Father of a Popsicle,a chunk chunk, & lil buddy, husband to wifelady, AVID Cyclist, Chem Engr ULL, US Army OIF 07-09, Diehard Saints⚜️ Fan, New Deal Democrat
Donald Trump, the president of the United States, just said we lost 200,000 people in Vietnam.
This is profound stupidity, and one more indication of why he's an incompetent Commander in Chief.
Sen. Reed: "The DOD has been planning for potential operations against Iran for many years, and one of the assumptions was that the Strait of Hormuz could be closed. Were you unaware of that?"
Hegseth: "You are correct. Nobody plans more and looks more at contingencies than our department…Of course the Strait of Hormuz was front and center in every aspect of that, hence why one of our objectives to begin with was to sink the entirety of Iran's navy."
Sen. Reed: "So you were completely aware that the Strait of Hormuz could be closed?"
Hegseth: "We had U.S. boats that surrendered to Iranian ships under the Biden administration."
Sen. Reed: "We're talking about a war you started…Your fallback to the Biden administration is a very obvious excuse for what I think is probably, as you describe so often, gross negligence."
Ryan: This is a straight up betrayal from a president, by the way, who promised to end wars, not start wars—a president who never spent a single day in uniform but is more than willing to send other people's kids to fight in his wars
Phillip: Wouldn’t you be skeptical if Hegseth had come to you three months ago and said, we've met all of our objectives and now he's saying, actually, never mind.
Jennings: We’re saying there’s still more work to do.
Phillip: It was congressional testimony. So it's either he was lying then or they didn't know what they were talking about.
Pete Hegseth continues to hide behind the bravery and sacrifice of our troops to deflect from his own incompetence & lack of leadership. Rather than do his job he’s fighting woke, making workout videos, and releasing statements from his hair and makeup studio while blaming Biden.
Sen. @Ossoff: You are requesting $68B for the department, correct?
Hegseth: $67 billion.
Ossoff: And yesterday, US forces struck Iran.
Hegseth: Yes.
Ossoff: Nearly 5 months ago, you said Iran's military was "destroyed" and "made combat ineffective." Was that accurate?
Olive Garden's owners say that you do not have to show ID to get pasta at an Olive Garden. A guy who shits himself in public and struggles to pass basic cognitive tests says that you do. For busy restaurant-goers, it can be hard to know who to trust.