It's long past time for Pete Hegseth to do the right thing for his country, and resign. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
It's long past time for Pete Hegseth to do the right thing for his country, and resign. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Resigning would give him more time to party, which he likes. But I hope to see him behind bars.
Dude. magacult don't do what's right for the country.
Most of his career has been at fox infront of a camera tell his audience that this I the truth I doubt he’s going willingly or honorably
Wasn't the argument last time that nobody needed to be disciplined because it "certainly wouldn't happen again"!?!?!?
Narcissistic sociopaths never admit they’re wrong. It’s always someone else’s fault.
If hegs was a do-the-right-thing-kinda-guy, he never would have taken the gig to begin with.
If Pete resigns who will text me attack plans?
To resign would indicate acknowledgment of his failings. These wholly inadequate individuals do not have the capacity to admit failure!
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absolutely! but he’s a man of such hollow character that ‘doing the right thing for his country’ isn’t even on his radar. he thought serving his country involved wearing a bomber jacket in Fox spots and stuffing his jacket pocket with an eye-catching red white and blue cocktail napkin.
Hegseth is a dystopian John LeCarre spy novel: ‘Drinker, Failure, Hangover, Rye’
He has no honor, only an inflated ego & tons of toxic masculinity. He will only go if forced out.
Resign and self deport to margaritaville. Win-win.
Like he gives a shit. He is cosplaying.
He won’t.
Pete's in business for himself, not the country.
If you haven't noticed, they don't "do the right thing." EVER.
He doesn't care what's good or right for the country. He's got "queers" and "transgenders" to root out and court martial from military service.
Hegeseth is NOT for anyone but himself.
He, nor any of this crowd, gives two shits about their country.
He will never do the right thing. He’s to GD arrogant.
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Yeah, good luck with that. 🙄
Pffft...it's part of the alcoholic's credo to never admit you're wrong, it's someone else's fault, I'm smarter than everybody, AND I'm NOT an alcoholic.
Doing the "right thing" does not motivate these people at all. Zero.
No, I do think they truly believe in what they are doing. Except for Musk, he is true to his goal of wealth and power.
Perhaps not. But it nevertheless should be stated clearly often and everywhere what the "right thing" is.
As much as these fools like to wrap themselves in the flag and say they are patriots, their loyalty is not to the country or constitution. Its only to themselves and doing whatever the Orange Leader dictates for them to do.
It's a cult
Cowards do not resign...
Maybe the third texting debacle will be the charm. Or maybe not.
He wasn't hired to do right things for the country 🤷♂️ Or, come think of it... 🤔🤔😁😁
Come on…he has never done the right thing & he won’t start now
He has no honor
I can hear it now: "I am resigning because this hoax has become a distraction to the good work done by President Trump, blah, blah."
He doesn’t care about America. Republicans don’t care about America. Republican trash is finally showing who they are.
Leaky Pete!
I fear Hegseth is so self-absorbed he has left himself no way to graciously remove himself, and Trump doesn't want to look like he made a massive mistake putting Pete into a position he was not prepared for.
don jr. needs a job.
Here is a clue about Hegseth, he is NOT a patriot. He's just another one of Trump's ass kissers.
If he wanted to do the right thing for his country, he would have never taken the job.
Yeah, he is in way over his head! 🤷🏽♀️
Hey Tom I am not a physician but will give you very sound medical advice. Don’t hold your breath waiting for Hegseth to resign. Your naïveté is showing. These bastards have no conscience. No decency. No morals. Wake the hell ip and call it like it is.
And by resign I do mean fall on his sword.
Patriotic duty? You’d have to be an actual patriot for that sort of thing, which these monsters are most definitely NOT. 🤷♀️
😂 like that’s gonna happen …
He wont do it.
Preferably over Signal so we can read about it in The Atlantic.
Hegseth doesn't care about his country!.. This Narcissistic, Egocentric Monster cares about two things and two things only -- HIMSELF & His Expanded Bank Account!
That can safely be said about the entire administration and a hair over half of Congress.
The won't. Drunks never admit they're putting others in danger.
Hegseth, patriotic? Funny.
Tom, those magats don't know anything about duty, nor they even care. They're all entitled narcissists.
No resignation. The most honorable way out would be Seppuku .
Ok, sure, but he shouldn’t have taken the job in the first place. I don’t think an appeal to patriotism is going to work with this guy.
Next stop, NewsMax Saturday AM? I doubt Faux will have this loser back...
The #SECDEF Office is probably cleared TS GENSER. So, #Hegseth probably has a SIPRNet computer, and a Dual-Homed NIPRNet/Internet computer. It's reported he also has a straight Internet computer. IF he Copied Text From SIPRNet Into Signal on Either the NIPRNet/Internet or Internet computers, CRIME!
He will never resign.. he needs to be fired.
He should go to prison while he does it. Moving data from a secure device to a personal device is a crime.
Trunt will just find someone even more horrible. Like one of his sons.
perhaps "save his dwindling integrity and pour himself the big ass glass of bourbon he so deserves" might have been more convincing.
But he’s so darn cute and photogenic. Wasn’t that really what he was hired for- his good looks?
Great piece and I totally agree with all of it.
I don't think his mom will let him.
He can be as drunk as he wants away from any of the mechanisms of our nation’s defense. Go back to being your drunkest self Hegseth. Your only moderately inebriated self that had all this authority wasn’t good for you or any other American that needs a working Department of Defense.
These people cosplay as patriots
He’s not there for his country. He’s there for himself
The booze says otherwise. And whatever else this clown does we don't know about.
He will NEVER do anything of the sort. He doesn’t have an honorable bone in his body.
He won’t resign. And Trump won’t fire him. US troops will invade Yemen, not a war, just a practice invasion exercise. These people do NOTHING for America, self-aggrandizement leading to more $$s in their pocketbook, that’s their goal.
i would comment, but you don't read them anyways. . .
But we've been told by none other than the WH Press secretary that the entire Pentagon is conspiring against Hegseth. The. Entire. Pentagon. Is against him.
Let that sink in for a moment. It's insane. Leavitt declared, "The president stands strongly behind Pete Hegseth. This is what happens when the entire Pentagon is working against you and the monumental change you are trying to implement. " Sure. Changes like "We are now Russians"
But but but... He IS doing the right thing for his country. Trouble is: His country is Russia.
You're kidding, right? Trump loves this and doesn't care if Americans are in danger
Tom. Put down the joint. Thus white. Christian. Nationalist. Ain't gonna voluntarily go
Without even getting into what an objectively horrible human being he is, there was never any reason to believe that Hegseth was even remotely close to being qualified for this job. Every Senator who voted to confirm should be called to account.
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If Drunky McWifebeater had any interest in doing the right thing, he never would have taken the position in the first place. Hegseth is clearly a foreign operative.
Is he capable of doing the right thing?
As if. Hegseth isn’t a patriot. He is just another self-serving Trump stooge. Trump inevitably throws all of his stooges under the bus. It’s part of Trump’s tactic of sowing fear among the sycophants who remain. The stooges who think they’re immune are in for a rude awakening.
Right thing? The guys on Oak Island have a better chance of finding the treasure than these folks have a finding their integrity and sense of honor.
Probably since they never had them to lose.
Tom, Pete Hegseth has not a scintilla of loyalty to the country, he shot his wad of loyalty on Trump
Not bloody likely!😒🙄😒🤪🤡👻💩💀
"The Right Thing" can never be used with regard to anyone in the GOP or this administration. It just doesn't exist.
Lucky for us he is known for doing the right thing
Two words/concepts he has no idea about: patriotism and duty.
Thank you
he is not a patriot and he will not resign. They’ll have to take him out of there kicking and screaming just like Trump.
As a Canadian I was kinda hoping you guys would stick with him for a while. I figure with him in charge we/Canada has a fighting chance when you guys invade.
We ain't invadin'...it's the Trump bullshit attention diversion away from the corruption...
Well, you shouldn’t lose hope. Remember that he was the first choice. I am shuddering thinking about who might be the next or 3rd choice options.
Don’t give up hope yet. We still got to see who our stable genius will appoint in his place. Tell me, do Canadians like Kid Rock? (I hear he’s the current front runner)
We have a passing familiarity with your Kid Rock. We are deeply embarrassed by Nickelback. So we can understand your pain.
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Nous en sommes désolés, je te jure.
As a Minnesotan, I keep hoping we somehow regain our senses and remember what a great thing it is to have a good neighbor and ally.
Thank you for that Twixicat. Elbows up 🇨🇦 Prime Minister Mark Carney will explain to felon47 how to govern like a world leader with brains and class. 🇨🇦🌷
He has no honor.
Going, going, soon gone! #mashedpotato #pentagoncafe #hegseth #signal
If wishes were horses....
There is fealty to only one.
I'd prefer it if he resigned and fled the country for parts unknown, to never be heard from or of again.
The man doesn’t know the meaning of Patriot much less doing the right thing🙄
That would imply he’s a patriot with any sense of duty.
there are worse things happening right now. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
The man is not a patriot. He is an opportunist. Don’t get your hopes up.
The dude's a fukn clown in every sense of the word. He's made a mockery of the defense department in just a few short weeks.
Agreed
More likely he'll be canned. Probability of either: Low.
I won’t hold my breath waiting for the child-like, faux patriot who completely lacks personal ethics to do the right thing.
He's too afraid pukin will have him thrown out of 10 story window if he resigns
I doubt he has a patriotic bone in his body!
Well, I am certain he has no spine and a very hard head
This is a joke right? His entire profile is built on never doing the right thing.
#Hegsxit
Good one…!
He won’t.
Hegseth is a Russian spy not a patriot.
I think he's more of a useful idiot. Still so bad for our country.
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He won’t resign-he has to be removed.
i don't think he's capable of such thoughts.
If he had any self respect or love of his country he would resign.
To fire Hegseth means the press won and Trump lost. Everything is about winners and losers with Trump. Nothing in between. Let's see if he comes up with an excuse for getting rid of the guy without looking like the loser.
Maybe he can mistakenly send him to CECOT.
I'd bet Trump would have him freed in an hour.
He doesn’t give a rats ass about the country or his duty.
I haven’t seen momentum like this from the media since they worked to drive Joe Biden off the Presidential campaign
Egos too big
Our enemies are watching, they can sit back and relax while we self destruct.
"I am resigning today because the constant attacks on me by the Fake News Marxist Communist Deep State have become a great distraction for His Eminence Donald Trump and the Holy work that God has ordained him to do."
Hegseth has never done anything right for the country. He's not about to start now.
Nepo Babies #dunningkruger
“His incompetence” *and Musk’s DOGE team* are putting America at great risk. (Fixed it for you.) #nationalsecurity
You seem to not entirely understand the present state of your “country.”
How do you arrive at this conclusion?
Do you really believe of these low life’s will do the right thing.
He’s an unqualified boot licker and has committed some serious security breaches. Why would he do the right thing and resign?
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This is true, The problem being: He's not a patriot, he just plays one on TV.
Calls for Hegseth's resignation is only fueling the administration's resolve to keep him on. And the MAGA base is right on board. They'll ride out the wave of outrage and wait for the media to latch onto the next shiny scandal.
Well, if it's his patriotic duty, I'm sure he'll probably do it. I am joking of course.
You still think any conservative Christian would do the right thing for their country? I admire your optimism.
Why would he start now?
The fatal flaw in this argument is the assumption that Hesgeth is patriotic.
He'll never resign. Like FELON Trump, drunk/sexual predator 🤡Pete Hegseth🤡 believes he can do whatever he wants & doesn't give a crap who gets hurt in the process. He believes being reckless makes him a "real man." Trump & Republicans knew that about Hegseth when they put him over our U.S. military.
They never resign... George Santos... Hey even corrupt mayors are just insistent on staying. I've not seen a politician make a stand up decision like resigning in the past 10 years.
But what would he do to make a living?
The fact that he needs to play “look at how important I am” means the job is too much for him.
Quite the combination of arrogance and incompetence to fell those smarts.
In way over his head. His confused drunken head.
McFelon47 and JD Dunce would have to admit they screwed up BIGLY for them to force Hegseth out. It's gonna take a royal screw up that can be blamed on someone else to effect his ouster.
He not patriotic.
Pete Hegseth was never fit to lead the Pentagon. His appointment was a stunt, his tenure a disaster. He lacks the moral compass, integrity, or competence to do what's right. This isn't failure—it’s a void of conscience. He won’t step down because decency is beyond him
LOL, none of these people will ever do the right thing. It is an EGO thing.
Not one thing about this administration or any person in it has anything to do with the good of this country.
…the right thing…lololol
You are expecting a leopard to change its spots.
If he had even an ounce of integrity he would have already resigned. But he doesn’t have any at all.
If he had an ounce of integrity he’d have never accepted the job in the first place. But like Trump, he not only lacks integrity, he’s a narcissist and suffers from Dunning-Krueger syndrome.
That's not the MAGA way.
What is this “patriotic duty” of which you speak? But seriously, if this man had a shred of respect he would never have agreed to the job in the first place.
He won’t.
I don’t think any power hungry grifter in this admin has the dignity to resign when they’re an obvious danger.
G I Slow can go back to axe-throwing.
It used to be the honorable thing to fall on your sword.
The petulant arrogance is nauseating.
That 1st graf is a banger.
He’s not a patriot. So he’ll have to be fired.
He hasn’t got a track record of doing what’s right for the country - outside of his stint in the military, which Shouldn’t be dismissed. I do see a pattern of an unreasonable need to be a big shot.
Hegseth needs to be fired if he won’t quit.
Pete Hegseth isn’t a patriot He’s a self-serving opportunist
It's his patriotic duty to throw himself dick first into a wood chipper.
Charges should also be filed
😂😂😂 good luck. This would assume 2 things. 1 he has shame which he clearly doesn’t. 2 he can admit fault which he clearly can’t.
Sad thing, his pride won't let him. Pride does come before the fall, he should be reminded of that.
ego
Underlines, highlights and bolds the poor judgment of those Senators who voted to confirm Hegseth
As hard as Pete lied to get the job?
LOL, the right thing? Why would he start now? They’re gonna have to drag him out kicking and screaming.
Pete Hegseth very rarely, if ever, does the right thing.
He won’t do it. He’s so deeply insecure, he has to show off his important job.
Pete Hegseth probably thinks he is doing a good job. No self awareness, it’s a trait with MAGA followers.
I'm actually thinking leavinh his drunk ass there as a cancer, instead of cutting it out, just wait for it to kill the entire administration..
The problem is how many of our soldiers does it kill? For magas, they aren’t going to care about anything else.
Less than an all out war.
Alcoholics Can function in many jobs but it’s usually jobs they already know, familiar with. Unfortunately Hegseth chose to dry out while directing the Pentagon, a Big stressful Job - rather than entering a facility for recovery.
He don’t give 2 dead flies about America. It’s all about his ego…he’s not going anywhere and We will suffer for it…
But Trump needs a foreign invasion in our shores or some type of air strike to cement himself in power ( and with no remorse)
Integrity is dead
Lol
Just so we are clear, "his country" is America (??) what I'm just asking questions
He’s an alcoholic and a mini narcissist so no, he’s not gonna do that.
You misspelled "be hanged for espionage."
It's not time for Hegseth or anyone else to GO. Its time for everyone who's used Signal to be prosecuted. NOW 'cuz his wife & lawyer were in Tennesee & Virginia respectively, they can be charged for fraud (they lied about it for criminal benefit: hiding actual plans) under state laws avoiding DOJ
One might as well say he needs to resign because of fleas That's right - he doesn't have any Just like he has no patriotism
lol. These clowns don’t give a fuck about the good of the country, the safety and security of the people. They see themselves as faultless and will shank their own mommas to stay at the top of the food chain.
An assertion he understands patriotism or duty is laughable.
He appears NOT to be the type of person to do the right thing
You can’t be serious.
You mistakenly assume that Pete has a patriotic bone in his pickled body.
Maybe Seppuko? Oh, wait, No that involves honour.
...what makes you think he's a Patriot???
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This whole #WhiskyLeaks affair has gone far enough.
He needs to take a few others with him.
Ok, I’ll just come right out and say it… Whiskey Pete is many things… But, he is NOT a patriot! There, I feel better…