fossilesqueHegseth declares, 'I only speak American' to room full of foreign leaders
TrackinDaKrakenI wonder what his mom thinks of him turning into such a huge douchey asshole.
Is she surprised, or did she see it coming? Maybe he’s always been so. He’s the kid who made new rules for games and cried when the other kids wouldn’t follow his rules.
protistHegseth’s father was a basketball coach for high schools across Minnesota before retiring in 2019; his mother is an executive business coach who has taught with the Minnesota Excellence in Public Service (MEPS) Series, a fellowship and leadership program for Republican and center-right women.
She’d probably say “You’ve always been a disappointment to this family. You should’ve gone to war with Iran last year.”
“Boromir would have invaded Iran and Iraq”
Boromir would have called it a war
turning into 🫠
Depends on whether she’s opining privately or publicly.
Privately she’s said some pretty awful things about him that are absolutely deserved. But in public, she recanted and lined up behind him, which is really disappointing. She could have been helpful to stopping his appointment but now she’s party not only to murders happening globally, but the deaths of American reservists who shouldn’t be at war in the first place.
e8CArkcAuLE“You are an abuser of women – that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego,” Penelope Hegseth wrote in the email obtained by the New York Times.
“You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth,” she added, advising her son to “get some help and take an honest look at yourself”.
his own command when he was in the nat guard deemed him a security threat, that should tell you a red flag.
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merdaversethe worsest
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Da Cap’n
Pat_Riot…I think they’re quoting ‘the fifth Element’ up there.
pelespiritAnd nazi, he speaks nazi too. That sieg heil in the photo didn’t happen by coincidence.
It’s an accurate snapshot of the American executive branch right now… the moron MAGA President asleep at the wheel, the moron MAGA underlings putting on full display their idiotic rendition of fascism.
Whilst spending untold billions on military gear for ice to violate our constitutional rights.
Miles O'BrienIt’s an accurate snapshot of the American executive branch right now
Don’t sell us short, it’s also an accurate snapshot of the legislative and judicial branches, as well as about 30% of the general population!
lechekaflanYeah, Putin’s favorite circus trope.
When he starts getting in his feelings about not being able to take over Ukraine I bet how bad he’s managed to fuck up our government is salve for his wounds.
their idiotic rendition of fascism
All renditions of fascism are idiotic.
🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞too kind
“American Exceptionalism” is his religion.
talHe just wants to appeal to the collection of people who do like that sort of thing being said.
I remember an incident a bit back where the White House Press Secretary said “your mom” to a journalist’s question, followed up by Trump’s communications director saying the same thing. Those are not people who are going to let that idly slip, much less at the same time — their full-time job is using speech to politically influence people.
independent.co.uk/…/karoline-leavitt-trump-putin-…
Trump announced Thursday that he will soon meet with Putin in Budapest, Hungary, to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine. The choice has raised questions, because Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court. However, Hungary appears unlikely to cooperate with the warrant and is in the process of leaving the court, the Associated Press reports.
When HuffPost asked the White House who chose the location for the meeting, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt replied, “Your mom did.” White House Communications Director Steven Cheung also followed up with, “Your mom,” the outlet reports.
Dr. WeskerWhen HuffPost asked the White House who chose the location for the meeting, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt replied, “Your mom did.”
I’m torn by this. On one hand she’s despicable, on the other hand such a well delivered, completely unexpected “your mom” really gets me.
They go so far to avoid the dreaded, “I don’t know.”
definitely_AIGoverned by high schoolers.
I mean, it’s politicking.
There is a segment of the population that considers Trump to sound authentic, not pretentious, academic, or egg-heady. He sounds like the people they talk to.
What I’m less concerned about is Trump in particular doing it and more about it becoming the new norm. If politicians decide that it works, the world might see a lot more insults, dishonesty, and such.
My hope was “Trump leaves office, this gets toned down”. But…it might not. And it might spread to other places, if they find that it works in the US.
washingtonpost.com/…/democrats-tone-cursing-casua…
Democrats try a new tone: Less scripted, more cursing, Trumpier insults
Party leaders are swearing more, recording more direct-to-camera videos and trying to project an authenticity many voters have come to associate with Trump.
There are gentler forms of this. For example, I remember an interview with a senior British translator (this was pre-Brexit) working at the European Commission who said that they’d made a conscious decision not to codify an “EU English”, because they were concerned about the political impact of European Union politicians sounding different from the public — more distant, elite. “Sound like the people who you want votes from” isn’t new. But…I’d hoped that we could keep a higher bar than something like Trump’s stuff.
But, well, we live in a new era in terms of media, where social media is how a lot of people communicate. It’s gonna have effects. Fifty years from now, I suppose we’ll see what norms have been established.
If politicians decide that it works, the world might see a lot more insults, dishonesty, and such.
Republicans have been competing in emulating Trump since 2017.
He sounds like the people they talk to.
That many people are working in dementia wards?
Colbert was the funniest conservative comedian but I stopped liking him after he switched parties.
Insufferable
Classy HatterNext executive order: English is henceforth called American.
SeeMarkFlyIs he SPEAKING English?
What is “American”???
As a citizen of that nation, “fuck if I know” about covers it. There is a large chunk of Americana that I just don’t understand nor have good feels about. The nation since my childhood, has felt dilapidated and disappointing.
They are circling the Christian drain.
Just a few generations left now. I wonder what will replace it.
Mostly just grunting I believe.
IlixtzeEnglish?!? What!? He’s not from England!
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ThePowerOfGeekAnd Viking. And Celtic.
Viking/Danish
Norse. And it’s more similar to modern Icelandic than anything else, perhaps most closely followed by (distant second place) Norwegian.
Wait until he learns
We’re gonna be here a while…
People forget he was a fox news host. Ain’t no learnin been done here