When it started last week, it was clear that the term of office of the defense Pete Hegseeth was an unfortunate start in the Pentagon. For example, when the former Fox News -Gastheer arrived at the American head office in Germany, he was confronted with Hecking and protests from military families.
“Protests by military families against a Minister of Defense are extremely rare,” NBC News reported.
It appears that this is one of the best Moments for Hegseeth during his trip abroad.
The day after the spot of military families, the unfortunate Pentagon chef said publicly that it was “unrealistic” to think that Russia would not hold parts of Ukraine that had presented it with violence. He added that Ukrainian membership in NATO would not happen. It was a dramatic misstep: before the negotiations on a possible peace plan even started, Hegseeth Russia gave everything it wanted.
The mistake did not go unnoticed. Not only were American allies surprised, but Senator Roger Wicker from Mississippi, the Republican chairman of the Senate -arming service committee, reprimanded the Minister of Defense to make a 'Rookie error'.
A day later, Hegseeth tried to make a backedal and distance themselves from “something mentioned as part of my comments” – a passive voice sentence for the centuries – but around the same time the Pentagon chef launched in a number of terribly strange comments about the Use of using the use of using the use of power. “We can talk about everything we want about values. Values are important, “said Hegseeth in widespread comments. “But you can't shoot values, you can't shoot flags and you can't shoot strong speeches.”
The unwritten comments seemed to reflect someone who was just over his head.
Even worse, as my MSNBC colleague said Ja'han Jones, Hegseeth apparently thought that it would also be a good idea to take right-wing influencer and conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec with him on the overseas journey. Shortly thereafter, Polico reported that the activist was “in the Chamber” when Hegseeth “greeted the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyy for their private meeting.”
The report added: “Posobiec-Wiens record of extreme right-wing activism includes the promotion of conspiracy theories and associating with white nationalists-is for a long time a controversial figure and is said to have been considered frills during earlier administrations. But now he is able to witness important moments on one of the world's most consistent issues. “
While the dust settled on the secretary's journey, the New York Times reported: “In total it was a bruising course of 72 hours in the geopolitical reality of a job that critics complain, Mr. Hegseeth, a 44-year-old former National Guard Infantryman and Fox News -Gastheer is not qualified to hold. “
It is of course important to keep Hegseeth responsible for his own failures, but let's not forget that Trump is responsible for nominating the former television personality; JD Vance is responsible for guaranteeing the confirmation of the secretary; and 50 Senate Republicans bear responsibility with a view of the scandals of Hegseeth, inexperience and bizarre ideology.
This article was originally published on msnbc.com
