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magicarpet

(19,102 posts)
29. Hegseth is missappropriating publicly funded taxpayer resources intended
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 09:45 AM
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... specifically intended for military use but they consider for their personal play things. All done to prove and burnish their desired persona of being seen as alpha males and tough guy big dicked macho men. These department heads all think and act like the fanatical Fascist Sebastian Gorka - that Nazi puke.

We have a right and a duty to know about and curtail these sophomoric
fratboy fascist and their childish indiscretions done using and abusing our hard earned taxpayer dimes as their personal entertainment piggy banks. Grow the fuck up you children who think they are men.

...... BUT FIND A BETTER OUTRAGE.... (than egregious waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer funded resources....) ARE YOU - trying to be serious but are actually delirious ?

Hegseth and Patel over at the FBI, come from the same mold. They think the federal department they run is their private fiefdom to play with as they wish like children flailing a round in a backyard sandbox. Grow the fuck up little boys. But this is the way trDUMP likes his department heads to react and respond. A cavalier - boys will be boys yearning to be seen as grown up men. But they are eternally stuck in childhood while suffering from retarded development or infantile paralysis or some such thing. One known fact is these people are clearly damaged goods as human beings. Where does djt find them all ?

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Another thing about Pete KkKegsbreath, he is a prevaricating and compulsive liar. He is giving war reports designed to make himself look good and the Team trdump admin. look good. But these Pentagon press release news conferences are full of rank inaccuracies and embellishments to falsely indicate America is winning and has won the Iranian War. These Hegseth Pentagon news reports are by design seriously misleading the US public. But more dangerously Hegseth is miss reporting what is actually transpiring on the ground in the theater of war. Hegseth is trying to happy talk the executive department but egregiously misleading them to make trDUMP elated about the war progress and the fantastic results of Team Hegseth at the helm of djt's war machine.

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Source from an article in the Washington Post & in the New Republic,...

Pete Hegseth Is Misleading Trump and Us About Iran War
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Tue, April 7, 2026 at 4:13 PM EDT
3 min read

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s relentless claims of an unqualified success in Iran has only put American defenses in jeopardy.

The weekend rescue of a downed F-15 crew member stands as proof that America does not have “complete control of Iranian skies,” despite what Hegseth pledged last month. Nonetheless, Donald Trump has unquestioningly regurgitated Hegseth’s militaristic optimism to the nation, fueling concerns that the White House is knowingly feeding misinformation to the American people, reported The Washington Post Tuesday.

“Pete is not speaking truth to the president,” one administration official told the newspaper. “As a result, the president is out there repeating misleading information.”

On Monday, Trump acknowledged that the fighter jet had been struck by a heat-seeking missile. It was a “lucky hit,” according to the president’s assessment.

More at link below,....

https://newrepublic.com/post/208737/pete-hegseth-misleading-donald-trump-iran






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Seduction attempt? Tim S Tuesday #1
Why in the hell JBTaurus83 Tuesday #2
Like pants-shitting Nugent did for MAGat boomers BumRushDaShow Tuesday #4
Speaking of... 2naSalit Tuesday #5
!!! BumRushDaShow Tuesday #7
Kid Fucking Rock is what passes for a "celebrity" for repukes Skittles Tuesday #22
Of course he did UpInArms Tuesday #3
Thank you for the reminder of that horrific incident. niyad Tuesday #8
They ain't never gonna git the stink out of that there chopper. twodogsbarking Tuesday #6
Celebrities have been given guest flights on military aircraft for a long time now. bluedigger Tuesday #9
Waste. Fraud. Abuse. BumRushDaShow Tuesday #10
Pilots always need flight time. bluedigger Tuesday #12
Irrelevant BumRushDaShow Tuesday #14
Enlist WmChris Wednesday #26
Exactly BumRushDaShow Wednesday #27
Hegseth is missappropriating publicly funded taxpayer resources intended magicarpet Wednesday #29
As a retired fed BumRushDaShow Wednesday #30
Trump is tearing down and crashing through all these guardrails that permit our government to,... magicarpet Wednesday #31
That's why BumRushDaShow Wednesday #32
I don't recall Obama doing this. CTyankee Tuesday #17
could you provide examples of that? Skittles Tuesday #23
Maybe he'll be inspired to enlist. n/t flvegan Tuesday #11
Article with photos on CNN . . . AverageOldGuy Tuesday #13
The rules are for thee, not for me. jeffreyi Tuesday #15
Hey, dickheads! If you want to "play" on military hardware, enlist! Aristus Tuesday #16
to be fair Skittles Tuesday #24
It's only tax dollars and trump can seemingly spend them anyway he wishes. C Moon Tuesday #18
I find this highly offensive. LudwigPastorius Tuesday #19
MaddowBlog-Hegseth faces pushback after giving Kid Rock 'joy rides' on Apache helicopters LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #20
I suspect tax payers paid for the Joy rides???!!! riversedge Tuesday #21
Protecting the pedo-n-thief at $7,000 per hour. Kid Berwyn Wednesday #25
What benefit does Trump get from 'Kid' Rock? A clown who has outlived his name. Another pedo. Norrrm Wednesday #28
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