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Is Pete Hegseth the dumbest person in the Trump Administration? (Original Post) Quixote1818 Apr 3 OP
Kegsbreath is certainly a sophomoric,... magicarpet Apr 3 #1
I believe that honor goes to Howard Nutlick. Ray Bruns Apr 3 #2
Oh no, displacedvermoter Apr 3 #3
He's the only US senator without at least a bachelor's degree. red dog 1 Apr 3 #21
I know some really smart plumbers, displacedvermoter Apr 3 #23
That is like picking out the stinkiest turd in a manure file. yourout Apr 3 #4
PERFECT! some_of_us_are_sane Apr 3 #18
No Coolgoober Apr 3 #5
Aside from Trump? Yes Walleye Apr 3 #6
So I checked... LakeVermilion Apr 3 #7
He might have been Jilly_in_VA Apr 3 #10
No, educate me... LakeVermilion Apr 3 #12
STINKIN THINKIN some_of_us_are_sane Apr 3 #19
New term for me, LakeVermilion Apr 3 #24
All it takes is some_of_us_are_sane Apr 3 #25
Bobbie Brainworm snorting coke off toilet seats has my vote Submariner Apr 3 #8
snorting coke off toilet seats is a lovely visual vapor2 Apr 3 #29
Brainworm Bobby comes in at No. 1 Jilly_in_VA Apr 3 #9
You nailed Kash timms139 Apr 3 #17
ROFL!! some_of_us_are_sane Apr 3 #20
ROFL! some_of_us_are_sane Apr 3 #26
SkidMarkWayne has my vote! MyOwnPeace Apr 3 #11
Wow. That's a crowded field... GiqueCee Apr 3 #13
He may be the loudest and definitely among the dumbest Blue Owl Apr 3 #14
You mean besides Trump? Martin68 Apr 3 #15
Sadly...dangerous as well NowsTheTime Apr 3 #16
"Granted, it's difficult to select one of Trump's Cabinet members as the stupidest. red dog 1 Apr 3 #22
Two words ABC123Easy Apr 3 #27
Sean Duffy isn't far behind in comparison to Hegs breath usaf-vet Apr 3 #28
He is easy to overlook, I admit, displacedvermoter Apr 3 #30
One would think so, he's more than stupid enough FoxNewsSucks Apr 3 #31
Who was it that was teleported to a Waffle House? DBoon Apr 3 #32
Hegseth is a second tier tv host LetMyPeopleVote Apr 4 #33

magicarpet

(19,102 posts)
1. Kegsbreath is certainly a sophomoric,...
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:43 AM
Apr 3

.... KKKrishtun Nationalist, White Supremacist, racist, misogynist, who is prone to extreme violence and harbors a blood lust - type of severely immature fratboy.

Other than that he is okay.

displacedvermoter

(4,869 posts)
3. Oh no,
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:50 AM
Apr 3

I clamored for, from his earliest days in the Senate, Markwayne Mullin's right to be acknowledged as the stupidest Senator, perhaps ever, certainly in my time.

I truly believe Markwayne has now reached perhaps the Acme of Stupidity, as the most stupid person in the most stupid Cabinet in history.

But, I can't really fight you if you want to give Markwayne a few weeks to settle in and prove again how stupid he is before swapping over the title. Cause Hegseth is indeed one stupid individual, and without Oklahoma Crude Mullin's presence, he would certainly be the One!

red dog 1

(33,335 posts)
21. He's the only US senator without at least a bachelor's degree.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 04:15 PM
Apr 3

He has an Associate's Degree (AA) in plumbing.

yourout

(8,855 posts)
4. That is like picking out the stinkiest turd in a manure file.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:50 AM
Apr 3

It's like finding water in the ocean.

LakeVermilion

(1,620 posts)
7. So I checked...
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:09 AM
Apr 3

Did you know that he was valedictorian of his high school class? So if he's a bright guy, he shouldn't be sucked in by the Christian Nationalists. Instead, I'm thinking, he has chosen that way to move to the top. All of his bravado is performance art as a means to an end.

It wouldn't be out of character for him to seek the presidency outside of normal means.

Jilly_in_VA

(14,521 posts)
10. He might have been
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:18 AM
Apr 3

but alcohol has since destroyed his brain. Have you heard of "stinking thinking"?

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,438 posts)
19. STINKIN THINKIN
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 02:56 PM
Apr 3
"Stinking thinking may include, blaming others, alcoholic grandiosity, fault-finding, self-centeredness."

YEP. HE FITS THE BILL, ALRIGHT!

Submariner

(13,403 posts)
8. Bobbie Brainworm snorting coke off toilet seats has my vote
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:10 AM
Apr 3

I believe Trumpstein still snorts his crushed Adderall pill right off his table top.

vapor2

(4,786 posts)
29. snorting coke off toilet seats is a lovely visual
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 09:14 PM
Apr 3

but I think Patel, lutnick, Pirro and whiskey Pete are tied.

Jilly_in_VA

(14,521 posts)
9. Brainworm Bobby comes in at No. 1
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:17 AM
Apr 3

followed by a tie at no. 2 between Kegsbreath and Kross-Eyed Kash, closely followed (very closely!) by Nutlick, and in in a tie behind him, Li'l Marco and Shady McMaybelline. They're all stupid, just in different ways.

GiqueCee

(4,545 posts)
13. Wow. That's a crowded field...
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:56 AM
Apr 3

... being dumb is bad enough, but his toxic-masculinity's malice puts him out in front of all but a few. Russell Vought and Nosferatu Miller, for instance, aren't stupid, but they are flat-out evil down to their DNA. Trump, of course, has the lead by almost as many lengths as Secretariat.

red dog 1

(33,335 posts)
22. "Granted, it's difficult to select one of Trump's Cabinet members as the stupidest.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 04:34 PM
Apr 3

But Pete Hegseth stands out for sheer boneheaded ignorance." (Robert Reich)
https://commondreams.org/opinion/pete-hegseth-dumb

usaf-vet

(7,842 posts)
28. Sean Duffy isn't far behind in comparison to Hegs breath
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 08:58 PM
Apr 3

My guess is that a⁷ large part of of Hayward Wisconsin is embarrassed of the hometown log roller.

FoxNewsSucks

(11,875 posts)
31. One would think so, he's more than stupid enough
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 09:42 PM
Apr 3

But probably not. They're all evil stupid greedy morons.

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