Thai-American Sen. Duckworth Exposes Ignorance of Trump's Defense Secy' Nominee Hegseth

[Jingthing]

 

... about Asean.

 

Thai-American war hero amputee U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth is very impressive grilling Trump's totally unquailed Fox News suit nominee for one of the most important offices in the world. 

 

Normally you expect a baseline of basic global knowledge from such high officials relating to foreign affairs and conflicts.

But not under Trump. 

What he is qualified to do though is to blindly follow the orders of autocrat elect Trump without any pushback or questioning. 

[jerrymahoney]

(Chief of staff to-be) Ms. (Susie) Wiles insists she is not concerned about Mr. Trump’s most provocative cabinet picks, including Pete Hegseth, his choice to run the Defense Department. Mr. Hegseth, a military veteran who has been accused by a woman of sexual assault, which he has denied, has no experience leading an agency of nearly three million people.

“That’s what staff is for,” Ms. Wiles said briskly. “It’s our obligation to give him people that understand the business of national defense.” To Ms. Wiles, Mr. Hegseth is one of Mr. Trump’s desired “disrupters” of the status quo, just like his choice of Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence and Mr. Kennedy as the secretary of health and human services.

The president-elect, she said, “would rather have a disrupter at the top and buttress the disrupter with people who know the business or the agency. That’s the idea. And so if you think of it that way, it explains all of them.”

 

from NYTimes via https://archive.ph/lDmIO

[spidermike007]

During the last term Trump sort of set the benchmark for selecting nominees from the absolute bottom of the barrel, it seems like he's determined to repeat himself by selecting people who are not only massively unqualified, but like himself morally bankrupt. 

[novacova]

Those dems really know how to put a goofy comedy show, it made for a good laugh before hitting the hay last night.

[jerrymahoney]

The only real audience for the DEMs are 4 Republicans who might oppose.

[GroveHillWanderer]

I think you have to question the suitability for one of the most important positions in the US government of a man who doesn't believe in germs because he can't see them. 

 

Why Fox News' Hegseth Said He Hasn't Washed His Hands In 10 Years

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2019/02/11/why-fox-news-pete-hegseth-hasnt-washed-his-hands-in-10-years/

 

Quote

"Germs are not a real thing. I can’t see them. Therefore they’re not real.”

 

[stevenl]

1 hour ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

I think you have to question the suitability for one of the most important positions in the US government of a man who doesn't believe in germs because he can't see them. 

 

Why Fox News' Hegseth Said He Hasn't Washed His Hands In 10 Years

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2019/02/11/why-fox-news-pete-hegseth-hasnt-washed-his-hands-in-10-years/

 

 

On the positive side, this must mean he's an atheist.

[mogandave]

He’ll be cofirmed

[Cryingdick]

2 hours ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

I think you have to question the suitability for one of the most important positions in the US government of a man who doesn't believe in germs because he can't see them. 

 

Why Fox News' Hegseth Said He Hasn't Washed His Hands In 10 Years

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2019/02/11/why-fox-news-pete-hegseth-hasnt-washed-his-hands-in-10-years/

 

 

 

LOL God almighty. He has said the thing about washing his hands was a joke years ago.