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riversedge

(80,550 posts) Sun May 25, 2025, 10:15 AM May 2025

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SEC DOD Pete Hegseth: "Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore."

Have you notices that most posts coming out of the WH--have Trump usually just
sitting behind the Oval Office desk and others surrounding him yapping???

SEC DOD Pete Hegseth: “Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore.” @Acyn

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SEC DOD Pete Hegseth: "Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore." (Original Post) riversedge May 2025 OP

Who is he trying to kid? Marthe48 May 2025 #1

Himself!! riversedge May 2025 #7

Yeah, he was a nobody in trump 1.0. Was he even a FOX weekend anchor by then? brush May 2025 #8

The opposite, I think. surfered May 2025 #2

when he opens his yap onethatcares May 2025 #3

Fools? If they looked like fools that would be a promotion. Ocelot II May 2025 #4

Bwa ha ha. I seem to remember sleeping well at night when Biden was Prez. Ritabert May 2025 #5

"Hegseth is the laughingstock of DOD. EVERYONE in that building knows that if they released classified information riversedge May 2025 #6

Under the previous administration, everyone on the Trump team did look like fools. tanyev May 2025 #9

What fools these Magas be Walleye May 2025 #10

Everyone knows that they are the biggest fools of any administration! Omnipresent May 2025 #11

Yes, now we look like drooling, inbred idiots . . . hatrack May 2025 #12

Somebody is tired.......... riversedge May 2025 #13

I dunno, Pete. Nothing says "looks like a fool" more than very obviously being a lapdog. JHB May 2025 #14

"NOt aNYmore!" Wingus Dingus May 2025 #15

Whiskey Pete is a fool. Sneederbunk May 2025 #16

He's right. We look like arrogant idiots now. Beausoleil May 2025 #17

Remember when the Biden Admin Mountainguy May 2025 #18

Pete and Dumpy are idiots. OLDMDDEM May 2025 #19

Methinks Ol' Whiskeyleaks needs a second opinion. (nt) appmanga May 2025 #20

Yes, you did look like fools then. Now you look like foolish traitors making foolish statements. Ping Tung May 2025 #21

Drunks ALWAYS look like fools, peedey. Clouds Passing May 2025 #22

"We looked like fools. Now we SignalChat and remove all doubt" struggle4progress May 2025 #23

Marthe48

(23,043 posts)

1. Who is he trying to kid?

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun May 25, 2025, 10:17 AM

May 2025

n/t

riversedge

(80,550 posts)

7. Himself!!

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Sun May 25, 2025, 10:20 AM

May 2025

brush

(61,033 posts)

8. Yeah, he was a nobody in trump 1.0. Was he even a FOX weekend anchor by then?

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Sun May 25, 2025, 10:20 AM

May 2025

surfered

(13,059 posts)

2. The opposite, I think.

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Sun May 25, 2025, 10:19 AM

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onethatcares

(16,983 posts)

3. when he opens his yap

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Sun May 25, 2025, 10:19 AM

May 2025

he removes all doubt he's not a fool.

Ocelot II

(130,246 posts)

4. Fools? If they looked like fools that would be a promotion.

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Sun May 25, 2025, 10:19 AM

May 2025

Kegbreath has a long upward climb to make it to the level of fool.

Ritabert

(2,324 posts)

5. Bwa ha ha. I seem to remember sleeping well at night when Biden was Prez.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun May 25, 2025, 10:19 AM

May 2025

Those days are gone.

riversedge

(80,550 posts)

6. "Hegseth is the laughingstock of DOD. EVERYONE in that building knows that if they released classified information

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Sun May 25, 2025, 10:19 AM

May 2025

Hegseth is the laughingstock of DOD. EVERYONE in that building knows that if they released classified information on Signal, they'd be sitting in a jail cell right now.

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tanyev

(49,131 posts)

9. Under the previous administration, everyone on the Trump team did look like fools.

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Sun May 25, 2025, 10:21 AM

May 2025

Now they are PROVING they are fools.

Walleye

(44,584 posts)

10. What fools these Magas be

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Sun May 25, 2025, 10:22 AM

May 2025

Omnipresent

(7,418 posts)

11. Everyone knows that they are the biggest fools of any administration!

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Sun May 25, 2025, 10:22 AM

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hatrack

(64,745 posts)

12. Yes, now we look like drooling, inbred idiots . . .

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Sun May 25, 2025, 10:24 AM

May 2025

Well done, Sec. Kegbreath.

riversedge

(80,550 posts)

13. Somebody is tired..........

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Sun May 25, 2025, 10:33 AM

May 2025

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JHB

(38,146 posts)

14. I dunno, Pete. Nothing says "looks like a fool" more than very obviously being a lapdog.

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Sun May 25, 2025, 10:36 AM

May 2025

Wingus Dingus

(9,173 posts)

15. "NOt aNYmore!"

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Sun May 25, 2025, 11:03 AM

May 2025

*hic*

Sneederbunk

(17,425 posts)

16. Whiskey Pete is a fool.

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Sun May 25, 2025, 11:08 AM

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Beausoleil

(3,014 posts)

17. He's right. We look like arrogant idiots now.

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Sun May 25, 2025, 11:10 AM

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Mountainguy

(2,145 posts)

18. Remember when the Biden Admin

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Sun May 25, 2025, 11:14 AM

May 2025

accidentally invited a reporter into a classified group chat on a non-secure network and discussed highly sensitive war plans for an imminent operation?

Oh, wait......

OLDMDDEM

(3,152 posts)

19. Pete and Dumpy are idiots.

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Sun May 25, 2025, 11:14 AM

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appmanga

(1,480 posts)

20. Methinks Ol' Whiskeyleaks needs a second opinion. (nt)

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Sun May 25, 2025, 01:51 PM

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Ping Tung

(4,370 posts)

21. Yes, you did look like fools then. Now you look like foolish traitors making foolish statements.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun May 25, 2025, 02:26 PM

May 2025

"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain

Clouds Passing

(7,854 posts)

22. Drunks ALWAYS look like fools, peedey.

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Sun May 25, 2025, 05:39 PM

May 2025

struggle4progress

(126,010 posts)

23. "We looked like fools. Now we SignalChat and remove all doubt"

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Sun May 25, 2025, 05:48 PM

May 2025

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