Gen. Donahue’s reputation wasn’t built on politics. It was built on decades of leadership, combat experience, and the trust of the soldiers who served under him.
General Chris Donahue has spent his career leading from the front, earning the respect of Soldiers, Allies, and senior leaders across the Joint Force. Secretary Hegseth’s decision to force him out says far more about Hegseth than it does about General Donahue.
This is yet another unforced error from a Secretary leading the Pentagon with bro-culture bravado rather than restraint, humility and careful stewardship of the finest fighting force in the world.
Strong leaders are not threatened by accomplished commanders. Weak ones are. His paranoid micromanagement of senior military leaders and promotion lists is pure insecurity dressed up as reform. He is more interested in purging people he perceives as insufficiently loyal than empowering proven patriots who can actually lead.
This is not reinvigorating the warrior ethos. This is not a leader prioritizing merit. It’s sophomoric. It’s unserious. And it’s bringing great harm to our Department of Defense. Our military deserves steady, serious civilian leadership. Right now, it’s getting the opposite.
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@NateSilver538 As a supposed political analyst, think that you’d understand the reflecting pool is an extremely visible and tangible example of Trump’s corruption and incompetence.
@NateSilver538 I don’t watch soccer. Other people do, and that’s very nice, I hope they enjoy it. I do care that the President of the United States has paranoid dementia. But I guess people have their own priorities.
The Democrats have nurtured an organization, the Democratic Socialists of America, that is determined to effectively destroy the Democratic Party in a hostile takeover. And the Democratic Party has literally no clue how to deal with it, because our parties are hollow shells.
While communists march on America, the professional conservative movement in Washington would rather fundraise off your outrage than stop the progressive advance. https://t.co/sDZfo0L93c
One component of Malignant Narcissism is SADISM. People don’t fathom how deeply Trump is driven by it. In normal people, those types of impulses are offset by caring emotion. Trump has none. He is a Black Hole. He enjoys chaos and actually takes glee from others' suffering.
He defames women he's raped. He pokes fun at others' disabilities. He loves peddling fear. He enjoys inducing outrage. He makes threats - multiple times a day, every single day. He sees enemies in ALL conflict and disagreement, and he sees it as part of a zero-sum game - where he has to win AND they have to lose - and he enjoys both, which is a sadistic posture.
Of course, he didn't care when he botched Covid and it led to massive unnecessary deaths. Of course, he didn't care when he bombed 170 Iranian schoolchildren and rationalized it as an acceptable casualty of war. And of course, he JUST YESETRDAY cancelled plans to sign a bipartisan housing bill to benefit Americans, preferring to dangle the humanitarian benefit for additional partisan gain.
BECAUSE -
He doesn't care about humanitarian consequence.
He literally doesn't feel empathy, shame, or contrition.
He sees his lack of empathy as negotiating advantage.
AND - let's NEVER forget - he didn't just foment an insurrection, he savored it - even more so as it grew violent.
He is The Joker.
Donald Trump is always gonna get the best drugs. That bastard was on his deathbed from Covid, but he got some kind of aspirator that brought him back to life. Now he’s got some Eli Lilly drug, only given to one 79 year-old in the country, that makes him go from a blow whale to an energizer bunny.
What the fuk?
This ladies and gentleman is the President of the United States. He has control of the nuclear codes and could start a nuclear war at any moment.
This man needs serious mental health treatment
He should not have control of anything. Much less the nuclear codes
Yes Sarah, we are fucked.
#DV1 #USD #DemsUnited
@OlenaRohoza Well PLEASE release it IMMEDIATELY!!! Before the flash drive and you disappear! This list should have been released yesterday! It is just a bunch of individuals. Individuals are not companies. They will be replaced. So RELEASE THE ENTIRE LIST NOW !!