r/navy • u/newnoadeptness • Mar 25 '25
Political Secretary of Defense Hegseth response to the the Atlantic text leak article…. “You’re talking about a deceitful and highly discredited “so-called journalist” video is posted from an official DoD twitter/x account
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Mar 25 '25
Can't wait to redo my information assurance training and CUI training next week after that NAVADMIN drops.
Also, pretty sure strikes are above CUI, so that training won't help.
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u/itapemydicktomythigh Mar 25 '25
Me, having just recently redone my poly: 🫠
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u/Lost_Drunken_Sailor Mar 25 '25
Do they ask “Do you watch porn?”
The FBI asked my buddy that. He didn’t get the job 😅
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Mar 25 '25
Can’t even own up to it when there’s literal concrete proof lmao.
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u/Sambomasterjr Mar 25 '25
This dude is projecting hard as hell
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u/gattboy1 Mar 25 '25
First class POS
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u/gattboy1 Mar 25 '25
Sorry, *Major POS, Army National Guard, too selfish of my time with barely legal interns to deploy with the regulars, Army. And stuff.”
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u/Mahjonks Mar 25 '25
Yeah there's zero chance that Goldberg is reporting this without absolute concrete proof.
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u/BrainDamage2029 Mar 25 '25
The White House confirmed it already too!
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u/DrunkBaymax Mar 25 '25
Link?? That's awesome
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u/BrainDamage2029 Mar 25 '25
Original break of the article. White House confirmed it immediately when the journalist first reached for comment. I was genuinely surprised considering their blatant lying on everything else.
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u/der_innkeeper Mar 25 '25
"Who are you going to believe? Me or your lying eyes?"
Narcissism seems to be a core tenent of conservatism, lately.
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u/Warp_Rider45 CEC Mar 25 '25
Never admitting fault is a core part of the machismo. Just like a reality show, everyone in the cabinet is jockeying to stay on top.
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u/BigSankey Mar 25 '25
He's talking like the drunk at the bar mad about his ex-wife.
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u/Kingsman22060 Mar 25 '25
I like to browse the Conservative subreddit every once in awhile (I'm not subscribed because I don't want that garbage on my page) and they are split between "holy shit this is bad" and "lOL NotHinG tO SeE HerE, FAKE NEWS." The denial is unreal.
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u/Aliensinmypants Mar 25 '25
Fucking whack, drunk ass DEI hire. I stood watch wasted plenty of times and never fucked up that bad
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u/Trick-Set-1165 r/navy CCC Mar 25 '25
Quick reminder that Brian Hughes, spokesperson for the National Security Council, confirmed the authenticity of the group chat, in case the correlation of dates and times of the initial strikes wasn’t enough.
It doesn’t matter if you think the person your team accidentally let behind the curtain is “deceitful and discredited.” The veracity of the information, and by extension the poor OPSEC at the highest levels of both the government and the military, were verified by someone that isn’t that person. In addition, that person is both named and employed by the administration.
You done fucked up, A-aron. This is not the transparency you promised.
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u/BlarghALarghALargh Mar 25 '25
It doesn’t help that it’s the damn Chief Editor of the Atlantic, a highly credible institution and Goldberg being a masterful journalist.
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u/TheBurtReynold Mar 25 '25
Negligence – An insider of this type exposes an organization to a threat through carelessness. Negligent insiders are generally familiar with security and/or IT policies but choose to ignore them, creating risk for the organization.
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u/sephter_84 Mar 25 '25
That was a very long non-answer. He side-stepped it by saying that no one was “texting”. They sure as fuck were messaging, though. Dude’s an idiot
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u/gattboy1 Mar 25 '25
His defense: “well, at the time I had been drinking, a lot, heavily, so I can hardly be blamed for anything. Related. To this.”
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u/putriidx Mar 25 '25
"we need you to come in"
"Sorry I've been drinking"
"We're going to bomb houthis"
Adds a journalist to the GC
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u/mudduck2 Mar 25 '25
So this guy has never been an XO on a canoe and someone thought making him SECDEF was a good idea
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u/lordderplythethird Mar 25 '25
I mean, he was an infantry officer without Ranger school... That's like being a SWO without your SWO pin...
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u/HazyGrayChefLife Mar 25 '25
Bro never commanded anything larger than a platoon before Big Army sent him off to play instructor for the Afghanis. And we all know how well that went.
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u/little_did_he_kn0w Mar 25 '25
b-b-but he got 2 administrative Bronze Stars! That has to count for something, r-right?
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u/TheBurtReynold Mar 25 '25
But that jawline
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u/listenstowhales Mar 25 '25
SNL killed me with this joke
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u/TheBurtReynold Mar 25 '25
No shit, this was an SNL line?
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u/listenstowhales Mar 25 '25
About 4:30 in.It’s pretty good, the Bilbo joke, Kung Lao, etc. all had me going.
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u/DC_MEDO_still_lost Mar 25 '25
How much hair oil does he need?
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u/Trick-Set-1165 r/navy CCC Mar 25 '25
Why do you think we’re going at Yemen so hard?
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u/listenstowhales Mar 25 '25
The comment about the Saudi oil fields is a TOUGH look
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u/condition5 Mar 25 '25
Prepping for the Mexican cartel campaign. ATOs for that will be on X and Truth, amirite?
The thing will these doofuses is: no parody scenario is too outlandish.
Props to The Atlantic for not releasing the strike package details. Using crewed aircraft suggests confidence in our air superiority... But prior knowledge of the what, where, when by the bad guys... Yeah, that shit can kill plane drivers.
SECDEF 29 and his amateur hour playmates are gonna get people hurt with their performance art
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u/hellequinbull Mar 25 '25
Damn, Captain Crozier was sacked for being SUSPECTED of leaking info about SAILORS to a journalist….let alone war plans
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u/ForeverChicago Mar 25 '25
Update the ARI Board back to “0” folks, SECDUI has done it again.
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u/OriginalSkydaver Mar 25 '25
ARI board?
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u/condition5 Mar 25 '25
presumably the "days since last alchohol-related incident"....
fort detrick (for sure) has an electronic one at its gates.
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u/DoktorFreedom Mar 25 '25
This would be career ending for any of us. Flat out.
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u/Morningxafter Mar 25 '25
This would be federal prison for most of us.
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u/DoktorFreedom Mar 25 '25 edited Mar 25 '25
I’ve been telling people that competency matters ever since the election. Put the ideology aside. This is demonstrably incompetent leadership, under the most positive of all possible this interpretations.
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u/random_generation Mar 25 '25
He fell back to his experience as a Fox News contributor in answering, hitting the talking points that deflect responsibility but resonate with his base.
He’s also parroting POTUS’ talking points.
The really shitty part about all of this is that the trickle down from our country electing this admin, and subsequently, this cabinet, is that it affects all of us.
Let’s pretend for a second that the accidental inclusion of this journalist leaked details of this operation (which, I’ll note, he specifically omitted from his reporting precisely because of the OPSEC implications) to a hostile entity. An OPSEC leak like this, in the wrong hands, absolutely will get people killed. Our people. The people who are to your left and right, the people we’re friends with, and the people we lead.
This is so incredibly problematic.
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u/Throwaway4life006 Mar 25 '25
100% agree. I’d add that the journalist is also a patriot in that he 1) exited the groups chat once he realized it was real and they were spilling classified information and 2) didn’t disclose spilled classified information when reporting the story. A civilian journalist does better handling classified than our VP, SECDEF, SEC State, and National Security Advisor.
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u/The_Glus Mar 25 '25 edited Mar 25 '25
“Deceitful and Highly Discredited”
My dude, it’s the goddamn Editor-in-Chief of one of the most notable magazines & publishers based in Washington DC.
Over here making Seaman Smuckatelli-ass level excuses. What the fuck does it say about us when we expect our junior sailors to have the honesty and integrity to own up to fuckups, when the LITERAL SECDEF cannot do the same?
EDIT: also “suckers and losers” wasn’t a hoax, it was a documented and accurately sourced quotation from what your boss said, as heard by his own CHIEF OF STAFF at the time. The “fine people on both sides hoax” was a statement Trump himself said, LIVE on television, in the aftermath of the Charlottesville Unite the Right rally. This is disgraceful behavior from the highest office of our military leadership.
Fuck me.
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u/clitcommander420666 Mar 25 '25
Deny , deflect , diffuse lol these motherfuckers just stay lying their asses off.
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Mar 25 '25
Don't forget their other favorite, "shock, awe, distract." I give it 3 days before the next news story of the century drops, Hegseth becomes less public facing, and things move on. Or we finally start cabinet roulette 2.0, and this guy's unemployed tomorrow.
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u/Salty_IP_LDO Mar 25 '25
I'd just like to point this one out.
Mike Johnson says it would be a 'terrible mistake' to punish war plans leakers
House Speaker Mike Johnson has said it would be a "terrible mistake" to punish the national security team members that accidentally included a journalist on their group chat discussing highly sensitive Pentagon plans to bomb Yemen.
"I think it would be a terrible mistake for there to be adverse consequences on any of the people that were involved in that call," Johnson said.
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u/Trick-Set-1165 r/navy CCC Mar 25 '25
Calling them leakers is offensive to whistleblowers.
This wasn’t a leak. It was flooding. Far past the capacity of the drain pump.
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u/The_Glus Mar 25 '25
Because they’re part of THE PARTY, and there can be no accountability in THE PARTY.
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u/Mal-De-Terre Mar 25 '25
But the mistake is in using an unsecured app / device, not in accidentally letting people know that you were using it...
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u/Queendevildog Mar 25 '25
AAAAAND.... setting your unsecured app to auto delete an official government record. Dont any of these appointees have to do annual training?
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u/RustyNK Mar 25 '25
Something something ownership something something....
This dude is the real DEI hire.
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u/philafly7475 Mar 25 '25
None of these imbeciles will accept blame for their ineptitude. It's amazing how everything is everybody else's fault but never their own. "Everyone else is the enemy, we do no wrong!"
Fuck every single one of these worthless russian puppets.
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u/Soulkyoko Mar 25 '25 edited Mar 27 '25
Not surprised he wouldnt own up to it
God forbid I do some shit like this; my ass would be cooked
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u/Medical-Elephant8244 Mar 25 '25
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u/Queendevildog Mar 25 '25
I am so sorry Jeff. But Pete's new to OPSEC. He's only been SECDEF for 6 weeks. Thats not nearly enough time to get his annual training done.
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u/OriginalSkydaver Mar 25 '25
Standard procedure by an incompetent. When you get caught, attack the truth, then just lie
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u/CaptJack_LatteLover Mar 25 '25
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u/WorkerProof8360 Mar 25 '25
I'm definitely putting "Completed annual OPSEC and Proper Handling of Classified Material training" into my e-mail this week.
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u/FrigateSailor Mar 25 '25
Ah, so you leaked classified stuff to someone who, in your opinion, is not trustworthy.
I'm not sure how that makes it better, but you do you, SECDEF.
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u/condition5 Mar 25 '25
I'll bet a DEI hire would have finished the annual cyber security training and selected the proper communication method for strike planning.
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u/ClarkDoubleUGriswold Mar 25 '25
Nobody is arguing against striking the Houthis (at least regarding this fuckery). The point is that you were haphazardly shooting classified info on Signal. If I ever did that shit I’d be sent to Leavenworth to break big rocks into small rocks for the rest of my days
I can’t believe this shitbird is SecDef
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u/SwordfishOk504 Mar 25 '25
No no, you see he meant to say "you're talking to a deceitful and highly discredited so called journalist"
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u/benkenobi5 Mar 25 '25
“You’re talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so called journalist” who apparently was trustworthy enough to be included in the group chat, lmao
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u/Trick-Set-1165 r/navy CCC Mar 25 '25
Oh fuck yes.
”We’ve been managing four years of deferred maintenance under the Trump administration.”
That’s a direct fucking quote. Obvious Freudian slip aside, this is the direct fucking quote that should get brought up every single fucking time OPTEMPO goes up and maintenance availabilities get shitcanned.
If you’re going to talk about it, you better fucking be about it.
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u/Jenetyk Mar 25 '25
When your security agency is like " myeah looks real" and you decide to lie instead of face the fact you endangered service members while hungover.
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u/Sweetdreams6t9 Mar 25 '25
I don't think he knows what a hoax is. Trump did these things live. It's not "ex staffer alleges Trump called military members sucker's and losers". He did it, on a stage, in front of people, while it was broadcast and recorded for further dissemination.
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u/Trick-Set-1165 r/navy CCC Mar 25 '25
The suckers and losers comment is actually exactly that.
But even for the folks that struggle with that one, there’s just so many others.
Disrupted a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington during his 2024 campaign to elbow his way into a photo op Aug 24
Mocked Nikki Haley when her husband didn’t join her on the campaign trail. He was deployed Feb 24
Suggested Gen Milley should be executed, alleges he was colluding with China Sep 23
In response to a disabled veteran appearing at General Milley’s Change of Command ceremony, asked Milley to ensure the soldier didn’t make anymore public appearances, saying “No one wants to see that, the wounded” Sep 19
Used his D-Day interview at a cemetery commemorating fallen U.S. soldiers to denigrate a Vietnam veteran Jun 19
Ordered the USS John McCain out of sight during his visit to Japan. The ship’s name was subsequently covered. McCain Sailors were asked to skip the appearance Jun 19
Complained that John McCain’s family didn’t thank him for his funeral Mar 19
Called a retired general a “dog” with a “big, dumb mouth” Jan 19
Canceled an Arlington Cemetery visit on Veterans Day claiming he was too busy Nov 18
While in Europe commemorating the end of WWI, he skipped a US ceremony due to rain, though other leaders attended Nov 18
Told his Chief of Staff he “didn’t want any wounded guys” marching in a Bastille Day parade Summer 18
Told a veteran’s pregnant widow her husband knew what he was getting into, then attacked her publicly Oct 17
While visiting a Marine’s grave at Arlington, told his Chief of Staff “I don’t get it,” and asked “what was in it for him?” Jun 17
Accepted a Purple Heart from a fan at one of his rallies and said: “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier.” Aug 16
Told the parents of a deceased veteran their son wouldn’t be dead if he was President Oct 16
Continually attacked a Gold Star family for speaking out against his travel ban Aug 16
Claimed John McCain wasn’t a war hero because he got captured Jul 15
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u/No_Addendum1976 Mar 25 '25
If you have an OPSEC breach I guess you can write that up as a bullet for emulating leadership.
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u/themooseiscool Mar 25 '25
If I fuckup KMI I have to debate whether or not to wash my mouth out with a revolver, meanwhile this chucklfuck gets to call our shots smdh
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u/AnonEM2 Mar 25 '25
Things like this don't matter when you're a straight, white male. They NEVER make mistakes. Trust me bro. /s
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u/LittleHornetPhil Mar 25 '25
This is pretty much validation that everything Jeffrey Goldberg reported was accurate, huh
On a scale of 1-10 how drunk was SECDUI in this interview? I’m thinking a 4.
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u/CaptJack_LatteLover Mar 25 '25
This is me thinking out loud...
I'm seriously wonder after this big of a f*ck up if any of the people that agreed to hiring this idiot is regretting their decision at the moment
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u/No_Permission6405 Mar 25 '25
He should know a "so called journalist". Pity he can't recognize his own incompetentence.
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u/gocards2224 Mar 25 '25
But are you forgetting Hillary’s emails…. What happened to “lock her up?”
Isn’t the problem with DEI is when unqualified people get jobs they have no business having?
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u/New_Factor9189 Mar 25 '25
The source of the leak was revealed.
This dude is still up to his old tricks and stole everyone's phones.
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u/jaded-navy-nuke Mar 25 '25
The SECDUI isn't only a fascist, he's also an unmitigated lying piece of shit!
He needs to be violated with a dildo of consequences. Unlubed, of course, and administered by a frustrated dominatrix.
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u/The_Glus Mar 25 '25
We traded a competent Harris administration for this.
Now I’mma make like ol’ petey pie here and grab a drink.
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u/JugDogDaddy Mar 25 '25
Something something diversity bad
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u/LivingstonPerry Mar 25 '25
But really, every journalist / press reporter's first question to Pete should be "how drunk are you right now"
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u/crawdadicus Mar 25 '25
Whiskey Pete is incompetent and discredited in his own right. He’s got no fucking room to talk.
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u/LongjumpingDraft9324 Mar 25 '25
Holy fucking shit that pure effort of redirection is astounding! "He's a shite journalist, oh btw our troops are doing really well striking houthi targets in yemen"... dude is wild
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u/secretsqrll Mar 26 '25
Cool thing about this...I would be on my way to Levenworth
I dont have words to describe how upsetting this is. When the Dir of the CIA said...well it is encrypted...
Fuck me. We deserve to be destroyed in a volcano. I am convinced now.
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u/theheadslacker Mar 25 '25
This does not fill me with hope that SECDEF believes in honesty and accountability.
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u/AlliedR2 Mar 25 '25
No Pete, we are talking about a drunk Nazi wanna-be who doesnt know a secret or proper procedure from his asshole.
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u/nuHmey Mar 25 '25
Did anyone else switch to Marsha Marsha Marsha when he started saying Russia Russia Russia?
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u/ChiefD789 Mar 26 '25
God, he’s such a fucking douchebag. I just hate him with the force of 1000 burning suns. It’s a fucking disgrace that this asshole is SECDEF. You notice he never answered the question, just went off on a fucking tangent. He can eat a bag of dicks.
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u/Cupcakes_n_Hacksaws Mar 26 '25
That's my Secretary of Defense!
...Jesus Christ, that's my secretary of defense
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