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Miles Archer

(22,538 posts)
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:32 PM Tuesday

Bongino's foamy sweaty steamy snarling roid rage erupts when Manly Man Pete Hegseth's Manly Masculinity is questioned

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bongino-loses-it-over-mockery-of-pentagon-petes-manhood/

Initially responding to criticism of FBI Director Kash Patel flying to Italy and partaking in a boozy locker room celebration after the U.S. men’s hockey team’s gold medal win, an irate Bongino, 51, suggested that those in the media simply do not like seeing men in the administration be men.

“It’s about attacking every single member of the Trump team that engages in any of this type of behavior that celebrates manhood, testosterone, bravery, courage, strength, any of these attributes you would associate with traditional masculinity; they’ve got to bash all the time,” he said.

“Sometimes guys just like sports, wants to drink a beer.”

Bongino said a Beast article from the weekend was another example of the media bashing the Trump administration’s masculinity. Its headline read, “Pentagon Pete Can’t Stop Posting Cringe Workout Videos.”

The former No. 2 at the FBI could not control his disgust, referring to the Beast as “The Daily Yeast” and asserting that the article’s author, unlike he and Hegseth, could not even bench press “3.1 pounds.”
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Bongino's foamy sweaty steamy snarling roid rage erupts when Manly Man Pete Hegseth's Manly Masculinity is questioned (Original Post) Miles Archer Tuesday OP
Hey, Bongino.. None of us cares how much weight your combined FAT HEADS can benchpress. hlthe2b Tuesday #1
Weird how they always go there bucolic_frolic Tuesday #2
I have to say...................... Lovie777 Tuesday #3
All they're doing is proving the opposite MustLoveBeagles Tuesday #4
These ostentatious displays only make me think that they worry about the size of their erm, equipment. jls4561 Tuesday #5
I want a brave man, I want a cave man - JOannie Summers msongs Tuesday #6
ALMOST. Soooo close, bro...SO close. Volaris Tuesday #7

hlthe2b

(113,477 posts)
1. Hey, Bongino.. None of us cares how much weight your combined FAT HEADS can benchpress.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:36 PM
Tuesday

Given they are totally devoid of brain matter, that muscle head is not what you think and all the thinking MEN AND WOMEN of the world see through it.

bucolic_frolic

(54,784 posts)
2. Weird how they always go there
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:38 PM
Tuesday

The most elite jobs in the world might require 24/7 on any given day. Just like CEOs, heads of state and their ministers. This is kind of goofin' off.

Lovie777

(22,536 posts)
3. I have to say......................
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:51 PM
Tuesday

these men masculinity are in question. Why do these so called manly men need to also beat their chest and yell "look at me, I'm a strong"?

jls4561

(3,015 posts)
5. These ostentatious displays only make me think that they worry about the size of their erm, equipment.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 05:01 PM
Tuesday

Don’t worry guys, it’s still bigger than your brain.

Volaris

(11,620 posts)
7. ALMOST. Soooo close, bro...SO close.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 06:15 PM
Tuesday

Its not the masculinity anyone has a problem with. It's the TOXIC masculinity that says you should be drunk in a locker room instead of running the fucking FBI.

The last asshole that was anywhere CLOSE to that unhinged in that department was Fox Mulder.

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