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allegorical oracle

(6,394 posts)
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 05:57 PM Thursday

What's Wrong with Pete Hegseth?

Esquire Opinion by Dave Holmes

“We are punching them while they are down, which is exactly how it should be” will surely echo throughout history, just maybe not in the way he thinks it will (and “throughout history” means “until late Friday morning, maximum,” because who can keep anything in their head anymore). “It was never meant to be a fair fight, and it is not a fair fight”

snip

So … what the hell is wrong with this guy? One word: insecurity. Pete Hegseth is the textbook definition of “overcompensation,” “fragile masculinity,” and “incomplete pull-up.” Hegseth’s words tell you this is a deeply insecure man, and if they don’t, his eyes sure do. Pete Hegseth is the face and the voice and the posture of the classic American man as imagined by the second Trump Administration. This is the way the men and women of the current Cabinet have to speak. They have been given notes on their roles, and the director wants them to sound tough, even when their words reveal that they’re terrified of things like cities and trans people and the Spanish language.

Hegseth’s words reveal him, the lot of them, as the last gasp of the white, male, patriarchal society we were finally just beginning to move past. He’s an extinction burst, he’s Skeet Ulrich popping up one last time at the end of Scream. Great things await us when he and the rest of them are out of the way. But again, he’s in control of the most powerful military in the history of the world, so there’s no guarantee we’ll get there. We will in fact be lucky to survive him.

Great hair though.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a70619766/whats-wrong-with-pete-hegseth/

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What's Wrong with Pete Hegseth? (Original Post) allegorical oracle Thursday OP
Who can argue with this... EarthFirst Thursday #1
He's already got... 2naSalit Thursday #2
SDE. B.See Thursday #64
*SNORT* Skittles Thursday #11
Zero. You have done zero so far. ... JustABozoOnThisBus Thursday #25
OMG STOP IT JustABozoOnThisBus Skittles Thursday #26
!! Marcuse Thursday #41
I call him MW67 Thursday #35
My old Drill Instructor would like a word! BidenRocks Thursday #15
Don't forget: Skateboard meets crotch. sheshe2 Thursday #27
Sweet MW67 Thursday #39
You are very welcome, MW67. sheshe2 Thursday #42
That boy is just eaten up with the dumb ass comradebillyboy Thursday #3
Goes back to something I have always said - you don't have to be smart to get a degree. walkingman Thursday #4
Judging by the quality of the Harvard, Yale and other Ivy comradebillyboy Thursday #6
The poisonous Ivy League. BattleRow Thursday #16
Yep -- used to think George W. Bush was the biggest over-achiever in our allegorical oracle Thursday #5
He's a dry drunk in public and probably a drunk at home. Autumn Thursday #7
Bingo! We have a winner! Ray Bruns Thursday #13
I used to hear a phrase... BattleRow Thursday #18
And don't forget drunk on power ... ananda Thursday #32
So in private he's a wet drunk? Ugh, just typing this made me nauseated. Dave Bowman Thursday #43
I think he's trying to synchronize or alter American values, and mores to those of Russia or the former Soviet Union Uncle Joe Thursday #8
Today he kept referring to the U.S. as "our Homeland", "the Homeland", "immigrants coming into our Homeland" WTF AnotherMother4Peace Thursday #9
Our White Homeland... haele Thursday #58
He's such an ugly, sorry ass excuse of a man. AnotherMother4Peace Thursday #62
I'm a Spartan. Blue Full Moon Thursday #10
"What's wrong with Pete Hegseth" Ray Bruns Thursday #12
Ding,ding,ding BattleRow Thursday #20
He thinks canetoad Thursday #14
What ISN'T wrong with Pete Hegseth? Drum Thursday #17
"Great hair though" PatSeg Thursday #19
That greasy hair oil spawned the term BattleRow Thursday #22
Really? PatSeg Thursday #37
I looked at Hogsbreath hair oil sculpture .and was immediately reminded BattleRow Thursday #44
Oh, now I can picture him in a silvery metal helmet PatSeg Thursday #46
The operative word is played .. BattleRow Thursday #56
More importantly PatSeg Thursday #61
Oh so true. Like we've been caught in the making of a very bad film. T-rump is producer, allegorical oracle 23 hrs ago #65
Pseudo Weinstein Epstein casting couch... BattleRow 18 hrs ago #66
Me too! This is so 1950s. Does anyone other than the Trump family travelingthrulife 18 hrs ago #67
It is funny PatSeg 18 hrs ago #70
Israel deserves a dishonorable mention. It is, afterall, their war. Maybe. Maybe not. WTF twodogsbarking Thursday #21
Of course he's insecure. Kegbreath is a drunken poser Hassler Thursday #23
He's a drunk! JustKay Thursday #24
The list of what's right with Pete Hegseth is shorter. DJ Synikus Makisimus Thursday #28
No Ranger tab, no Airborne wings, relieved of his platoon command Aviation Pro Thursday #29
He is a rapist with serious Nazi imagery tattooed all over his body. Big drinker too, plus all the military drugs Blues Heron Thursday #30
+1 dalton99a Thursday #48
But, but he said "We're in it to win it". ?? txwhitedove Thursday #31
Could he be taking steroids to man-up ? (even more) liberalla Thursday #33
Heg Meth MW67 Thursday #45
Your probably right MustLoveBeagles 18 hrs ago #68
He's itching to use nukes nt Bookreadingliberal53 Thursday #34
this jagoff probably got his ass kicked every day... OGBuzz Thursday #36
What's Wrong with Pete Hegseth? MLWR Thursday #38
He's trying to pretend to be masculine, but doesn't know what that is. nt Gore1FL Thursday #40
Right MustLoveBeagles 18 hrs ago #69
I agree Puppyjive Thursday #47
I very much disagree about the hair.... Sogo Thursday #49
How many people relate favorably to this kinda of trash talk? SleeplessinSoCal Thursday #50
What isn't...? regnaD kciN Thursday #51
Drunken rapist man baby. Irish_Dem Thursday #52
Where should I start? greatauntoftriplets Thursday #53
The man is totally fucking deranged and out of his mind and brainwashed by Fox? Initech Thursday #54
He was FOX anchor so that makes sense MustLoveBeagles 18 hrs ago #71
He needs a big glass tumbler full of warm whiskey. Swede Thursday #55
He is a man out of his time. Aussie105 Thursday #57
... BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #59
alcoholic and psychopath vapor2 Thursday #60
Everything wrong about Hegseth adds up to the ideal GOP candidate for 2028. thought crime Thursday #63

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,658 posts)
25. Zero. You have done zero so far. ...
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 07:26 PM
Thursday

Five more and you can proceed into the mess hall.

Or, in his case, five more and you can proceed into the bar.

MW67

(149 posts)
35. I call him
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 07:55 PM
Thursday

Heg Meth, it's obvious to those of us who have personally seen this this type of behavior up close , he's going fast all the time, also it's a fav of hardcore alcoholics, they can keep drinking for days at a time

comradebillyboy

(10,952 posts)
3. That boy is just eaten up with the dumb ass
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 06:05 PM
Thursday

Additionally he reflects very badly on his alma mater, Princeton.

comradebillyboy

(10,952 posts)
6. Judging by the quality of the Harvard, Yale and other Ivy
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 06:13 PM
Thursday

League grads in the Trump administration you are clearly correct.

allegorical oracle

(6,394 posts)
5. Yep -- used to think George W. Bush was the biggest over-achiever in our
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 06:11 PM
Thursday

history. Nope. Trump ranks first, but Hegseth is a close second -- tied, perhaps, with RFK, Jr.

BattleRow

(2,254 posts)
18. I used to hear a phrase...
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 07:15 PM
Thursday

Street angel,but house devil.

Probably wouldn't qualify for Purgatory Pete,but,it just seemed somehow appropriate .

Uncle Joe

(64,855 posts)
8. I think he's trying to synchronize or alter American values, and mores to those of Russia or the former Soviet Union
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 06:19 PM
Thursday

Thanks for the thread allegorical oracle

AnotherMother4Peace

(5,100 posts)
9. Today he kept referring to the U.S. as "our Homeland", "the Homeland", "immigrants coming into our Homeland" WTF
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 06:43 PM
Thursday

haele

(15,317 posts)
58. Our White Homeland...
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:16 PM
Thursday

Southern Plantation style.
Where everyone knew their place, and Nepo-Babies and their Mediocre White Male leisure buddies can sit around with their whiskies on the porch sipping and making deals, or sit around the house getting pants drunk (or going out for a short evening tete-a tete with the secretary) while the kids and the little woman are at church doing some charity work for "those people" and to get right with the Lord.

Drum

(10,627 posts)
17. What ISN'T wrong with Pete Hegseth?
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 07:13 PM
Thursday

He’s an unintentional parody.

Colin Jost does it better on SNL!

PatSeg

(53,064 posts)
19. "Great hair though"
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 07:15 PM
Thursday

But so much hair product! I get distracted by his hair and just want to shampoo it.

Reminds me of the 1950s and my dad's Wildroot Hair Cream or Brylcream, "A little dab'll do you". Looks like he went beyond a "dab".

Okay, his hair aside, yes there is something seriously wrong with him. We see a lot of that with the men in this administration. It was really unnerving to see him so upbeat and enthusiastic, no remorse about all the innocent lives lost. He didn't have to look freaking happy.

PatSeg

(53,064 posts)
37. Really?
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 08:00 PM
Thursday

I hadn't heard that, but it fits. The only thing is all that hair product makes his hair look dirty, but I'm sure he thinks he looks super cool.

BattleRow

(2,254 posts)
44. I looked at Hogsbreath hair oil sculpture .and was immediately reminded
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 08:07 PM
Thursday

of silvery metal helmets..
No
Sheesh...where have we seen that before?

PatSeg

(53,064 posts)
46. Oh, now I can picture him in a silvery metal helmet
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 08:11 PM
Thursday

He really, really wants to play soldier so badly. I wonder what video games he played.

BattleRow

(2,254 posts)
56. The operative word is played ..
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:13 PM
Thursday

It's all a play..they play a role....and we the tax payer plays to be played ..
But exactly who is the director,and the producer?



allegorical oracle

(6,394 posts)
65. Oh so true. Like we've been caught in the making of a very bad film. T-rump is producer,
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 06:03 AM
23 hrs ago

director, and runs the box office.

travelingthrulife

(5,040 posts)
67. Me too! This is so 1950s. Does anyone other than the Trump family
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:59 AM
18 hrs ago

and their sycophants wear that gunk in their hair?

PatSeg

(53,064 posts)
70. It is funny
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:18 AM
18 hrs ago

because he really does seem to have good hair, but that's some major overkill on the hair products. I don't know what look he's going for, but I think he missed it by a mile.

Hassler

(4,880 posts)
23. Of course he's insecure. Kegbreath is a drunken poser
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 07:19 PM
Thursday

I see him I immediately picture him flexing in front of a mirror and practicing his zingers.

Aviation Pro

(15,489 posts)
29. No Ranger tab, no Airborne wings, relieved of his platoon command
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 07:38 PM
Thursday

Last edited Thu Mar 5, 2026, 08:12 PM - Edit history (1)

And sent to a fictitious battalion element called “S-9” where they send failed infantry officers to.

He is the very definition of a tabless bitch and probably chafes at the fact that women have succeeded at Ranger School.

What a fucking loser and poser, that fucking drunk is.

Blues Heron

(8,663 posts)
30. He is a rapist with serious Nazi imagery tattooed all over his body. Big drinker too, plus all the military drugs
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 07:42 PM
Thursday

Not a very good specimen of a man, by a long shot. Should be locked up.

liberalla

(11,009 posts)
33. Could he be taking steroids to man-up ? (even more)
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 07:46 PM
Thursday

The steroids could explain the increasing aggression and brutishness.

I'm not an expert on this, but the thought had crossed my mind.

MustLoveBeagles

(15,814 posts)
68. Your probably right
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:11 AM
18 hrs ago

He's been very brutish & savage, even by his standards. I wouldn't be surprised if he's drinking very heavily. 💪

OGBuzz

(214 posts)
36. this jagoff probably got his ass kicked every day...
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 08:00 PM
Thursday

on the playground and now he's looking to show the world who's boss.

Puppyjive

(974 posts)
47. I agree
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 08:29 PM
Thursday

The entire administration is incompetent and they know it. Insecure/incapable people have to brag.

SleeplessinSoCal

(10,403 posts)
50. How many people relate favorably to this kinda of trash talk?
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 08:57 PM
Thursday

It seems we've totally abandoned civil discourse - let alone truth. I heard some Texans swearing loyalty to Ken Paxton. Why? It makes no sense to us.

MustLoveBeagles

(15,814 posts)
71. He was FOX anchor so that makes sense
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:18 AM
18 hrs ago

I think he's bought his own bullshit and now he's flinging it. 💩

Aussie105

(7,813 posts)
57. He is a man out of his time.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:13 PM
Thursday

A Spartan looking to take on overpowering odds, a Viking set out to raid other lands, a Roman gladiator in the arena battling wild animals, a Nazi fighting for the Mother Land.

Fo' sho, some heavy duty long term drug (ab)use there!



thought crime

(1,479 posts)
63. Everything wrong about Hegseth adds up to the ideal GOP candidate for 2028.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 11:18 PM
Thursday

Fox News Crusader Guy. Perfect!

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