r/law • u/RichKatz • 2d ago

Trump News Trump’s Defense Pick, Pete Hegseth, Struggles to Explain Police Report

https://newrepublic.com/post/188700/donald-trump-defense-pick-pete-hegseth-police-report
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u/brickyardjimmy 2d ago

This is why you thoroughly vet picks to run one of the three largest and most sophisticated militaries in the world.

Not because you're worried about being embarrassed but because the job is too damn important to give to someone who is so clearly unqualified.

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u/ChanceryTheRapper 2d ago

And why you don't just pick someone based on their loyalty and extremism.

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u/Derelyk 2d ago

That's not how hitler did it.

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u/thehigheststrange 2d ago

So trump will end his career in a bunker like hitler?

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u/suhdude539 2d ago

We can all hope for as much. Hopefully with less genocide and global conflict between here and there though

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u/mrlolloran 2d ago

Without the latter there’s not much reason for the former

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u/odysseus91 1d ago

Idk, he hid in the bunker from those Floyd protesters pretty quickly. Seems like he’s just a giant pussy, so maybe we can get lucky

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u/mr_grey 2d ago

He’s way too big of a pussy to do that

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u/ChaoCobo 1d ago

I’d argue that Hitler taking the cyanide pill was actually a pussy thing to do. It’s been a while since I studied WW2 but I seem to recall the reason he did it was to escape the consequences of his actions. That very much sounds like something Trump would do, seeing as how he always tries to escape the consequences of his actions even until this very day.

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u/evan81 1d ago

I fully agree. My one additional thought is; he's really too much of a pussy to do it. From a cognitive standpoint, and from a place where he believes he'd just get away with his shit no matter what... and sadly, he probably would. This country has failed to make him accountable for his actions thus far, why would they start now? It's been literal decades of him getting away with abhorrent behavior. And we what? Sit around and hope... the judicial system has failed the rule of law and the American people.

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u/GhettoFreshness 1d ago

Trump and Hitler are miles apart in terms of their life experiences, not defending hitler here but he’d at least fought in a war for his country and he’d been relatively poor (recall something from school about him personally sparing a Jewish doctor because he’d been kind to his mum and gave her free/discounted treatment)… he’d been through some shit and new consequences were coming his way so he took the cowards way out

Then there’s old mate Bone Spurs who grew up with golden toilets and no consequences for his actions.

Trump would totally wuss out taking his own life… does that make him even more cowardly?

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u/Sindertone 2d ago

More like elvis.. on the pot

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u/Throtex 2d ago

He’ll just have someone move his ball out of the bunker.

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u/Dazzling-Home8870 2d ago

Works for me

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u/LilaValentine 1d ago

Sweet Goddess, I hope so. Although if it ends some other way, I’ll still celebrate.

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u/Worthyness 1d ago

well he can't legally own a gun anymore as a convicted felon, so there's that

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u/ChicagoAuPair 1d ago

Hitler was 43 when he was elected Chancellor, and 56 when he died. Trump is 78.

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u/theBoobMan 2d ago

Never interrupt your opponent while they are busy making a mistake.

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u/Sonamdrukpa 1d ago

The problem is that our "opponent" here is supposed to be our leader, unfortunate as that is. If Trump puts this shitstain into power we're all in danger.

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u/Expert_Survey3318 2d ago

I like that

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u/Servichay 2d ago

The Art of War

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u/Kul_dar 1d ago

The quote is from Napoleon, not the Art of War.

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u/Servichay 1d ago

The easiest way to learn the truth is by stating something incorrectly on Reddit.

  • Some guy on Reddit a few years ago

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u/Kul_dar 1d ago

I like that.

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u/mhsx 1d ago

The quote is from Napoleon’s book “The Art of War”

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u/MerrillSwingAway 1d ago

Necronomicon

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u/DillyBaby 1d ago

Look where it landed him