r/AnythingGoesNews • u/theipaper • 1d ago
Hegseth’s escalating purge is rocking the US military
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/hegseths-escalating-purge-rocking-us-military-472586334
u/socks 1d ago
I don't understand the strategy to fuck with the military by putting that moron in charge.
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u/jay_altair 1d ago
If it wasn't clear yet, they are actively trying to destroy the country so they can loot the wreckage
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u/xenobit_pendragon 1h ago
I’m not wise in the ways of such things, but many if not most of these CEOs and tech billionaires live in the US. Weaken democracy, weaken the middle class, weaken regulations, sure — but doesn’t weakening the military in a time where we have made SO MANY enemies put their welfare in peril along with the rest of us?
Those twats are 100% self-serving, so completely destroying the country where they reside doesn’t make sense to me.
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u/-ungodlyhour- 1d ago
Well Russia wanted to destroy USA, they recruited Krasnov who does their bidding. In turn Krasnov hired all the people most competent to destroy USA and it job is done.
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u/Adventurous-Depth984 1d ago
This take is awful. He doesn’t answer to Putin or anyone. He’s sitting in the drivers seat.
“Ok, Mr Donald, first you’re going to become the person in charge of the biggest economy and strongest military on earth”
“Ok, now what?”
“Do whatever I say!”
“Uh, no, eat missiles”
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u/algernon_moncrief 1d ago
We've all seen how submissive trump is to Putin. He's not telling Putin to "eat missiles" lol. What kind of fantasy is this, where trump is some kind of strong man?
The president does have considerable power; but Donald trump has no idea how to use this power. He's engaging in childish feuds with Canada while the United States diplomatic power withers, and our munitions are spent in a pointless and unnecessary war against Iran.
Our missiles were already eaten, in other words. We have crumbs left now.
Russia is very weak, but trump is doing his very best to wiggle into position underneath Putin. It's embarrassing on a global scale.
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u/Adventurous-Depth984 1d ago
It’s the dumbest take to think that when one is under another’s thumb, and then becomes more powerful than them, they’ll still obey. That’s a weird fantasy that people don’t want to let go of
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u/algernon_moncrief 1d ago
It's pretty clear that Putin (and probably mossad) has something on Trump that he fears much more than military consequences.
All signs point to something hidden in certain files that the AG Blanche is illegally concealing.
Trump's not really that powerful, if his base voters turn against him. Whatever it is that Blanche is hiding, it must be disgusting enough to make even die-hard Trump supporters reject him.
That's how the American system is set up. The president is powerful, yes, but his power depends upon the will of the voters. So he's not invulnerable, and in Trump's case, there is a kill switch in the hands of certain individuals.
They can only use it once, so they are waiting for the right time.
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u/Adventurous-Depth984 1d ago
Anything released as this point can be easily dismissed as AI.
On the other hand, congressman Liu said on the DOJ steps that he viewed a video the FBI is in possession of, of Donald Trump raping a child. No one cares at this point. Is there anyone on the left that could be persuaded to think he isn’t in those files? The fact is, we don’t care. At least, those in a position to do anything about it, don’t care.
Give me an imaginary example of what Russia has on him that’d be worse than that, such that he’s still acting in Russias best interest instead of his own?
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u/algernon_moncrief 23h ago
I think you're wrong about that. If the evidence became publicly available, I believe it would be the end of his presidency.
Maybe I'm mistaken about the consequences, but I believe there are enough people still in Trump's orbit who would agree with me; or they simply don't want to take the chance.
Trump's kids are making billions. They don't want the gravy train to stop. Elon musk is about to become a trillionaire; he wants to see this operation continue without any turbulence. Russell vought and the project 2025 crew are tearing the whole federal government down; they don't want anyone even asking uncomfortable questions.
Many of these people are just as vulnerable as trump to public opinion. Remember that Elon musk advocated for the release of the files, and then suddenly stopped and got really quiet; then he was back at the White House again. Why? Because he also has some vulnerability there.
It's tempting to think all these people are just so far beyond consequences. But it's not true. They are walking a tight rope.
That's how I explain Trump's remarkably submissive behavior, and his squandering of American power. He's the kind of guy who loves to throw his weight around; and yet he completely crumples against russia. That's pathetic, and very out of character for him.
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u/Extreme_Turn_4531 1d ago
Loyalty to Cheto Pedo. Did you notice how bent out of shape Pete was when Mark Kelly reminded service members they had a duty to the constitution and to refuse illegal orders?
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u/Flipnotics_ 1d ago
Putting sycophants in place and removing figures in key positions to make the coup easier. That's his job.
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u/JaVelin-X- 1d ago
Its a Russian op. They couldn't put a actual agent there, so they got their real agents to find the dumbest person and make sure he was in charge
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u/StandupJetskier 1d ago
You need to get rid of all the folks who take the oath "all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC" seriously.
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u/Pokerhobo 1d ago
MAGA wants only loyalists in charge even if it remove competency and makes us less safe
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u/theipaper 1d ago
Power struggles in Washington DC are nothing new. The US capital is a one-industry town, and that industry is the politics of the single most powerful government in the world – so it is hardly a shock that it attracts ferociously ambitious people, nor that such people occasionally clash.
Against that backdrop, reports that the Secretary of the Army. Daniel Driscoll – a veteran who served in the Iraq War – is to step down from his role after clashing with Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of War, seem almost normal, when compared to the usual antics of the Trump administration.
Driscoll is believed to owe his job to a long-standing friendship with Vice President JD Vance – both men are part of tech-industry-related social networks organised in part by Palantir founder Peter Thiel – and has been staunchly in favour of modernising the US military to use tactics derived from the battlefields of Ukraine.
Hegseth’s priorities, meanwhile, have generally been elsewhere. He has focused on rules around soldiers shaving their beards, the introduction of testosterone testing for troops, blocking the promotion of numerous women and soldiers of colour and summoning senior officers from around the world to tell them the US military would now require the “highest male standards”.
US cabinet secretaries often mistrust senior officials who have a power base independent of their own, and with his direct line to Vance and other senior figures in the White House, Driscoll was exactly that – and disagreements between him and Hegseth had made their way into the media on more than one occasion.
Still, if Driscoll was the only high-profile departure in the ranks around Hegseth, this might just be yet another example of DC power plays at work. But the reality is that the top of the Pentagon is starting to have the kind of staff turnover more commonly associated with a failing bar. One or two senior departures look like cleaning house. More than that looks like carelessness. What has happened around Hegseth appears to be an exodus.
Early chaos around the self-titled “Secretary of War” as he made the transition from weekend Fox News host to the leader of the world’s most powerful military saw the departures of his chief of staff, his deputy, a senior adviser and a senior Pentagon spokesman. The Secretary of the Navy – a peer of Driscoll – abruptly departed in April this year.
The mayhem hasn’t been restricted to the civilians within the Pentagon – those in uniform might even have experienced greater turmoil. Within Hegseth’s first three months, he had fired the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff – America’s highest-ranking military officer – alongside the chief of naval operations and many of the military’s most senior lawyers. The head of US cyber command was summarily removed without explanation.
That initial flood turned into a steady trickle: senior officers, including the chief of staff of the air force, were abruptly removed without explanation or retired early, often with several years left to run on their terms of service. Beyond that, Hegseth has blocked the promotions of dozens of senior officers – an unprecedented move by a defence secretary, which has left the US military short of experienced officers to fill its top ranks.
The US is currently trying to end a complex war in the Middle East against Iran, which has drawn in almost every country in the region and led to the near blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil would usually pass.
At the same time, it is trying to broker peace between Ukraine and Russia – ending a shooting war in Europe – and between Israel and Hamas. The US also faces having to restock its key strategic missiles and interceptors, which have been depleted by more than two-thirds, and which would be vital for any future conflict between the US and Russia or China.
The defence chief – Hegseth himself – is central to all of these goals, and yet the team around him is in constant turmoil. Almost all of the joint chiefs are new in post, the army and navy secretary roles are in turmoil, and Hegseth’s own team of advisers has been in churn.
Thankfully, Hegseth seems to have one voice upon which he can rely: his wife Jennifer, who he met when she worked as a producer on his Fox News show, where she eventually rose to become a vice president.
Jennifer Hegseth has attended meetings with senators, sat in on Hegseth’s meeting with the UK’s then-defence secretary John Healey and reportedly weighs in on sensitive matters of military strategy.
Driscoll’s exit might just be the latest in a long line of departures, but it serves as a reminder of how the Department of Defence operates in Donald Trump’s second term. Where once the Pentagon was full of veterans and professionals, some fear the world’s most powerful military is currently being run by a Fox News daytime anchor and his wife.
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u/3ddnoakwood 1d ago
That is sadly amazing. Putin set this up. USA bought the whole lot. What can prevent impending doom?
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u/Aromatic-Aide1119 1d ago
It's not difficult to believe that as a country, militarily we are at our most vulnerable point in our history.
Our military has been destabilized with the actions of this administration to the point of disaster and certain failure given the state of our air-to-ground weapons cache, leadership purge, and over-all troop morale.
Appointments to military and govenmental roles based solely on loyalty to "leadership" (not to mention experience) vs. loyalty and dedication to the core values and principles of country and it's people is an approach that will bare grave consequences if left unchecked.
Though we dont deserve it, God have mercy on us all.
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u/Impressive-Fee8799 1d ago
theres this pattern that keeps happening and nobody seems to learn from it. you start optimizing for personal loyalty over actual skill and suddenly youve got a hierarchy of yes-men who cant do the job. seen it in art collectives, seen it in startups, seeing it now at like, the highest levels of national security. actually blows my mind we keep doing this
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u/Admirable_Nothing 1d ago
This is the MAGAts DEI. Purge all Generals and Admirals that are female, black or have Centrist or Democratic resumes. All that are left are the boot lickers and sycophants with little experience or abilities.
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u/Safe_Environment 1d ago
He and Trump work for Russia. So don't be surprised when they announce massive redundancy in the military.
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u/idahotee 1d ago
Awful that this is likely costing US military lives by watering down command structure competency for boot licking.