MAGA Dimwit Pete Hegseth Accidentally Reveals a Dark Truth about Trump
As Trump’s defense secretary faces harsh questioning from Democrats, a writer who closely tracks Trumpism explains what he unwittingly exposed about the ugly core of Trump-MAGA politics.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced striking questioning from Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin on Wednesday. She grilled him on whether he had given an order allowing members of the military to shoot unarmed protesters if necessary. She also pressed him on whether the military has the authority to arrest protesters. Hegseth stonewalled. What his obfuscation ended up revealing, though, is this: He knows that in response to Democratic questioning, he cannot be seen reassuring the broader public about the military’s intentions toward civilians and especially toward Blue America. Trump would perceive this as weakness and as capitulation. Which itself reveals something deeply unnerving about the Trump-MAGA threat. We talked to Guardian columnist
, author of a great new piece about Trump’s military parade. She digs into the darker implications of Hegseth’s testimony and explains why the sheer spectacle of authoritarianism is so central to the Trump-MAGA project. Listen to this episode here. A transcript is here.
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Missed the main point-
THE ONLY BOOK THAT MATTERS TO HIM IS THE BIBLE! That’s the scariest part of this testimony.
Hegseth isn’t going ANYWHERE. He’s a part of the one of the White Christian Nationalist groups ingrained in this administration.
Russ Vought (architect of P2025, keeper of our nation’s checkbook, Trump’s main influencer from the shadows) is a part of it too along with Mike Johnson and MORE.