Amerika zählt jetzt auf Sie, Pete Hegseth
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/america-is-counting-on-you-pete-hegseth/681469/?gift=PuJI8UoXLICBz-F02KxvQAne8Ac-A8xz6fTi45NPx3w&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Amerika zählt jetzt auf Sie, Pete Hegseth
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/america-is-counting-on-you-pete-hegseth/681469/?gift=PuJI8UoXLICBz-F02KxvQAne8Ac-A8xz6fTi45NPx3w&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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That’s a title. I mean, if the 14 tenants of a certain ideology can dictate what the globe can expect from a certain unnamed party, then we can’t really hold out much hope for Mr. Hegseth.
What a patronizing article!
I’d rather count on the DOD to be more inefficient than usual
thankfully he’s not particularly adept at the job he’s going into so that’s not just possible, it’s likely
Hegseth and his background aside, still just wild that he was picked by the President to lead the Pentagon because Trump saw him on Fox News…
Looking at Hegseth’s background, it is pretty clear what his time at DoD will look like. Between his comments at confirmation about not letting lawyers dictate the rules of engagement is and his unwavering support for American troops who broke the law and were prosecuted by the military itself, the ideology is apparent. A strongman military for a strongman President that will wage war with American boots on the ground and with little to no regard for the rules of engagement or civilian casualties.
Would honestly love to see someone push back here, curious as to what other conclusion one can even draw from this situation.
The author’s bio (via The Atlantic):
Tom Nichols is a staff writer at *The Atlantic* and an author of the [*Atlantic* Daily newsletter](https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/sign-up/atlantic-daily/). He is a professor emeritus of national-security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College, where he taught for 25 years, and an instructor at the Harvard Extension School. He has served as a legislative aide in the Massachusetts House and the U.S. Senate. He writes about international security, nuclear weapons, Russia, and the challenges to democracy in the United States and around the world—along with occasional contrarian views on popular culture. His books include [*The Death of Expertise*](https://bookshop.org/a/12476/9780197763834) and [*Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault From Within on Modern Democracy*](https://bookshop.org/a/12476/9780197645505).
We are cooked if we’re engaging earnestly with someone who will absolutely sell us to the highest bidder.
The president should be able to have the cabinet he wants but President Trump has shown no interest in learning or understanding history. I fear that the US system is now increasing the speed of its own undoing. Having a cabinet that only echos what the president wants to hear is not leadership but rather the quickest way to failure for the free world.
No. No, we’re not.
I mean, I hope he does a good job, but I’m not holding my breath.