Pete Hegseth has spent the entirety of his time as Defense Secretary, or in his case, Secretary of War.
He once again demonstrated how much he hates the people who serve this country last week at his State of the Force speech when he announced that he'd cut 20% of the top generals who he'd decided were too woke.
During his bizarre speech, he also announced that the world's richest man, Elon Musk, and Anduril Industries billionaire founder Palmer Luckey, which he is getting very lucky.
and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich would form a commission and, quote, map the trajectory of future warfare.
Both Musk and Lucky already enjoy the fruits of massive billion-dollar military contracts.
Allowing the two of them to map a strategy that will directly financially benefit their companies is exactly the type of corruption that we've come to expect from the Trump regime.
It's also the first time Musk has been allowed back in the government since he pillaged it and stole Americans' personal data with the failed Doge scheme.
Wes J. Bryant, a retired Air Force Master Sergeant who was forced out of his leadership position by the regime, told Politico the move is, quote, "...entirely indicative of the decay and oligarchy that has taken over our government and, in many cases, directly through purchasing influence and power and authority blatantly right in front of us.
They're not even trying to hide it anymore." Others have pointed out that Hegseth appears to be shoring up his political relationships.
There's been talk that the low-T defense sec wants to run for president in 2028.
Getting Musk and other billionaire defense contractors on his side would potentially give him the cash and influence he'd need to start his campaign off strong.
But of course, we've learned that starting your campaign off strong doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to be ending as the party's nominee.
And of course, there is a little problem of his terrible, terrible handling of the war in Iran.
Pete Hegseth has spent the entirety of his time as Defense Secretary, or in his case, Secretary of War.
He once again demonstrated how much he hates the people who serve this country last week at his State of the Force speech when he announced that he'd cut 20% of the top generals who he'd decided were too woke.
During his bizarre speech, he also announced that the world's richest man, Elon Musk, and Anduril Industries billionaire founder Palmer Luckey, which he is getting very lucky.
and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich would form a commission and, quote, map the trajectory of future warfare.
Both Musk and Lucky already enjoy the fruits of massive billion-dollar military contracts.
Allowing the two of them to map a strategy that will directly financially benefit their companies is exactly the type of corruption that we've come to expect from the Trump regime.
It's also the first time Musk has been allowed back in the government since he pillaged it and stole Americans' personal data with the failed Doge scheme.
Wes J. Bryant, a retired Air Force Master Sergeant who was forced out of his leadership position by the regime, told Politico the move is, quote, "...entirely indicative of the decay and oligarchy that has taken over our government and, in many cases, directly through purchasing influence and power and authority blatantly right in front of us.
They're not even trying to hide it anymore." Others have pointed out that Hegseth appears to be shoring up his political relationships.
There's been talk that the low-T defense sec wants to run for president in 2028.
Getting Musk and other billionaire defense contractors on his side would potentially give him the cash and influence he'd need to start his campaign off strong.
But of course, we've learned that starting your campaign off strong doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to be ending as the party's nominee.
And of course, there is a little problem of his terrible, terrible handling of the war in Iran.
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