So a weekend fox, anchorman and alcoholic may not be mentally equipped to do this job, big surprise
So a weekend fox, anchorman and alcoholic may not be mentally equipped to do this job, big surprise
Absolute f**king clown.
He seems agitated, can’t control his emotions. Not fit for his job.
Men are too emotional for stressful jobs. Must be a hormone thing.
Needs a drink.
Hegseth thinks he still works for Fox.
How many fuck ups will it take before this drunk gets fired?
Hegseth is a liar.
So I guess that means Jeffrey Goldberg can expect to keep getting his updates....also Putin
Drunks don't handle stress well. Just saying.....
he’s drinking moutwash - I’d say a bottle a day - to keep the shakes away. He gets loaded at night. If I were one of our old enemies (not Canada or Europe) I would stage something (like invading Taiwan) for 11pm on a US Saturday and require him to be brought to the White House.
He'd wasted to spit his mouthwash out.
Um, wonder if the Hedgehog knows what a SCIF is? I’m just a constituent but I know what it is.
The worst kid at every high school from the beginning of time to the present.
The villain in every John Hughes movie.
Now he admits it. This is a slam dunk. Love it. I'm hoping to see his forced resignation within the week. #DepartmentOfDefense how much worse are you gonna let this get before you force his resignation?
In this admin? Recklessness is a show of strength, real masculinity. Rs have buckled under Trump long ago so don’t expect any resignations or firings.
Not talking about the administration. I'm talking about the DOD.
Pete Hegseth is the Secretary of the DOD. The DOD is a cabinet-level agency within the Executive branch of the U.S. Federal Government. The Executive Branch is under Trump's control. So how is the DOD going to do something about the guy in charge of the DOD who Trump nominated and fully supports?
Are you saying the entire military is unwilling or capable of pressuring Hegseth to resign? The largest military budget in history, is unable to pressure a drunk to resign?
I don't buy it. I get that they may like Hegseth as a tool at the moment, but I call bullshit on them being okay with this level of publicity. I also call bullshit on the military being helpless to do anything. I am certain they know how to pressure politicians when they choose to do so.
Don't get me wrong, everyone in the military from the Privates to the Four Stars should shout from the roof tops that they have no confidence in Hegseth's ability to lead. However, he and all other cabinet secretaries have shown that the have no shame, and therefore can't be shamed.
I buy it. If they had a collective spine they’d have rolled up Pennsylvania Avenue by now and eliminated the ENTIRE nest of vipers and restored the constitution as their oath demands. But they have not. Which indicates they will do nothing.
Not the case as I see it. They will compartmentalize him into a silo and proceed with everything as a need to know. He has demonstrated such a lack of knowledge he would not know what to ask for if he was told by Putin himself what to ask for.
a pr*ck who is totally out of his depth (and would be in a saucer)
Dear Pete. Congrats you kept everyone informed…. On a messaging app that isn’t trusted and that a reporter was involved in. The reporter didn’t share the messages till you guys claimed nothing was classified therefore. Well FAFO He then shared what was said because you failed at your job. Simple
Well Pete, I think it's also your job to make sure only authorized people get those updates which you failed to do.
Hey Hegseth - I think you are conflating being a half-wit weekend news anchor with being the UNITED STATED Sec. of Defense. It happens.
He actually seems proud of himself. He honestly thinks that he's showing our enemies who's boss. Elon must have slipped some ketamine into his glass of whiskey or something. Or maybe his long term abuse of alcohol has addled his brain. Because he just seems totally disconnected from reality.
What is he even talking about?
I don’t know but he sure does love to hear himself talk. He literally won’t stop doing on camera interviews.
Think that's a prerequisite to being in Agent 🟠's cabinet.
What an eejit!!! Noooo, that’s not your job !!!!!!
Your job is to keep Americans SAFE. and reduce the risk to our service men and women being sent into harms way. You AND anyone else on that chat failed. You were lucky this time. But you don’t care. All probably to avoid the presidential records act.
Hegseth needs to do the 'hard right' which is admitting he fucked up and then take one for the entire team and resign. Instead he's taking the 'easy wrong' and tripling down on committing felonies and war crimes.
LOL Say Goodnight Gracie!
This is the drunk guy at the frat party trying to explain away some stupid shit he did, and it’s a frat so he figures it’ll just blow over in a couple of guys. I’ve seen this guy. I know this guy. They are never good guys. They lie. And they say they’ll drink less or stop. And they don’t.
Sadly, we all know this guy.
Yes we do.
Paid rape NDA king Hegseth: "I don't really remember but I KNOW she wanted it! She was into me! Now she is saying I raped her! Liar! Women are such liars!" Republicans during Hegseth's confirmation: "That happened to me too! Women lie all the time!"
Having multiple sexual predators in power is truly so triggering.
"Team" updates seems to be his problem. He doesn't know who his team members are.
Or the proper and legal method to communicate with them.
I think his natural habitat right now is general confusion.
He says his job is to break the law by having sensitive data in insecure discussions, mishandling classified data, and circumventing data retention and transparency laws.
Explain it away …
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wonder how much he has to drink to stave off the withdrawal. Feckin pickle.
Provide updates via signal to circumvent laws no Pete that is not part of your job but just hold tight once Democrats regain control you will be held accountable.
Keep who informed?
His job is ALSO to keep classified information classified, to ensure that it isn't leaked, and to be doubly certain that he isn't the one doing the leaking. He should be ARRESTED PENDING TRIAL. Now.
Wasn't he perjuring himself just yesterday?
And he does mean EVERYBODY.
He wasn’t doing his job, he was skirting the responsibilities of his job by asking a group of random bootlickers if they could give the go ahead to an op he was supposed to be in charge of.
They were all too lazy to get to a SCIF…or they are purposely not using SCIFs and or their own in house secure communications for this attack. Worse…they wanted the communications to disappear for some reason.
To avoid the Presidential Records Act.
Ding ding ding! Winner!
Of course they wanted communications to disappear because then no one can question what you did and why things were done and their immature way they communicate. They have been doing everything on messaging systems that don't keep records so they never have accountability.
I love when the incompetent prove their own incompetence.
Hegseth. You are absolutely full of shit. Full stop.
In that case, he should be press secretary not defense secretary.
And Putin is grateful.
It is his job to keep them updated on a legal platform. An authorized platform that is documented for liability. They use Signal and automatic deleting of messages to ensure they can’t be held accountable. He is admitting to breaking the law. But he is too stupid to realize it. All of them are.
I’m pretty sure the DoD has multiple people and the secure platforms specifically to disseminate appropriate information - it definitely is not the job of the senior most official in the organisation to keep all other relevant officials up to date
You are absolutely correct sir. What I said was meant as a response to him saying his duty was to update his fellow politicians in charge about what was going on. Then I added the fact that it is his job to do so on an authorized platform. A documented one where he can be held accountable for leaks
Absolutely, my point was his argument that this is his job is absurd even if he had done it securely. We definitely agree he is a buffoon.
Indeed we do. They should all be fired. Every single one is accountable because they did not report the use of an unauthorized and undocumented platform to share classified info. Accountability?
But on on top of that - distribution of information on future military ops should be on a “need to know” basis and there were people in that group that didn’t needs to know - witkoff for example. Had absolutely nothing to do with him
Witkoff is the special envoy to the Middle East for the US so I suspect he would be included in this since it directly affect his area of influence. But - he was in Russia when he was added to the chat. It can be guaranteed the Russians tried to get in to his phone. If they didn’t succeed that is.
Oh yes - I’d forgotten he was supposed to be doing that too - before he decided he fancied “having a go” at sorting out Russia as well. “I negotiate real estate deals in New York - how hard can it be getting peace in Ukraine?”
He’s just as stupid as Trump. Who knew something like that was possible.
Wiles... I thought she was a tight controller.. Was she need to know? Why didn't she also say, it's not the right platform... If the others didn't... So many in the wrong!
By "everybody" he is, of course, including the Kremlin.
Incompetence at its finest. Hope Trump realizes he is embarrassing him cause unless it affects Trump personally we won’t get rid of this incompetence
You are spot on.
He has no idea what he is doing. He belongs in prison.
What’s next? A chat on Bandcamp? #CabinetOfClowns
Yes, Pete, you did an excellent job of keeping Putin and other US enemies informed. Way to go!
Huh, they didn’t supply you with the proper and appropriate tools to do your job? How did the last guy manage? Seems a bit sus
It was like a frat boy bragging about his cool military operation that he was in charge of.
This has been my thought from the beginning. He was all hopped up about his first big bombing mission and had to brag to his friends in the group chat.
Drinking again. Spiraling.
Same energy
People who have been around DC and the Pentagon for decades seem to disagree Petey. You’re toast.
Haha ‘Team Updates’ I think he’s a LIAR!
Huh... turns out lying to people on the tv for a living is not good experience for leading the largest military on the planet
Watching this with the sound off and it looks like a good ol’ boy explaining he doesn’t know how his Camero got wrapped around that telephone pole & he was just out for a walk & happened to be nearby when the cops picked him up & it’s not illegal to go for a walk after a few drinks.
Bingo, 100 percent
Man that dude is buzzed.
What a clown. I really feel for those who are a real part of the USA army, and deserved the job, and now have a tv anchor who happened to serve at some point of this life as a boss. It is really beyond the joke.
not for long.
They can’t even keep their cover-up stories straight. What an embarrassment. And what completely unqualified person to lead DoD.
I hope we can look back on this at some point in the future & laugh… then commit ourselves to NEVER letting it happen again. 🤬🤬🤬
Thank God I’m so fucking smart fuck you all
Maybe he can go back to fox fake news if they want a drug addicted alcoholic clown 🤡 🥸
Can't believe this buffoon is in charge of our Military.
Can't believe that US people do so less against them. 🤷♀️
He really thinks that’s his job? And that using secure communications isn’t? And what about intentionally targeting and killing civilians- isn’t that a war crime? Is that his job, too?
“Real time” updating is not noting the future times at which things will happen—which is what he did. That is giving out the actual plan timeline. DUI hire.
Loser!
nothing is going to be done about this. that's why he's so cocky. the time to do something was weeks ago. dems failed all of you and i am so so so sorry because you deserved better.
that dude's drunk bc that's how you sound when you're pissing vodka. invincable.
Or taking something…very jacked up. Same way he looked the other day when first asked about it after getting off the plane.
nah. he's a garden-variety alcoholic with lots of paperwork to prove it
Yeah, so animated. Immediately I thought he'd been drinking
he has. i'd lay bet on it
I agree...that or a downer. He's crashing out and he needs help getting through this. I almost can't blame him...but it's so outrageous
Well come on, the guy is nothing but Fox “News” “talent”. He has no clue how to do the job of defense secretary that he 100000% unqualified for.
Text STOP to unsubscribe from future war plan updates.
He always acts like someone who might punch you in the face at any moment.
What a tool
His job should still be a weekend host on that crapy show!
And another one for the road…
Turtle on a lamp post
He’s still talking?
No excuses acceptable. Need to treat all people the same u der the rule of law. They broke laws. They must be held accountable. What might have happened if this info had been intercepted by U. S. Enemies.
He sounds like he needs a drink.
I wouldn’t wish that on him if he is sober.
Prediction: Hegseth is the guy at the blackjack table that will tend to double his bets to recoup losses. Watch for some sort of “spectacular” operational comeback move as he tries to salvage his reputation and moxie.
Hey Yemen guess what. Keep everybody informed. Have another cup of coffee.
Why were you use Signal at all? It is not authorized for this purpose. Was it: A) so no record for government archives B) you didn’t know any better C) you wanted to actively make it accessible to foreign intel D) your used to the platform to text drinking buddies E) all of the above
He’s such a weak man. A real leader would not capitulate like this by allowing the media to rattle him so. Just admit you screwed up. Just admit it. That would show some modicum of strength. This is why he should not be in charge of our military. He’s a weak guy.
He's a weak man's idea of a strong man just like his boss.
His job is NOT to keep EVERYBODY informed ffs.
Came here to say this. Jesus he has no idea what his actual job is.
He also dresses funny
Updates to the Russians in real time ?
"The American flags will continue to get bigger until my credibility is restored"
Soon he is going to have an entire suit made from the flag.😄
Also isn’t that hat a violation of the Flag Code?
Technically yes (the flag shall not be used as any article of clothing) but not even the raving loons really care about that one
Captain America Would be in trouble lol
Lies. He violated the law. He deserves prison.
He's drunk.
Agreed
Part-time entertainment TV anchor discovers he does not know how to swim. Problem is he is already in the deep end of the pool and treading water.
You think it's your job to put stuff like that on Signal? You dont seem to have listened very carefully when they described your job.
It's not his job to do *anything* government-related on Signal.
In a secure location. Not a chat app you mook.
#hegseth
This dude is unstable and very aggressive, he's not gonna last a month without another fuckup.
Let's just hope it doesn't involve nukes, shall we?
He’s gonna punch somebody.
Maybe his wife? His own mother called him an "abuser of women" www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...
Literally gives domestic violence vibes
Yeah, the first time I saw him talk I thought this dude is simmering and can blow at any moment 😳 🤯
I'm astonished this is the first one we've learned of
Because before he was just a TV clown with an audience of idiots...his fuck ups went unoticed mostly... now he's playing with adult stuff and his fuck ups will be exponentially more dangerous for others.
yep! It WAS everybody, Pete! EVERYbody!!!
It’s like a bunch of Tate Army incels larping war games on their cell phones, only it’s the ACTUAL US Army, and people really die.
Maybe his uncle can get him his next job in a bowling alley
🤢🤮
…and if I provide that timeline on a bar napkin in Moscow or on a speaker phone in the airport…it doesn’t matter…as long as I do a real timeline. That is it.
I would follow up with, "what are your actual job duties?"
That would be an outstanding question for the press to ask if any of them had the courage 🙄. I’m betting he has absolutely NO CLUE what his job duties are, and SADLY I don’t think he has any idea what ANY OF HIS “employees” job duties are. Kind like the whole rest of the musk/trump regime. Not a one
Has he been sending in his 5 things he did last week to President Musk?
Now that is a concept.
Speaking straight into the camera for the Orange One.. who I’m sure is rattled and pissing himself, more than usual.
What a hot mess!
Is he drunk already?
hahahaha. his job is to keep journalists updated on classified war plans, got it
How stupid. Totally unqualified.
Reminds me of Brett Kavanaugh when he got all testy during his hearings. These men can't handle the truth.
or sobriety.
Kavanaugh said: “ I drank beer with my friends. Almost everyone did. Sometimes I had too many beers. Sometimes others did. I liked beer. I still like beer.”
He, literally, cut and pasted the war plans into the texts.
Pretty darned impressive copy-paste job assuming he was drunk off his ass
The Sec of Treasury needed minute by minute updates?
He needs to be fired right now, along with Gabbard and Walz at the minimum.
*Waltz
Dig dig dig
Crackpot 🤮🤮🤮🤮
So I spilled national security secrets and committed espionage but hey, Biden was old.
Mental illness & addiction on full display
+ delusions of grandeur
Let me throw this one at the wall to see if it sticks.
Think shouty, arrogant, offensive inarticulateness is the right way to go at times like this ....
There has to be more competent bad guys out there for trump to recruit, right?
I am really partial to "WhiskeyLeaks"
I’m loving DUI hire.
It's the best thing I've heard all day.
@SecDef stupidly added all the war details. #ResignHegseth
No, Cpt. Underpants that’s not your job. It is to lead our Defense assets with the highest degree of integrity, to make informed and educated decisions to keep Americans safe, and to SERVE. To protect and defend the United States of America. Not to announce attacks on foreign nations with glee.
"Cpt. Underpants" 😆
It never happened! That guy who said it happened is scum! It happened. But so what? It was supposed to happen! My job was to make sure it happened!
Pete's doing a great job. Pete? Don't know who he is. Never heard of him...
I’m sure you can explain all of this to Judge Boasberg… after a breathalyzer of course
Can't spell SHITBAG without HEGSETH.
You’re not a pro quarterback you unbelievably mediocre specimen of a man. No need to tell everyone in real time what the plays were, let alone say them loud enough for the other team to hear.
DEI hire?
Likely
DUI hire
🤭
His "job' is to mansplain...
Keep asking him questions! He’s out of control!
Just the kind of personality for such a intense, stressful position!
Drunk Pete. Look how drunk he looks there. He's drunk all the time He's drunk when he isn't drunk. Good old Drunk Pete.
A dry drunk is just as dangerous and nasty as an active alcoholic. His behavior is similar to my ex who quit drinking but refused to go through an addiction program. His behavior never changed. In fact it got worse. A “sober” malignant narcissist is still a malignant narcissist.
Didn’t his story change?
Circle the drain!!
me and the boys planning what bars to hit after pregaming for 4 hours
He took classified info from a secure server & put it on his phone so he could send it out via an unsecure commercial app. And all the high level people in charge of our nation's security just cheered him on. Frightening
*He took classified info from a secure server & put it on his phone so he could send it out via an unsecure commercial app FOR ATTENTION.
I think someone found Elon’s Ketamine stash! 😵💫 #Signalgate #HegsethfElon
I always think he overestimates his contain tolerance, but it could also just be roid rage.
Cocaine.
Yup. Sigh
He sure did keep EVERYONE informed. And that is precisely the problem.
this just made me laugh out loud 🤣
He’s such a lightweight and an embarrassment. It makes me sick to my stomach that very accomplished senior military officers have to salute this bozo.
same. it’s absurd.
very animated for someone supposedly telling the truth, but also any comment on the 4 service members we lost in training exercise in Lithuania/Belarus?
If that's how you view your "job," we can expect this same behavior to continue? Got it. Now, please excuse me while I build my bunker for the inevitable apocalypse.
Updates using *secure * top secret transmission
🤣🤡
It's mai-tai time!!!
Dig, dig, dig, you incompetent little man.
Private contact details of the most important security advisers to U.S. President Donald Trump can be found on the internet. DER SPIEGEL reporters were able to find mobile phone numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to the top officials. www.spiegel.de/internationa...
Another hangover from another six-drink night
So this is an admission? Now can we fire him?
Team member Vladimir Putin receives the updates, apparently
Your other job seems to be blaming the libs for everything and ducking the press when facing tough questions
Hegselt is a total freaking idiot Ahole. He knew exactly what he was doing by leaking that CLASSIFIED INFORMATION! He is a traitor just like Orange agent....RESIGN IMMEDIATELY!!!
If that is how he sees his job, demote him to department stenographer or something. Or the job JD Vance held in the Marines.
His job is to share national security information in unsecured group chats?
For all we know, it is! 🙄
“Send nudes!?! I thought you said send nukes!” Pete (probably)
Sounds like a cool job.
The group chat isn't unsecured. We are spreading a false narrative again like we did with Rittenhouse and the public is going to be alienated. It's a fuck-up. Why are we trying to shoot ourselves in the foot by calling it something worse than it actually is?
If someone had access to it that wasn't supposed to, wouldn't you call that unsecure?
That doesn't make the app unsecure. That makes the user who included him unsecure.
So...you could say it was an unsecured group chat?
Because it wasn't hacked. Waltz or a staffer added the reporter into the group chat. Signal isn't a faulty or unsecured app. There's also nothing in the law about "unsecured group chats" yada yada yada. This Rittenhouse all over again. We need to let the facts speak for themselves. It's a fuckup.
You're getting hung up on phrasing. No one is saying Signal is at fault, but as you've pointed out, it can be compromised. The other issue is this is skirting FOIA. It's shady as f*ck.
Skirting FOIA is the only thing a court can possibly act upon here. This other false claims about violation of the Espionage Act goes nowhere but backwards.
lol.. the feds told everyone not to use it because it is insecure.. .. a week before they used it.
That's not why they told people not to use it. This is literally the "he crossed State lines!" getting repeated over and over. Signal is completely secure end-to-end encryption and has never been hacked. Never. You look dumb, and make Democrats and Leftists look dumb when you say this. Just stop.
and YOU look... [favorite maga insult redacted]
You don't appear to be an expert on technology, no offense. Nothing wrong with it unless you aren't and try.
OK the a) why did they say not to use it? and b) what about the phone numbers and passwords floating around. Myself I am more the "Waltz is so dumb he connected a journalist" rather than anything else. People are repeating "I've been Hacked" because that seems to be the goto admin excuse.
There are regulations and laws regarding retention that Signal makes easy to avoid with disappearing messages. What about the phone numbers and passwords? Die Spiegel didn't reveal that any phone number or password in Signal related to these people was compromised. This so disingenuous on our part
We are crying about "classified info" but publicly pushing for the people involved to publish it lol. The average person sees right through this partisan cheering the other team fumbling a field goal attempt. It's silly. Means nothing to the average American hard at work today getting nowhere.
It was published this morning. It was confidential no matter what this administration says. This isn't partisan because there are actually some elected GOP pointing out how bad this is.
It is bad... it is not a violation of the Espionage Act like idiots here are spreading, as if. Just like they've been spreading the idiocy that "Signal is an unsecured app' that makes us look like idiots to people who know Signal is literally unhackable.
where nobody even bothers to check if there's someone who's not supposed to be there this is insane
Apparently that’s his «understanding» of his job. In other words: he has absolutely no clue. Completely unqualified for his position
bsky.app/profile/ronf...
I think we should assume that these deaths were caused by the incompetence of all of trump's hires until and unless they can prove otherwise.
This is truly AWFUL 😡
I mean, didn't they bitch about Benghazi?
They leaked secret CIA locations while bitching about Benghazi
😢😡
Sadly, I’m pretty sure they are Hegseth victims
This is horrible 😢💔
Note that no one beneath him appears to be helping him out, or, he is not consulting with them.
When he says everybody, he means everybody. My aunty Tammy and my cousin Vinny are mad, they were not informed prior to the attack
“But Mom, Daddy said I could!”
Queue Conway Twitty singing "That's My Job".
Is he drunk right now?
He needs a drink before he loses it.
Truth he’s about to go on a bender
So Petey, does keeping everyone updated and informed real time include members of the press and the Russians too?
Is he walking into his girlfriend's building soon? Update me on Signal please.👊🔥
Yankee Doodle Drunk Ass
Well you failed the mission because you told a civilian details of a sensitive military procedure only meant for government officials.
Try to wiggle out of that one.
He assumed his job would be playing a giant game of Call of Duty and pissing off "the libs" which is exactly why he should never have been nominated to begin with and definitely should not have been confirmed.
Call of duty… you nailed it!!
I think this perfectly sums it up.
How many Dems voted yes for this Fox TV guy?
Literally none. It was all Republicans and even then they had lost 3.
You can provide real time updates in a SCIF. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
So you are guilty…
he needs to review the complete thread....it was discussed whether the operation should even proceed.
He thinks he’s still a “reporter” for Fox News?
It’s the job of the Sec Def to “keep everyone in the loop?” I don’t agree sir, but even if true, you have to control who’s in the damn loop and do so securely.
Keeping people informed is pretty much the only aspect of the job this cable news guy is qualified to perform. Be good if he could distinguish between public info and classified and adjust his tools appropriately. Probably needs guidance from his mgr, Musk, for that decision.
He really did keep everybody informed. EVERYBODY. 🤯
EVERYBODY. Got it.
“We are currently clean on OPSEC.”
bsky.app/profile/ronf...
Your JOB is also to protect sensitive information when doing it.
TEAM UPDATE: Pete Hegseth is what the French call "les incompétents"
What?!!!!
Dude... resign if you truly believe that, or wait to be fired.
I thought his job was to stay sober.
Where is the moron emoji when you need it
Going on Fox every day is not !
Fire him!
More from the "don't blame me" crowd.
Fucking moron. That’s not your job.
Keep EVERYBODY informed
He's not well.
Espionage, my Whiskeyleaks friend , is not just ‘updates’ . Informing Russia and/or China was not in your job description Jagermeister Pete!
Why isn't he in uniform? I've never seen a Sec of Def out of uniform just chillin' so much on the job
Cap with American flag and some ‘thank god’ and deflection statements = uniform (2025 style update)
Next time, Hegseth will use a billboard to keep everybody -- even the Russians -- informed.
Call him an imposter. Deep down inside, Hegseth knows he is unqualified for that position. Put the pressure on him and somebody needs to leak stories about him.
This jackass is so unstable. Does he think this over the top animation make him more convincing? It actually makes him look more unstable. And if he thinks sharing detailed classified info on Signal is "his job" then he should probably read his job description again.
Trumps base is 100% cosplay 100% of the time and the older generations who know better have kicking trans ppl and immigrants out of the country as their top concern so they keep their lips sealed and begrudgingly accept him.
Our Secretary of Defense needs some remedial training in national security.