Trump47 Cabinet Picks & First 100 Days Agenda

[ZenMode]

Would you consider someone with a documented history of alcohol abuse, sexual assault, misogyny, and Christian Nationalism mentally stable?

I suspect we're going to see the first 3 differently.

"Documented alcoholism" I assume is based on accusations of former Fox employee, many more employees have disputed the claim.

"Sexual assault" is an accusation for which there was no legal action ever taken.

"Misogyny" is probably a reference to his views on women in the military. It's a stretch to say that not lowering established physical requirements is "misogyny"

I'm not sure what the Christian Nationalism is a reference to.

 

[Healing]

Why Pete Hegseth nomination is a milestone for the rightwing Christian movement he follows

To rightwing church movement he follows, Pete Hegseth's nomination is an answered prayer amid push for Christian influence in government and military.

www.usatoday.com

I'm not sure what the Christian Nationalism is a reference to.

Because … he’s a Christian Nationalist?

You can do your tired hand wavy thing, now.

 

[Ramrouser]

You mean he's.....a Christian with a traditional Jerusalem Cross tattooed on his chest.

 

[ZenMode]

Why Pete Hegseth nomination is a milestone for the rightwing Christian movement he follows

To rightwing church movement he follows, Pete Hegseth's nomination is an answered prayer amid push for Christian influence in government and military.

www.usatoday.com

Because … he’s a Christian Nationalist?

You can do your tired hand wavy thing, now.

The linked article didn't provide much. He attends a church in Tennessee that is linked to a pastor in Idaho that is controversial. The article has a lot of generic "they" do this and "they" want that. Very broad-brush and indiscriminate. As an atheist, I'm more than happy to ridicule people for irrational religious views, but there just isn't much there to comment on.

 

[MOUNTAINH33L]

You mean he's.....a Christian with a traditional Jerusalem Cross tattooed on his chest.

"Christian" ftfy

 

[dukeman92]

I suspect we're going to see the first 3 differently.

"Documented alcoholism" I assume is based on accusations of former Fox employee, many more employees have disputed the claim.

"Sexual assault" is an accusation for which there was no legal action ever taken.

"Misogyny" is probably a reference to his views on women in the military. It's a stretch to say that not lowering established physical requirements is "misogyny"

I'm not sure what the Christian Nationalism is a reference to.

No. There are no two ways to see any of it.

- Documented Alcoholism refers to him admitting that he's had problems with alcohol abuse.
In August 2021, Pete Hegseth said on Will Cain’s podcast that slowly, surely, “by the grace of God,” he had been able to undo a pattern of alcohol abuse that had dogged him since he returned from military combat in Iraq in 2006
I'm not going to list all the examples. There are many. And you know full well that he has an admitted documented history of it.

- Sexual Assault refers to the incident in which he restrained a woman from leaving a motel room and then sexually assaulted her. There were no formal charges because he entered into a settlement agreement with his accuser.

- Misogyny refers to the numerous statements made throughout the years about women serving in combat roles. It has nothing to do with lowering standards for them. He specifically stated that women should NOT serve in combat roles.

- Christian Nationalism refers to the Christian battle cry he has on his arm. A phrase championed by the proud boys and extremists who participated in J6.

So we can continue to engage in this inane bullshittery or you can answer my question. Would you consider someone with a documented history of alcohol abuse, sexual assault, misogyny, and Christian Nationalism mentally stable?

 

[Callatoroy]

You mean he's.....a Christian with a traditional Jerusalem Cross tattooed on his chest.

The thought of that sends these good folk into hysterics. Now, if he was islamic with a crescent moon and star tattoo they wouldn't care at all.

 

[ChileG]

cross tattoos are the worst. They are for people who really want a tattoo but are afraid of the stigma of having one. So, they get a cross tattoo.
But I’m sure Christianity is really important to the serial philandering, sexual assaulting drunkard.

 

[Callatoroy]

A little louder for the MAGAs in the back please.

Hirono is on the same level as kamala so she is to stupid to be a senator. Really bad questions and she looked like a fool to intelligent people. To idiots, her questions were spot on.

 

[Healing]

The linked article didn't provide much. He attends a church in Tennessee that is linked to a pastor in Idaho that is controversial. The article has a lot of generic "they" do this and "they" want that. Very broad-brush and indiscriminate. As an atheist, I'm more than happy to ridicule people for irrational religious views, but there just isn't much there to comment on.

Like fucking clockwork.

 

[MOUNTAINH33L]

Hirono is on the same level as kamala so she is to stupid to be a senator. Really bad questions and she looked like a fool to intelligent people. To idiots, her questions were spot on.

Never change, my guy.

 

[lawtig02]

It's this simple. If you think Pete Hegseth is qualified to be the Secretary of Defense, you're willing to put the 2.86 million American military personnel at extreme risk. It will be the most reckless decision made by either party in decades, and Republicans will own any little thing that goes wrong from here on. It's no different than making Rudy Giuliani our secretary of state.

 

[Enigma94]

It's this simple. If you think Pete Hegseth is qualified to be the Secretary of Defense, you're willing to put the 2.86 million American military personnel at extreme risk. It will be the most reckless decision made by either party in decades, and Republicans will own any little thing that goes wrong from here on. It's no different than making Rudy Giuliani our secretary of state.

The hypocrisy of constantly squealing about how the most qualified person must be the one who gets every job followed by nominating the most objectively unqualified person to ever be put forward to run the military of all things is just stunning. They squeal about how the mere appearance of not having the best person possible when nominating KBJ for the Supreme Court is disqualifying regardless of her credentials, then set about making excuses for why Hegseth is ok despite having almost none.

 

[superrific]

Hirono is on the same level as kamala so she is to stupid to be a senator.

*too* stupid. You are such a piece of work.

Don't think it's lost on us that you're denigrating two non-white women, both of whom are vastly more intelligent than you and vastly more accomplished.

 

[ZenMode]

It's this simple. If you think Pete Hegseth is qualified to be the Secretary of Defense, you're willing to put the 2.86 million American military personnel at extreme risk. It will be the most reckless decision made by either party in decades, and Republicans will own any little thing that goes wrong from here on. It's no different than making Rudy Giuliani our secretary of state.

If you take away his alleged baggage related to drinking, women and religion, he's still not qualified. I don't think he's nearly as bad as he's portrayed by Democrats, but he's just not qualified to run a department of that size

 

[4thgenheel]

It's this simple. If you think Pete Hegseth is qualified to be the Secretary of Defense, you're willing to put the 2.86 million American military personnel at extreme risk. It will be the most reckless decision made by either party in decades, and Republicans will own any little thing that goes wrong from here on. It's no different than making Rudy Giuliani our secretary of state.

hell, at least Rudy had some relatively high level experience.

it's like they picked hegseth specifically because he is a wholly unqualified disaster. he checks every box - sex/marital scandals, abuse allegations, financial impropriety, discrimination, extremism, substance abuse issues, etc. etc. etc.

 

[lawtig02]

If you take away his alleged baggage related to drinking, women and religion, he's still not qualified. I don't think he's nearly as bad as he's portrayed by Democrats, but he's just not qualified to run a department of that size

To be fair, he's only not as bad as he's been portrayed by Democrats if you ignore his drinking problems, sexual abuse, and Christo-nationalism.

 

[ZenMode]

No. There are no two ways to see any of it.

- Documented Alcoholism refers to him admitting that he's had problems with alcohol abuse.
In August 2021, Pete Hegseth said on Will Cain’s podcast that slowly, surely, “by the grace of God,” he had been able to undo a pattern of alcohol abuse that had dogged him since he returned from military combat in Iraq in 2006
I'm not going to list all the examples. There are many. And you know full well that he has an admitted documented history of it.

- Sexual Assault refers to the incident in which he restrained a woman from leaving a motel room and them sexually assaulted her. There were no formal charges because he entered into a settlement agreement with his accuser.

- Misogyny refers to the numerous statements made throughout the years about women serving in combat roles. It has nothing to do with lowering standards for them. He specifically stated that women should NOT serve in combat roles.

- Christian Nationalism refers to the Christian battle cry he has on his arm. A phrase championed by the proud boys and extremists who participated in J6.

So we can continue to engage in this inane bullshittery or you can answer my question. Would you consider someone with a documented history of alcohol abuse, sexual assault, misogyny, and Christian Nationalism mentally stable?

I'm not going to split hairs about alcohol abuse vs alcohol addiction and I don't know the context behind his women in battle view, but I don't see it as automatic misogyny. If he raped that woman, that would clearly disqualify him though, as I said above, he's unqualified if none of the allegations are true.

 

[Healing]

To be fair, he's only not as bad as he's been portrayed by Democrats if you ignore his drinking problems, sexual abuse, and Christo-nationalism.

Let’s not forget his rank inexperience at leading large organization, nor his documented financial mismanagement of those small to mid sized organizations.

 

[4thgenheel]

I'm not going to split hairs about alcohol abuse vs alcohol addiction and I don't know the context behind his women in battle view, but I don't see it as automatic misogyny. If he raped that woman, that would clearly disqualify him though, as I said above, he's unqualified if none of the allegations are true.

i mean, ffs dude. have you read ANYTHING about the guy?

Pete Hegseth’s Secret History

A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being repeatedly intoxicated on the job.

www.newyorker.com