John Ullyot, who resigned last week as chief Pentagon spokesperson, predicted that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth will also be out of a job soon.

Ullyot called it a “strange and baffling purge” that has led to “a near collapse inside the Pentagon’s top ranks.”

And he warned that even more “bombshell” stories about Hegseth and the Defence Department are about to drop.

https://archive.ph/QMYVm

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      God remember when he invited the man who was wrongfully arrested for breaking into his own home, over to the Whitehouse for a beer???

      Were they even wearing suits?

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        Better still, he invited the home owner and the arresting officer over:

        On July 24, Obama invited both parties to the White House to discuss the issue over a beer, and on July 30, Obama and Vice President Joe Biden joined Crowley and Gates in a private, cordial meeting in a courtyard near the White House Rose Garden; this became known colloquially as the “Beer Summit”.

        From Wikipedia

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      Well, you see, one person is black and has a D next to their name, so therefore eating mustard is bad or something, whereas Trump is white, rich, and has an R next to his name, therefore he can commit infinite amounts of crimes and hold no accountability.

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    ( Ullyot )“President Donald Trump has a strong record of holding his top officials to account,” he wrote. “Given that, it’s hard to see Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth remaining in his role for much longer.”

    That line was near the end of the article and puts the whole thing into absolute hogwash territory

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      I’m pretty sure this is just how people try to manipulate Trump. He responds to flattery, and this almost makes it sound like Trump would be weak to do nothing.

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        It’s worth noting that what you said is the only way this guy is going to get fired. Trump has literally zero intrinsic understanding of the issue. He doesn’t use computers or smartphones, probably has only a vague grasp of what an app or end-to-end encryption are, and no understanding of app security vs device security. He has literally no basis on which to understand any of this, and crucially, he won’t care to learn if someone explains it to him.

        So yeah I have no doubt that he’s completely baffled by all of this and doesn’t really see how it affects him.

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            So you’re saying that signal is like the tweeter thing? Why would Trump fire someone for using something like that? Also where are those hamberders I ordered!!!

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                The point is that it doesn’t matter whether or not Trump uses Twitter. He’s oblivious To the real issues here And has no intention of figuring anything out because he just doesn’t care. If it doesn’t affect him personally, then he just doesn’t give a .

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                  Oh yeah for sure agree that he is oblivious and could not care less, I was just caught off guard with the ‘he doesn’t use a smartphone’ thing.

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    “President Donald Trump has a strong record of holding his top officials to account,” he wrote

    Sorry, what?

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    I still have not made up my mind…
    Is all of this because all of them are incredibly stupid OR is this by design, is all of this intentional.

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    Honestly, I wonder what these bombshells are supposed to be. The current administration goes with the worst possible scenario every single time.

    It also doesn’t help, that they get away with it all the time.

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    When it’s not working, it’s working. The destruction of American military might was the objective from the start. Just look at who benefits the most by this.

    It’s Putin. Its always Putin, using Skum and HitlerPig as his muscle.

    When will people truly internalize that the two biggest foreign Sociopathic Oligarchs, have partnered up with the most prolific traitor in American history? None of them have any loyalty or patriotism toward America, and only see us as a big, rich, fat, lazy target to be ruthlessly exploited and looted, and it’s happening in real time before our eyes.

    All they care about is money, and either Putin is paying them directly out of the Russian Treasury (HitlerPig would rape and murder his own mother for far less than a billion bucks, and Putin could order a lot more than that), or they’ve cut a deal to split the booty like the pirates they are.

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      If what they’re doing is trying to destroy the American military apparatus, then that is just objectively good for the world.

      But they aren’t. Last year’s military budget was 850,000,000,000. This year’s budget is $1,000,000,000,000. Do you destroy something by giving it more money?

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        No, but when you remove your best officers and replace them with “yes” people, then the military is fucked. Hitler is a classic for wrecking the Wehrmacht leadership.

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    I legit would feel a lot more comfortable about the national security of my country if the Pentagon were to require mandatory breathalyzer checks throughout the day for the leadership team.

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            It’s a burgeoning market just begging for someone to enter! And once you’ve built 2, call yourself the #1 guillotine manufacturer in the world, made with American lumber and steel (might have to laser etch a punisher logo on the blade). Then post on X about how your 100% American made guillotines aren’t selling in high enough numbers. You’ll have tariffs on foreign made guillotines by the end of the week!

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    He called himself a “strong backer” of Hegseth

    If Ullyot backs Hegseth then I don’t give a shit about anything else he has to say. Hegseth’s end nearing at this point isn’t a bombshell or surprise.

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      I shouldn’t be surprised that literally nobody knows how to read through political-speak or understands the game as it’s being played.

      It’s not your fault, it’s the goddamn waves and waves of bad-faith bots and shills who have infested every corner of the internet like fucking bedbugs, latching onto any minuscule term or word that could inflame strong feelings in either side of the political spectrum, and amplifying those things to the point of absurdity, so that our general population doesn’t even try to understand things like political games or nuance or complex motivations.

      This is what paved the way for our cartoonishly absurd “leadership” right now. They campaigned on face-value terms and ideas, the most superficial, black-and-white values. It’s why our political landscape is at a point where people don’t even attempt to debate each other anymore, because nobody listens to each other or even wants to understand each other. It’s why we have to explain every little thing online in excruciating detail and with a mile of qualifiers and disclaimers. They have ruined our ability to understand anything past what we see, and as someone who lived in the before times, when there was no social media or internet at all, I can say with certainty that things are dramatically different now. People are different.

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    First cunt is out and it’s been under 100 days. The amount of infighting drama will only increase, and I wonder whether Trump will push Elona under the bus, too.

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    TBH, of all the unqualified and under qualified members of this cabinet, Hegseth has the be the most unqualified. I don’t know if Vegas has odds on which cabinet member goes first, but Drunk Pete has to have something close to 1:1.

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      You forgot that he is also one of the most loyal to Trump. In this admin, loyalty is above all else. It doesn’t matter how incompetent you are as long as you’re loyal.

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        That’s a fair point, but if he messes up enough, and more importantly embarrassingly enough, the loyalty won’t matter. Can’t make the King(s) look bad.

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          You can actually see the future take on Hegseth in this op-ed. One third of the article is how great a leader Trump is, and Hegseth could’ve been. One third is stale Biden-bashing talking points, and the last third is how fucked up things are at the Pentagon. In it he says Trump demands results (unlike “some other administrations”), and then lists a number of former secretaries he’s fired for “not meeting his expectations.” Completely overlooking that many of them resigned over some scandal, at least one left because he said Trump was an “fucking idiot,” and the rest were fired for telling him what he didn’t want to hear. This is the history the party has decided on, and Hegseth will become another name on that list.

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          HitlerPig will never admit that his pick was anything less than the best idea ever. He will double, triple, quadruple down, and never fire him.

          And the besides his own raging ego, the primary reason is because he is counting on Field Marshall Hegseth to order the military to attack protesters next summer, to justify declaring Martial Law and suspending the midterm elections. He can’t afford to have the mid-terms, which will be a bloodbath, and give the Dems the majority in at least one chamber, and control of investigative committees with subpoena and arrest power. Can’t have that, so they have to stop the election altogether.

          After multiple misteps that would get any other Defense Secretary fired, and probably prosecuted, HitlerPig will be able to hold it over Nazi Pete’s head, when he issues the command to murder American citizens in Tiananmen-style attacks around the country.

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      of all the unqualified and under qualified members of this cabinet, Hegseth has the be the most unqualified

      I dunno. RFK is also a strong contender for that title.

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        Fair point. I feel like RFK can do more damage. At least with the military, generals and admirals can refuse unlawful orders.

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          I feel like RFK can do more damage.

          His insanity can cause (or accelerate) a global pandemic.