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Hegseth’s experience in the Army National Guard is seen by the incoming administration and supporters in Congress as an asset for the job, but he also brings a jarring record of past statements and actions, including allegations of sexual assault, excessive drinking and derisive views about women in military combat roles, minorities and “woke” generals. He has vowed not to drink alcohol if he is confirmed to lead the Pentagon. He is among the most endangered of Trump’s cabinet picks, but GOP allies are determined to turn him into a cause célèbre for Trump’s governing approach amid the nation’s culture wars.
Trump’s “governing approach”?
You mean his total lack of relevant experience and education? You mean his profound ignorance coupled with raging hostility and vindictiveness? You mean his general contempt for almost everyone? That “governing approach”?
Come on, news media. He doesn’t have a governing approach. He has an Id. He has a vast supply of grudges and hatreds, and a passion for putting them into action. It’s not about governing, it’s not about us, it’s about him and his entertainment.
In The Bulwark today: Goodbye, Good Governance. Hello, Insane Promises.
It’s odd how many of the people I trust most right now are people I considered the Enemy in the Aughts… The “heterodox” mostly turned out to be the MAGA lite that the Wokies accused them of being, the Wokies suck, and there’s a fair bit of capture all around. I might well be a Republican right now if that was still a thing.
‘…swearing off forever (with and without a solemn oath),…’
Or for some arbitrary time. No flag redder than that.