Pete Hegseth has been nominated to become US Secretary of Defense, a position he is unqualified for and will be destructive in.
“Hegseth explicitly rejects democracy in American Crusade, characterizing it as a leftist demand: ‘For leftists, calls for ‘democracy’ represent a complete rejection of our system. Watch how often they use the word,’ adding: ‘They hate America, so they hate the Constitution and want to quickly amass 51 percent of the votes to change it.’”
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“He explicitly supports forms of election-rigging through gerrymandering. Fair electoral boundaries, he writes, amount to ‘Playing nice to placate the so-called middle,’ which ‘has been a losing strategy for patriots for decades’. Since ‘the other side is stacked with enemies of freedom’, Hegseth argues, ‘Republican legislatures should draw congressional lines that advantage pro-freedom candidates – and screw Democrats.’”
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“Hegseth’s rhetoric about perceived ‘internal’ or ‘domestic enemies’, along with media reports highlighting his tattoo of the crusader motto ‘Deus Vult’, may ring alarm bells for those concerned by Donald Trump’s repeated threats to unleash the US military, which Hegseth would directly control, on those he has described as ‘the enemy within’.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/22/trump-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-book
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This is why I'm hoping for a #militarycoup that comes from the decent military leaders who are still in place. It will need to happen almost immediately after the inauguration.
@kaffando as much as it would be great to not have 45 in office, the military of the US becoming politically active is part of exactly why Hegseth would be a destructive SecDef.
The US needs to solve this non-violently.
Of course, that is absolutely the best option. However, it'll happen at some point under Hegseth, which is why I'm saying it needs to happen before he gets his foot in the door.