Hegseth is ‘literally the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in history’: Sen. Duckworth blasts

https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/hegseth-is-literally-the-most-unqualified-secretary-of-defense-in-history-sen-duckworth-blasts-235332165610

26 comments

  1. Didn’t she say something similar before he was confirmed?

    Sucks being correct so much.

  3. He’s a few genes short of a full chromosome and unqualified to be called human.

  4. So far…

    Don’t underestimate Trump’s ability to find someone less qualified once Hegseth is forced out.

  6. the entire administration is full of incompetency and unintelligence, no?

  7. Replace his name and office with everyone else Trump appointed and Congress let walk right in.

  8. Qualifications and merit are not the goal of this cabinet. Loyalty and fealty are and Hegseth certainly meets that bar. Meanwhile, for the country, yet another FAFO moment.

  9. Pretty sure that was the idea. Trump staffed his Administration with perverts, crooks, incompetents, and smug jack-off’s because he knows it will piss off Dems and punish US citizens. He wants to hurt us for making him lose in 2020. His own supporters aren’t even safe because they failed it vote hard enough, or commit enough crimes, to save him. He’s a like a bull someone let loose after putting their cigarette out on his balls. He’s in “fuck it up” mode, and everything else is secondary to soothing his perpetually wounded ego.

  10. Not a bold take. I’m not sure how anyone could disagree with that appraisal, and it’s not like his “on the job” performance is proving anyone wrong.

  11. That’s true for every appointment of this junk drawer of a cabinet.

  12. Not just the most unqualified but also the most embarrassingly awful.

  13. I would love to know what the top officers think about him. I can see how he might resonate with the rank and file.

  17. I mean I wouldn’t hire a tv reporter to run the military. But that’s just me

  18. ya this was brought up at his hearing and they waved it off as saying he’s a veteran so he knows military stuff

  20. Name ONE DEI hire that made a mistake like this?! Name one!

  21. “The most unqualified Secretary of Defense *yet*.” — Homer Simpson 

  22. I wonder how much of the military is compromised now because of Hegseth’s incompetence. His presence in the Pentagon endangers national security and the lives of US soldiers and agents.

  23. This is the most unqualified bunch the US has ever seen, a bunch of wannabe supervillains

  24. The high cost of Trump’s sloppy OpSec: https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/s/b16Mn9uurc

    Hegseth’s words come back to haunt him. https://archive.ph/2025.03.24-215722/https://newrepublic.com/post/193099/pete-hegseth-text-war-plans-group-chat

    Full list of names in chat messages: https://archive.ph/2025.03.25-214311/https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-trump-officials-signal-text-journalist-2050177

    One of the chat members was in Russia at the time of the security breach: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-envoy-steve-witkoff-signal-text-group-chat-russia-putin/

    Atlantic Editor may publicly post the messages: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5212821-atlantic-editor-suggests-hes-open-to-sharing-hegseths-full-war-plans-texts-publicly/

    Russia & China monitoring U.S. devices: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5212231-russian-chinese-monitoring-us-devices/

    Kremlin targeted Signal app: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5212402-kremlin-targeted-app-used-for-yemen-war-plans-chat/

    Catastrophic security breach: https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-yemen

    Disdain for Europe in chat messages horrifies EU: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c204vl27n2qo

    Five key takeaways from chat messages: https://archive.ph/2025.03.25-153530/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr52yrgq48no

  25. Hegseth was confirmed January 25th and he didn’t even make it 2 months before he disgraced himself on an epic level. The he ran away to Hawaii’s White Lotus resort to prove he’s an even bigger shit than we already thought he was.

  26. Why is nobody talking about the fact that Trump is not on that group chat? If this was Biden, people would say he’s asleep and not really running the country.

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