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riversedge

(75,662 posts)
Sun May 25, 2025, 10:15 AM 8 hrs ago

SEC DOD Pete Hegseth: "Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore."

Have you notices that most posts coming out of the WH--have Trump usually just
sitting behind the Oval Office desk and others surrounding him yapping???



SEC DOD Pete Hegseth: “Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore.” @Acyn




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SEC DOD Pete Hegseth: "Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore." (Original Post) riversedge 8 hrs ago OP
Who is he trying to kid? Marthe48 8 hrs ago #1
Himself!! riversedge 8 hrs ago #7
Yeah, he was a nobody in trump 1.0. Was he even a FOX weekend anchor by then? brush 8 hrs ago #8
The opposite, I think. surfered 8 hrs ago #2
when he opens his yap onethatcares 8 hrs ago #3
Fools? If they looked like fools that would be a promotion. Ocelot II 8 hrs ago #4
Bwa ha ha. I seem to remember sleeping well at night when Biden was Prez. Ritabert 8 hrs ago #5
"Hegseth is the laughingstock of DOD. EVERYONE in that building knows that if they released classified information riversedge 8 hrs ago #6
Under the previous administration, everyone on the Trump team did look like fools. tanyev 8 hrs ago #9
What fools these Magas be Walleye 8 hrs ago #10
Everyone knows that they are the biggest fools of any administration! Omnipresent 8 hrs ago #11
Yes, now we look like drooling, inbred idiots . . . hatrack 8 hrs ago #12
Somebody is tired.......... riversedge 8 hrs ago #13
I dunno, Pete. Nothing says "looks like a fool" more than very obviously being a lapdog. JHB 8 hrs ago #14
"NOt aNYmore!" Wingus Dingus 7 hrs ago #15
Whiskey Pete is a fool. Sneederbunk 7 hrs ago #16
He's right. We look like arrogant idiots now. Beausoleil 7 hrs ago #17
Remember when the Biden Admin Mountainguy 7 hrs ago #18
Pete and Dumpy are idiots. OLDMDDEM 7 hrs ago #19
Methinks Ol' Whiskeyleaks needs a second opinion. (nt) appmanga 4 hrs ago #20
Yes, you did look like fools then. Now you look like foolish traitors making foolish statements. Ping Tung 4 hrs ago #21
Drunks ALWAYS look like fools, peedey. Clouds Passing 1 hr ago #22
"We looked like fools. Now we SignalChat and remove all doubt" struggle4progress 57 min ago #23

Ocelot II

(124,844 posts)
4. Fools? If they looked like fools that would be a promotion.
Sun May 25, 2025, 10:19 AM
8 hrs ago

Kegbreath has a long upward climb to make it to the level of fool.

Ritabert

(1,077 posts)
5. Bwa ha ha. I seem to remember sleeping well at night when Biden was Prez.
Sun May 25, 2025, 10:19 AM
8 hrs ago

Those days are gone.

riversedge

(75,662 posts)
6. "Hegseth is the laughingstock of DOD. EVERYONE in that building knows that if they released classified information
Sun May 25, 2025, 10:19 AM
8 hrs ago


Hegseth is the laughingstock of DOD. EVERYONE in that building knows that if they released classified information on Signal, they'd be sitting in a jail cell right now.


tanyev

(46,478 posts)
9. Under the previous administration, everyone on the Trump team did look like fools.
Sun May 25, 2025, 10:21 AM
8 hrs ago

Now they are PROVING they are fools.

JHB

(37,692 posts)
14. I dunno, Pete. Nothing says "looks like a fool" more than very obviously being a lapdog.
Sun May 25, 2025, 10:36 AM
8 hrs ago

Mountainguy

(1,907 posts)
18. Remember when the Biden Admin
Sun May 25, 2025, 11:14 AM
7 hrs ago

accidentally invited a reporter into a classified group chat on a non-secure network and discussed highly sensitive war plans for an imminent operation?

Oh, wait......

Ping Tung

(2,433 posts)
21. Yes, you did look like fools then. Now you look like foolish traitors making foolish statements.
Sun May 25, 2025, 02:26 PM
4 hrs ago
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain
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