Originally published at: Trump’s Joke Of Pick For The Pentagon Is Deeply Imperiled
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. Trump Prepares To Pull Out The Rug On Hegseth The presumptive nomination of Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense appears to be swirling down the toilet amid reports that Donald Trump is considering replacing him…
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The presumptive nomination of Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense appears to be swirling down the toilet amid reports that Donald Trump is considering replacing him with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) – and has already spoken to DeSantis about the role.
Bet he had to flush like 15 times.
ETA: and now Eddie Munster will run for FL gov?
It’s like 11-dimensional chess.
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“First one is free.”
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About the collapsing Hegseth nomination: I think it was a ploy by Team Trump from the start. It was a ridiculous nomination planned to implode, and make someone like DeSantis look reasonable and easier for Senate approval after the Senate made an appearance of oversight with Hegseth. Same for Gaetz/Bondi. Its a variation on the Shock Doctrine. And if the pattern holds, same for Kash Patel at FBI. Question for Patel is, who is the slightly less shitty real nominee waiting in the wings?
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Clearing a path for Gaetz to run for Governor of Florida? Florida is turning out not to be a great source for Cabinet picks.
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DJT’s nominees for his administration give new meaning to the far right’s much vaunted characterization of “American exceptionalism,” as in exceptionally unqualified, exceptionally unhinged, exceptionally extreme, and exceptionally stupid! “Only the best” was always a damned joke!
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IMHO overestimating their skills at 17-dimensional chess.
The dementia patient was watching fox, saw Central Casting combat vet, “of course he can run DoD.”
Remember back in the day, when he was considering having his private jet pilot become the head of the FAA?
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- It’s quite possible that Donald Trump, convicted felon, does not know anybody who would be competent to run a cabinet-level or similar position.
- It’s more than likely that nobody who Donald Trump, convicted and yet to be sentenced felon, knows could pass the FBI clearance investigation. And if they can’t pass, they should not be allowed to serve.
Democratic Senators, stand firm. If a bad candidate is nominated, don’t go along to get along. That’s the sucker move.
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I can’t say you’re wrong, and Bootsie is a whiny little shit, but this ass-kissing Senate would probably just approve him anyway, without the need for any gamesmanship (which description this crap doesn’t really measure up to).
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DeSantis for DOD, Gaetz for FL Gov, and Laura Trump for Senate (Trump’s deal with DeSantis).
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Hegseth brought down by Mommy. Beautiful! Kash Patel? Time will tell. The consequences of Trump’s choices: his puppets of vengeance will garner lots of media attention while the shakedowns go full blast in the backroom.
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Not sure whether Desantis or Hegseth would be worse. Desantis isn’t much of a manager and - I’m just guessing here - probably doesn’t know shit about the armed forces. Both of them would have to rely on the select panel of retired generals to conduct their vandalism.
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I agree. He picks people based on their appearance. Hegseth looks like GI Joe. Hegseth says things he like on teevee. Therefore, Hegseth should lead DoD.
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Only six?
A word from Native Americans?
koyaanisquatsi, life out of balance
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One special good thing about this is that Hegseth has been publicly humiliated to an extreme degree. The email where his mom condemned him. Many, many tales of alcoholic misbehavior. Lying to Trumpworld about the sexual assault, and then lying to the public about it some more (claiming, falsely, that the victim of the assault had made false claims of rape previously).
Some degree of this humiliation sticks to Trump. After Gaetz, it establishes a narrative about his pattern of picking hilarious failures for top-level posts. At some point, future possible appointees start getting nervous about being slotted into that narrative (seems like Sheriff Chromister for DEA may have been having such thoughts, and got out while the gettin was good).
May the confusion among our enemies grow.
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Someone will throw a bucket of water on him and he’ll melt into a puddle of nasty liquid, leaving just a tie and suitcoat behind.
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lol, its was all so obvious;they can’t even do ‘palace intrigue’ properly.
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