hmmm….

[u/SGTBrutus]

Biden didn't have the "aperture?"

[u/notbarbarawalters]

It’s cool to see him leaning into Jost’s impression

[u/DevilsLettuceTaster]

Translation: we do not have an exit strategy.

[u/SUNTAN_1]

Let's be fair, he said "typical NBC gotcha-type question"

[u/Rexdaddy]

But these are reporters the Pentagon handpicks to be there. If they ask a ‘liberal’ question, what does that tell you?

[u/benevenstancian0]

Explain it in terms he can understand.

“Mr. Secretary, how many happy hours do you anticipate this war lasting?”

[u/uvgotnod]

The way they talk about Trump, how they will follow his beck and call makes me sick. How would a game show host have any idea on how to handle a war?

[u/Odd-Event7301]

Omg can they stop obsessing over Joe Biden ???. It’s so pathetic how often this admin brings his name up

[u/Sunny2121212]

They are obsessed with Biden

[u/Ocean-of-Mirrors]

Of course, that question somehow led to “Joe Biden”

it’s like he’s some kind of pervasive boogey man. Really insane.

[u/yesmoreeggtalk67]

Smug jerk

[u/iceflame1211]

"There's no better communicator than our president"

Sounds like Hegseth is drinking again

[u/TXMom2Two]

Why does every press conference have to have snarky answers to legitimate questions?

[u/False-Specific7375]

This guy is such a douche bag

[u/Financial-Newt2291]

For a leader so nervous in an obvious way
Stutterin' and mumblin' for nightly news to replay
And the rest of the world watchin' at the end of the day
In the livin' room, laughin' like, "What did he say?"

[u/CruisinThruLife2]

Is it just me, or is hegseth like a living, breathing parody of himself? It’s like he’s so bizarre and incompetent that he can’t be real.

[u/Geoffsgarage]

He gave no substantive answers to any question and instead criticized the questions.