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applegrove

(132,650 posts) Wed Apr 22, 2026, 11:33 PM 16 hrs ago

he was jealous of (Phelan's) closeness with Trump. These are the dumbest, most embarrassing, childish nitwits alive [View all]

According to the WSJ, Hegseth abruptly fired the Navy Secretary in the middle of a crucial wartime naval blockade because he was jelly of his closeness with Trump. These are the dumbest, most embarrassing, childish nitwits alive - and they are in charge of the world's most monumental military might.
— Helen Kennedy (@helenkennedy.com) 2026-04-23T00:03:02.297Z

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he was jealous of (Phelan's) closeness with Trump. These are the dumbest, most embarrassing, childish nitwits alive [View all] applegrove 16 hrs ago OP

Trump will fire Hegseth for the Iran clusterfuck dalton99a 16 hrs ago #1

WHEN??? vapor2 16 hrs ago #2

As soon as the fuck stops clustering. marble falls 16 hrs ago #4

There is an insane amount of clustering to unfuck when we are speaking of DumpCo. Celerity 11 hrs ago #11

Had Hegseth been a woman, he would have been gone last week. Norbert 11 hrs ago #10

Or a person of color. marble falls 5 hrs ago #12

Christ, we are living in a clusterfuck. 2 unqualified people running our military and neither OAITW r.2.0 16 hrs ago #3

I'm just surprised that... Shipwack 14 hrs ago #5

Phelan waren't no salt. He was a bidnessman that TACO met on the Lolita Express. marble falls 5 hrs ago #13

That seems a little thin. Mblaze 14 hrs ago #6

Because Tangerine Idi Amin is a demented narcissistic idiot. HappyLarge 13 hrs ago #7

Here's the thing, anyone Trump appoints to any position, OAITW r.2.0 13 hrs ago #8

Bingo. TACO will grab anything but the blame. marble falls 5 hrs ago #15

Yeah, I'm not sure I buy it either, unless we soon see Kegsbreath fired and Phelan comes back (nt) AZJonnie 13 hrs ago #9

That would be smart. Probably won't happen. Mblaze 4 hrs ago #16

He lets his people go if he can attach blame for his own fuckups. He'd let Ivanka go to prison if he could ... marble falls 5 hrs ago #14