A thought just popped into my head regarding Hegseth.

[Susan Calvin]

He's obviously totally unqualified for the job, and anything he does on his own will just be flailing around. So I think the real question is who actually is going to be running the Department of Defense.

I've got no expertise or background for reaching the conclusion that prompted me to ask this question. It just kind of seemed obvious to me.

[rampartd]

1. hegseth and the others are just front men. not decision makers

the actual policy swill come from their 'think tanks' and from trump.

[milestogo]

20. And I don't really think of Trump as a decision maker

because there is no thought that goes into his decisions.

He is an easier puppet than George W Bush was.

We should start calling him Putin's Puppet.

[yardwork]

25. Putin, Thiel, China, other billionaires.

[MiHale]

2. Imagine walking in on your first day on the job...

And asking your underlings …”What do I do?”

[no_hypocrisy]

3. The Peter Principle strikes again.

[magicarpet]

22. Peter the Pud Principle......

[gab13by13]

4. Putin/Musk

[Walleye]

5. Hegseth will be too busy trying to please Putin and hiding his real motives

[C_U_L8R]

6. Dunning Kruger?

Who would even take a job where they would so obviously fail?

[niyad]

11. Because the point of these people is not to run, but to destroy. For THAT,

they are qualified.

[allegorical oracle]

13. Have seen this in the private sector. Those who will likely fail falsely believe the big boss will

support them unconditionally. May be true once or twice, but as soon as the heat builds up, the big boss will order someone else to fire the embarrassing failure.

[3auld6phart]

27. Dang

My eyes seem to be getting worse. Read zDunning Kroger as “ Dung Burger”

[MLWR]

30. I have been asking myself the same question. About all of these "picks."

[HAB911]

7. He will be attempting to steer something

not designed to change course. It will be interesting and terrifying to experience

[Irish_Dem]

8. Joint Chiefs.

The rumor going around when Trump was in the WH the last time is that Joint Chiefs
did an end run around Trump and went directly to Pelosi and McConnell to consult with them,
not Trump.

Trump knew this and hated them.

[Susan Calvin]

23. God I hope so.

My first thought was more ominous than that.

[Irish_Dem]

24. Well that was last time. Trump may do an end run around the generals now.

And just let Putin run the US military.

[doc03]

9. General McCaffrey thinks Hegseth is is whip smart, articulate, can think on his feet and

has the experience. WTF I don't know who to believe any more..

[niyad]

12. WTAF ??? That comment was not The Onion???

[doc03]

14. No he said it live in person on Morning Joe. nt

[niyad]

18. Oh Dear Goddess. And to think that I once had an iota of respect for him.

[allegorical oracle]

16. It's sadly true. Heard him support Hegseth twice -- on two separate days. nt

[hunter]

29. My mom always knew how to handle a drunkard boss...

... and that gave her a lot of power.

[niyad]

10. And to many of us. As I have been pointing out, the creatures that

TRAITOR**/RAPIST/FELON34 is appointing are quite qualified, if one understands that their purpose is to destroy the agencies, groups, etc., that they will control, in plain sight, while the overlords are in the dark background actually running things.

[NoMoreRepugs]

15. Actively working to destroy or simply working at an unqualified inept level which dismantles

the operation? I go with the latter because I’ve yet to see a whole bunch of really intelligent Republicans in DC for a while.

[niyad]

19. THAT is the point. The ones we see are not the ones running things.

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

[BoRaGard]

28. Their uber purpose is to foment Armageddon...

so Jesus can come back and punk all the people they don't like.

No joke.

[niyad]

34. I forgot about the whole End Times insanity. Thank you for the reminder.

[Linda ladeewolf]

36. What happens when Jesus

Doesn’t come back? Do they throw themselves on a funeral pyre? Or do they say that mercy has been extended for another 100 years or that they got the date wrong (again).

[state of stupid]

37. No, they will just say they got it wrong because of some BS reason just like all the false prophets

who prophesied God would cause Joe Biden to lose to The Liar and made excuses when that did not happen, their own followers let it slide.

The Old Testament contains several warnings against false prophets. In Deuteronomy 18:20-22, God provides a clear criterion for identifying false prophets: "But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods—that prophet must be put to death." The passage further instructs that if a prophet's predictions do not come to pass, that prophet has spoken presumptuously.

[surfered]

17. Excellent question. Trump's nominee for Deputy Sec of Defense is a hedge fund guy.

His Secretary of the Navy has no military experience. His Under Secretary of Defense came from the Office of Management and Budget from Trump’s first term

It seems to be mostly Amateur Hour, but competence is not as an important requirement as loyalty to our Dear Leader.

[marble falls]

21. Gerneral Kelly? Great question. Plus he'll be blotto a lot of the time.

[Turbineguy]

26. Trump will be the greatest military genius

since Hitler.

[travelingthrulife]

31. Putin, I guess. Musk.

[William Seger]

32. It'll be run by MAGA staffers who survive the purge, and new appointees who don't know what they're doing.

[elocs]

33. Beware of popping thoughts, but the DoD is huge, important and with world changing consequences

for bad decisions.

[Ford_Prefect]

35. It was suggested that the Christian Nationalists who propped up the campaign have a long list of 'special assistants'

to each agency who will supply dogma and policy particulars in line with creating and enforcing the new "Christian" Reich. Similar speculation was made that where Xian Dogma was not required various industry hacks would supply policy directives.