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Is Pete Hegseth the dumbest person in the Trump Administration? (Original Post) Quixote1818 16 hrs ago OP
Kegsbreath is certainly a sophomoric,... magicarpet 16 hrs ago #1
I believe that honor goes to Howard Nutlick. Ray Bruns 16 hrs ago #2
Oh no, displacedvermoter 16 hrs ago #3
He's the only US senator without at least a bachelor's degree. red dog 1 11 hrs ago #21
I know some really smart plumbers, displacedvermoter 10 hrs ago #23
That is like picking out the stinkiest turd in a manure file. yourout 16 hrs ago #4
PERFECT! some_of_us_are_sane 12 hrs ago #18
No Coolgoober 16 hrs ago #5
Aside from Trump? Yes Walleye 16 hrs ago #6
So I checked... LakeVermilion 16 hrs ago #7
He might have been Jilly_in_VA 15 hrs ago #10
No, educate me... LakeVermilion 15 hrs ago #12
STINKIN THINKIN some_of_us_are_sane 12 hrs ago #19
New term for me, LakeVermilion 7 hrs ago #24
All it takes is some_of_us_are_sane 6 hrs ago #25
Bobbie Brainworm snorting coke off toilet seats has my vote Submariner 16 hrs ago #8
snorting coke off toilet seats is a lovely visual vapor2 6 hrs ago #29
Brainworm Bobby comes in at No. 1 Jilly_in_VA 16 hrs ago #9
You nailed Kash timms139 12 hrs ago #17
ROFL!! some_of_us_are_sane 12 hrs ago #20
ROFL! some_of_us_are_sane 6 hrs ago #26
SkidMarkWayne has my vote! MyOwnPeace 15 hrs ago #11
Wow. That's a crowded field... GiqueCee 15 hrs ago #13
He may be the loudest and definitely among the dumbest Blue Owl 14 hrs ago #14
You mean besides Trump? Martin68 14 hrs ago #15
Sadly...dangerous as well NowsTheTime 13 hrs ago #16
"Granted, it's difficult to select one of Trump's Cabinet members as the stupidest. red dog 1 10 hrs ago #22
Two words ABC123Easy 6 hrs ago #27
Sean Duffy isn't far behind in comparison to Hegs breath usaf-vet 6 hrs ago #28
He is easy to overlook, I admit, displacedvermoter 6 hrs ago #30
One would think so, he's more than stupid enough FoxNewsSucks 5 hrs ago #31
Who was it that was teleported to a Waffle House? DBoon 5 hrs ago #32
Hegseth is a second tier tv host LetMyPeopleVote 2 hrs ago #33

magicarpet

(18,538 posts)
1. Kegsbreath is certainly a sophomoric,...
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:43 AM
16 hrs ago

.... KKKrishtun Nationalist, White Supremacist, racist, misogynist, who is prone to extreme violence and harbors a blood lust - type of severely immature fratboy.

Other than that he is okay.

displacedvermoter

(4,538 posts)
3. Oh no,
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:50 AM
16 hrs ago

I clamored for, from his earliest days in the Senate, Markwayne Mullin's right to be acknowledged as the stupidest Senator, perhaps ever, certainly in my time.

I truly believe Markwayne has now reached perhaps the Acme of Stupidity, as the most stupid person in the most stupid Cabinet in history.

But, I can't really fight you if you want to give Markwayne a few weeks to settle in and prove again how stupid he is before swapping over the title. Cause Hegseth is indeed one stupid individual, and without Oklahoma Crude Mullin's presence, he would certainly be the One!

red dog 1

(33,080 posts)
21. He's the only US senator without at least a bachelor's degree.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 04:15 PM
11 hrs ago

He has an Associate's Degree (AA) in plumbing.

yourout

(8,825 posts)
4. That is like picking out the stinkiest turd in a manure file.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:50 AM
16 hrs ago

It's like finding water in the ocean.

LakeVermilion

(1,591 posts)
7. So I checked...
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:09 AM
16 hrs ago

Did you know that he was valedictorian of his high school class? So if he's a bright guy, he shouldn't be sucked in by the Christian Nationalists. Instead, I'm thinking, he has chosen that way to move to the top. All of his bravado is performance art as a means to an end.

It wouldn't be out of character for him to seek the presidency outside of normal means.

Jilly_in_VA

(14,394 posts)
10. He might have been
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:18 AM
15 hrs ago

but alcohol has since destroyed his brain. Have you heard of "stinking thinking"?

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,211 posts)
19. STINKIN THINKIN
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 02:56 PM
12 hrs ago
"Stinking thinking may include, blaming others, alcoholic grandiosity, fault-finding, self-centeredness."

YEP. HE FITS THE BILL, ALRIGHT!

Submariner

(13,370 posts)
8. Bobbie Brainworm snorting coke off toilet seats has my vote
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:10 AM
16 hrs ago

I believe Trumpstein still snorts his crushed Adderall pill right off his table top.

vapor2

(4,529 posts)
29. snorting coke off toilet seats is a lovely visual
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 09:14 PM
6 hrs ago

but I think Patel, lutnick, Pirro and whiskey Pete are tied.

Jilly_in_VA

(14,394 posts)
9. Brainworm Bobby comes in at No. 1
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:17 AM
16 hrs ago

followed by a tie at no. 2 between Kegsbreath and Kross-Eyed Kash, closely followed (very closely!) by Nutlick, and in in a tie behind him, Li'l Marco and Shady McMaybelline. They're all stupid, just in different ways.

GiqueCee

(4,286 posts)
13. Wow. That's a crowded field...
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:56 AM
15 hrs ago

... being dumb is bad enough, but his toxic-masculinity's malice puts him out in front of all but a few. Russell Vought and Nosferatu Miller, for instance, aren't stupid, but they are flat-out evil down to their DNA. Trump, of course, has the lead by almost as many lengths as Secretariat.

red dog 1

(33,080 posts)
22. "Granted, it's difficult to select one of Trump's Cabinet members as the stupidest.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 04:34 PM
10 hrs ago

But Pete Hegseth stands out for sheer boneheaded ignorance." (Robert Reich)
https://commondreams.org/opinion/pete-hegseth-dumb

usaf-vet

(7,814 posts)
28. Sean Duffy isn't far behind in comparison to Hegs breath
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 08:58 PM
6 hrs ago

My guess is that a⁷ large part of of Hayward Wisconsin is embarrassed of the hometown log roller.

FoxNewsSucks

(11,724 posts)
31. One would think so, he's more than stupid enough
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 09:42 PM
5 hrs ago

But probably not. They're all evil stupid greedy morons.

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