Pete sent one too many messages…

[Garys]

The President's Press Secretary has a very high security clearance level. No matter who it is, with the possible exception of the mop head that was Biden's second Press Secretary.

Of course she would

 

[Mark L]

This is what happens when you turn a warrior into a politician, with an interim stint in media. The Signal stuff is definitely a misstep, his philandering doesn't help much, he's a flawed leader. He might be smart enough and determined enough to muscle through the learning curve, especially with DJTs support. I hope so, he seems to be a true patriot.

 

[Spanz]

This is what happens when you turn a warrior into a politician, with an interim stint in media. The Signal stuff is definitely a misstep, his philandering doesn't help much, he's a flawed leader. He might be smart enough and determined enough to muscle through the learning curve, especially with DJTs support. I hope so, he seems to be a true patriot.

STOP USING THE f***ING SIGNAL APP!

this is not rocket science, here.

 

[rosco61]

From the friendly folks at NPR.

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371312/trump-white-house-pete-hegseth-defense-department

Happens when somebody is out of his depth. Hopefully, we get a grown up with experience running large organizations. Will be interesting to see who signs up for the gig.

You quoted those commies? LOL

 

[Picton]

You quoted those commies? LOL

I mean, it's not exactly a hot take to suggest that Hegseth might be on the hot seat. Plenty of people here have pointed out his many drawbacks. We know that DJT has a history of firing people who end up with a narrative of failure, deserved or not.

Who knows? Maybe he is on his way out. Not because NPR says so, but they might not be the only ones saying it.

 

[Mark L]

My guess is his approach to elevating the standards for military service members has legs. Effectively managing the DoD budget in the era of DOGE is so not in his experience, nor is being a Cabinet Secretary. He may be well out of his depth, but it seems he doesn't care so much about that.

That being said, not very many Secretary's have had experience being Secretary's before they were. I'm really interested in how he fills out his Under Secretaries, that'll be quite revealing.

 

[Picton]

That being said, not very many Secretary's have had experience being Secretary's before they were.

True, but a bunch of them have experience managing multiple billions of dollars and multiple tens of thousands of people. Hegseth didn't.

I'm not anti-Hegseth at all; I don't know much about him, for one thing. But his actions so far tell me that there's a boneheadedness to him that he might not be able to shake. Which isn't necessarily a disqualifier, but... holy shit, dude, just stay off chat apps on your personal phone when discussing official business. How hard is that?

 

[KBCraig]

One thing we know about Trump's management style: right after he comes out with public high praise for someone, he will turn around and blast them.

Hegseth is toast.

 

[KBCraig]

I'd rather we have a loyal MAGA leader than the previous back stabbing weasels who called China behind Trumps back, ran good Soldiers out of the service over the Covid drug and turned our Military into a woke Romper Room.

I'd rather have a loyalist to the Constitution and the law, than a faithful toady.

But that's just me.

 

[Mark L]

True, but a bunch of them have experience managing multiple billions of dollars and multiple tens of thousands of people. Hegseth didn't.

I'm not anti-Hegseth at all; I don't know much about him, for one thing. But his actions so far tell me that there's a boneheadedness to him that he might not be able to shake. Which isn't necessarily a disqualifier, but... holy shit, dude, just stay off chat apps on your personal phone when discussing official

Agreed. He's over his head now, maybe he'll figure it out. Not many have had to be a Secretary until they were a Secretary.

 

[garandman]

There is a completely different standard for politicians than military.

Trump and Biden stored Top Secret Compartmentalized documents in insecure locations and nothing happened.

Hillary Clinton had an insecure mail server for official state department business for years. Nothing happened.

Marine Reserve officer Major Jason Brezler was discharged for emailing classified info he was asked to email about an Afghan child molester whose subordinate killed three Marines. (A civilian judge reinstated him four years later).

E3 Jack Teixeira published classified information about Ukraine in online forums. He got 15 years on federal charges (the maximum) and is about to be court martialed.

So how to people in uniform feel about their fearless leader? They’re pissed.

 

[Spanz]

Fake news. Wishful liberal boner fodder.

Hegseth isn’t going anywhere. These losers still think they’re dealing with Trump 1.0.

Trump 2.0 doesn’t give any fks.

Not even one.

the only idiotic thing hegseth did was using an unsecured communications method.
Trump just needs to order him to turn in his cell phone, and provide a 24/7 secure comm method for pete to protect him from his own stupidity, and most of this bullshit goes away

 

[radioman]

Talk about an out yourself thread!

I sleep soundly knowing Pete is in charge of our military.

At least we know who’s in charge unlike the last 4yrs where it was a crap shoot?

 

[thesyguy]

What’s NPC?

It means that thou speaketh from the bunghole.

 

[T-Unit]

STOP USING THE f***ING SIGNAL APP!

this is not rocket science, here.

Yeah, seriously, Telegram is the way to go.

 

[Spanz]

Yeah, seriously, Telegram is the way to go.

AOL chat!

 

[CMEBoston]

What’s NPC?

If you have to ask you definitely are one

 

[pdm]

If you have to ask you definitely are one

 

[drgrant]

STOP USING THE f***ING SIGNAL APP!

this is not rocket science, here.

Lol this has nothing to do with the app, per se.

This is a human problem.

 

[240Geezer]

NPR is a communist propaganda machine, period.
They've basically admitted it.
Stop getting information from it.
Better yet stop listening to it completely.

 

[Dennis in MA]

Pete's a f'ing idiot. Someone needs to either get him to resign or take away his blackberry. "Hey. Big scandal. Don't do that." Oh, OK, I'll just. . . do that again, ok?

 

[Tartakovsky]

From the friendly folks at NPR.

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371312/trump-white-house-pete-hegseth-defense-department

Happens when somebody is out of his depth. Hopefully, we get a grown up with experience running large organizations. Will be interesting to see who signs up for the gig.

For every report saying Trump is looking to fire Hegseth, there is a report of Trump defending him and blasting the narrative that he’s looking to fire him.

White House blasts reports on potential Hegseth replacement

White House denies report of replacing Defense Secretary Hegseth, calling it "fake news" amid controversy over Signal chat leaks. This live blog is now closed.

www.newsweek.com

Leavitt skewers NPR for 'fake news' report claiming Trump is seeking new Secretary of Defense

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt disputed a recent a report from NPR, declaring that President Trump stands behind Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

www.foxnews.com

 

[mcb]

It’s plausible they are looking for a replacement. Leaking data is a usually quick exit and the MIC, with $1 trillion of war bucks flowing, wants him gone.

if it were true, Trump wouldn’t say this yet, he’d look weak. Especially when reported by the left side of media.

 

[BobR51]

Another anonymous whistle blower= big nothing

 

[calsdad]

Whoopsie , looks like the Israelis are getting upset that the goy aren't willing to die in more wars for them. Gotta play Mossad tricks and get rid of the incalcitrants.

 

[45Badger]

NPR is a communist propaganda machine, period.
They've basically admitted it.
Stop getting information from it.
Better yet stop listening to it completely.

It’s part of Google News feed. Along with fox and cnn, wsj, Al Jazeera, Babylon bee and the ny post….basically all media except Alex Jones.

Only fools don’t read perspectives that they don’t like. It’s a path to willful ignorance and weakens your understanding of your political opponents. Thats how they win. Feed your brain.

 

[45Badger]

Agreed. He's over his head now, maybe he'll figure it out. Not many have had to be a Secretary until they were a Secretary.

Most have managed large and complex organizations. Pete has not had that traditional path. His “value add” is being telegenic and a fast talker. That’s probably not enough. So far, he has not demonstrated a great deal of humility, curiosity or learning capacity.

 

[calsdad]

This is what happens when you turn a warrior into a politician, with an interim stint in media. The Signal stuff is definitely a misstep, his philandering doesn't help much, he's a flawed leader. He might be smart enough and determined enough to muscle through the learning curve, especially with DJTs support. I hope so, he seems to be a true patriot.

Reminds me of David Hackworth's account of what happened to him when he rose high enough to be stationed at the Pentagon. Bureaucrats don't like warriors. He didn't last long.

When I see stories like this I ask myself a simple question: who does this nation need more , one Pete Hegseth ( or David Hackworth)......or.....one hundred bureaucrats?

Also: who is going to better serve the nation , one Pete Hegseth , or one Lloyd Austin ?

In both cases the answer is you want the Hegseth or Hackworth guy. All the rest of them are expendable , and their " contributions" are predictable , and expendable , and deficient.

 

[45Badger]

Don't take this the wrong way, but it's possible you wouldn't understand if anyone told you.

It's gamer slang used by 15-year-olds.

I’ll take it as a badge of honor.

Happily, my children were quickly in and out of the basement dwelling adolescent gaming. My eldest chose real life by 8th grade. My youngest played into ninth grade.

I was an ace at Space Invaders back when Reagan won the first time. Missile Command kicked my ass. Galaga was bar fun.

 

[calsdad]

Most have managed large and complex organizations. Pete has not had that traditional path. His “value add” is being telegenic and a fast talker. That’s probably not enough. So far, he has not demonstrated a great deal of humility, curiosity or learning capacity.

Yes - they "managed" large organizations because they were part of the Swamp , either in the service, or out of the service in private industry. The promise of a guy like Hegseth is that he's not "in" with the in crowd and he KNOWS intimately what the front line troops need - and DON'T need in order to succeed.

When you see a guy like Lloyd Austin in high positions - or that Milley guy , you SHOULD know that the "system" is broken ........or........... it's there to serve itself and not the people of this country.

In any case - I think your priorities are seriously skewed on exactly who should be Defense Secretary - seeing as how the exact kind of person you think should be in that position - is the exact kind of person who has created all the problems that we now currently enjoy.