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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(129,397 posts) Mon Oct 6, 2025, 03:42 PM 7 hrs ago

Marine Veteran Says Hegseth Is A 'Laughing Stock' Within Defense Department

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) thinks Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s recent attempt to flex his power was a total misfire.

Asked about the summit of top military officials that Hegseth pulled together this past Tuesday, Gallego told “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper it seemed clear that the Fox News personality-turned-cabinet member was throwing his weight around in order “to compensate for something.”

“I think it’s absolutely ridiculous,” said Gallego, a veteran of the Marine Corps.

Suggesting that the gathering revealed how Hegseth and President Trump’s administration are looking to use the military for political gain, the senator added, “Everything he did at that meeting, he could have sent in an email. He was just trying to, I don’t know, show force, and he looked very weak in the process.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/marine-veteran-says-hegseth-laughing-213249997.html

Hegseth takes offense and wishes to challenge Gallego to a chug and puke contest.

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Marine Veteran Says Hegseth Is A 'Laughing Stock' Within Defense Department (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 7 hrs ago OP

Leadership through fear and intimidation BOSSHOG 7 hrs ago #1

in civilian organizations, it is also practiced by the weak who have little if any leadership skills. DBoon 6 hrs ago #3

Hegseth is the ultimate PBH. Shipwack 4 hrs ago #7

All you need to know about Hegseth can be obtained with one look at his white supremicist tattoos. FadedMullet 7 hrs ago #2

And yet they will obey him even if unconstitutional GreenWave 5 hrs ago #4

It's not "Marine Veteran". maxsolomon 5 hrs ago #5

Better be carefull Wifes husband 4 hrs ago #6

I'm not correcting a DUer maxsolomon 4 hrs ago #8

BOSSHOG

(43,781 posts)

1. Leadership through fear and intimidation

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 03:54 PM

7 hrs ago

In the military is practiced by the weak who have little if any leadership skills.

DBoon

(24,335 posts)

3. in civilian organizations, it is also practiced by the weak who have little if any leadership skills.

Reply to BOSSHOG (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 04:59 PM

6 hrs ago

Shipwack

(2,871 posts)

7. Hegseth is the ultimate PBH.

Reply to DBoon (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 06:51 PM

4 hrs ago

“Pointy Hair Boss”
https://dilbert.fandom.com/wiki/Pointy-Haired_Boss

Some of the things that characterize him are:

He openly tells people outside his current target market that they are worthless to him.
He thinks he is always right.
When warned about the consequences of not doing something, he ignores it. Later, when the warned consequence inevitably occurs, the person warning is blamed.
He doesn't seem to remember anything beyond about a week's range.
He rewards employees based on how well they stroke his ego instead of how well they do their job.
He is more focused on sounding important than being important.
He always takes sarcasm and metaphors literally.
He is 5 minutes away during crisis and 5 hours ahead during success.
He is a person from whom you are expecting the unexpected and the unexpected is expected.

FadedMullet

(522 posts)

2. All you need to know about Hegseth can be obtained with one look at his white supremicist tattoos.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 04:05 PM

7 hrs ago

GreenWave

(11,747 posts)

4. And yet they will obey him even if unconstitutional

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 05:44 PM

5 hrs ago

maxsolomon

(37,486 posts)

5. It's not "Marine Veteran".

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 05:55 PM

5 hrs ago

It's Democratic Senator Gallego, who is a Marine Veteran.

I dislike stupid headlines like this.

Wifes husband

(596 posts)

6. Better be carefull

Reply to maxsolomon (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 06:46 PM

4 hrs ago

The headline police are as bad as the spelling police and the grammar police on this forum

maxsolomon

(37,486 posts)

8. I'm not correcting a DUer

Reply to Wifes husband (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 07:21 PM

4 hrs ago

It's the actual headline from NJ.com that obscures Gallego's identity - as if "Marine Veteran" somehow gives his statement more credibility?

I'm more of a "WTF-does-that-even-mean Police".

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