Good write-up. What's most interesting to me about this is how completely predictable it all is. Any objective evaluation of Hegseth's experience, skills, demeanor, and past accomplishments and failures would lead one to seriously question whether he's fit to lead the local Dairy Queen, nevermind the Pentagon. Immediately after he was stunningly confirmed, his odds of directly being responsible for a scandal or embarrassment were highest amongst all the confirmed, even RFK. It took all of 2 months to shit the bed with such craven recklessness and stupidity.
Now it's the first instance of what we saw so much of in Donnie I, which roughly follows the following cycle: deny, deny, deny in public while expressing ample grievance in private; hope for another news-story to take the attention of our ADHD-addled folk within the next 48-72 hours; get angry at the media when subsequent revelations are worse than the current one; privately begin to look for a replacement; post some social media announcement regarding the new person before a public or leaked announcement, which surprises everyone (this is 50/50). I'd say this cycle will finish up by Friday.
Kash Patel is next by the way. My money is on that train crashing by no later than October.
Agreed, but I think RFK might be the next train wreck considering what he has said about autism and vaccines in general. He has 0 medical experience and every time he opens his mouth, physicians correct his misinformation and I suspect feel very suspect about not only his lack of knowledge, but his leadership skills. He is full on cringe worthy. So far Patel has just sat next to Gretzky ha.
> but in real life, he reportedly “hates interpersonal conflict” and doesn’t like to fire people if he can avoid it.
This reference to rumors is a poor addition to this article. It seems far more likely that (1) Trump is significantly more comfortable sitting in conflict than your average person, and (2) because of that he doesn't fire people when other people would do so. My evidence is everything Trump has ever done, which leads me to believe this is a man who respects a fight and lets it continue even when he could break it up.
Hi Gabe. I have a question unrelated to today’s newsletter, which I enjoyed. There has been growing concern about the fact that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was denied due process. But there has been no mention of the other 250+ people deported that day. Any thoughts on this.
Surprised you had no mention of the weekend Supreme court judicial overreach. Thinking that not everyone is going to be happy with how this could play out. Also, having a hard time remembering which branch of the government controls the DOJ and the military? Asking for a friend.
Good write-up. What's most interesting to me about this is how completely predictable it all is. Any objective evaluation of Hegseth's experience, skills, demeanor, and past accomplishments and failures would lead one to seriously question whether he's fit to lead the local Dairy Queen, nevermind the Pentagon. Immediately after he was stunningly confirmed, his odds of directly being responsible for a scandal or embarrassment were highest amongst all the confirmed, even RFK. It took all of 2 months to shit the bed with such craven recklessness and stupidity.
Now it's the first instance of what we saw so much of in Donnie I, which roughly follows the following cycle: deny, deny, deny in public while expressing ample grievance in private; hope for another news-story to take the attention of our ADHD-addled folk within the next 48-72 hours; get angry at the media when subsequent revelations are worse than the current one; privately begin to look for a replacement; post some social media announcement regarding the new person before a public or leaked announcement, which surprises everyone (this is 50/50). I'd say this cycle will finish up by Friday.
Kash Patel is next by the way. My money is on that train crashing by no later than October.
Agreed, but I think RFK might be the next train wreck considering what he has said about autism and vaccines in general. He has 0 medical experience and every time he opens his mouth, physicians correct his misinformation and I suspect feel very suspect about not only his lack of knowledge, but his leadership skills. He is full on cringe worthy. So far Patel has just sat next to Gretzky ha.
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So sick of these dude bros failing upward—to the detriment of the country, no less.
Gabe ~ thank-you for this summary of “Mr. Hegseth Goes to Washington”.. and the result.
This was a concise and straightforward report on how he got here and how these events unfolded. And, the crisp moment he now finds himself in.
Nice work!
> but in real life, he reportedly “hates interpersonal conflict” and doesn’t like to fire people if he can avoid it.
This reference to rumors is a poor addition to this article. It seems far more likely that (1) Trump is significantly more comfortable sitting in conflict than your average person, and (2) because of that he doesn't fire people when other people would do so. My evidence is everything Trump has ever done, which leads me to believe this is a man who respects a fight and lets it continue even when he could break it up.
Hi Gabe. I have a question unrelated to today’s newsletter, which I enjoyed. There has been growing concern about the fact that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was denied due process. But there has been no mention of the other 250+ people deported that day. Any thoughts on this.
Thanks as always.
"NYT: White House Assesses Ways to Persuade Women to Have More Children."
I wonder if Musk is heading up this effort? 🙂
Can’t say we didn’t see this coming. We were warned.
Surprised you had no mention of the weekend Supreme court judicial overreach. Thinking that not everyone is going to be happy with how this could play out. Also, having a hard time remembering which branch of the government controls the DOJ and the military? Asking for a friend.