Trump Throws Pete Hegseth Under the Bus as Iran War Spirals

Who could've possibly seen this coming?

>“Pete, I think you were the first one to speak up,” Trump continued. “And you said, ‘Let’s do it.’ Because you can’t let them have a nuclear weapon.”

He always has a fall guy. Hegseth's makeup and hair gel should help break the fall.

Sure. Blame Hegseth, he deserves it, just end the conflict 

I mean to be fair, Hegseth has made countless terrible choices. The real concerning part of this whole fiasco, is how someone like Hegseth can even land in this role. This guy was deemed an insider threat by his own command due to his 'Dues Vult' tattoo. He was barred from serving for the President Biden inauguration. He was 'willingly' removed from service, in our own military and this man has the absolute nerve to get on stage months ago, and talk to all of our military generals, admirals and say he's coming for their jobs. Hegseth was again removed from the Concerned Veterans for America in 2016 due to allegations of financial mismanagement, and alcoholism. The guy is a raging alcoholic, a known white supremacist and an overall shit human, yet here he is starting wars for a country he isn't even allowed to fight for. The only joke here is that he is in any leadership position. He's just a fall guy at the end of the day, just like everyone in our President's cabinet. People who chose money and power over moral ethics. I am a veteran at the end of the day and I love what my country used to stand for, ideals that seem to be completely gone.

You'd think these people would have learned from Trump's first term. Noem was first, seems likely Hegseth will be next, followed by Bondi when the pedo-war is unsuccessful at making us forget about the Epstein files.  Trump rewards loyalty with betrayal - that's all he's ever done. Don't forget about the Epstein Files, by the way.

>President Trump is already trying to throw Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth under the bus for the fruitless war on Iran. >“I called Pete, I called General Caine, I called a lot of our great people … and I said, ‘Let’s talk. We got a problem in the Middle East. We have a country … that for 47 years has been a purveyor of terror. And they’re very close to having a nuclear weapon. We can keep going and get that 50,000 up to 55 and 60, there’s no end. Or we could take a stop and make a little journey into the Middle East, and eliminate a big problem,’” Trump said Monday at an event in Memphis. >“Pete, I think you were the first one to speak up,” Trump continued. “And you said, ‘Let’s do it.’ Because you can’t let them have a nuclear weapon.”

This is so f****** dumb but the magats will eat it up. Its not like the President didnt sign off on this. Or that we have systems to go through congress so we dont make rash decisions like starting a war at 1 am. Its like if Pete Carroll blamed Russell Wilson for calling the play that led to the game winning super bowl interception. Like, ok, you're the coach? Didn't realize that was Russ's call?

But… Central Casting… Fox …

It’s the classic Trump move. He sends Hegseth out there to play the tough guy on and talk about $200 billion war budgets, and the second the wind blows a different way, he hits the brakes.

Trump clearly doesn’t understand that it doesn’t matter if Hegseth is at fault. Who’s the idiot that hired him is the automatic question that will come up next.

Of course he does. Hegseth is an idiot and a tool.

Look in the mirror Donny, it is only you to blame. Do us all a favor and quit forever.

That's how you know this conflict is a disaster lol. If it were going well he'd say, Hegseth didn't want to do it but he(Trump) did because he's a soothsayer who can predict the future. Or some bullshit like that. 

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So Hegseth legacy…Uhh all military personnel must be clean shaven what a 🤡

Ha. The part that cracked me up the most was right at the end. "They started last ... night ... a little bit ... the night before that ..."

The wheels on the bus goes round and round...

Accountability is a hot potato in this administration.

Wait, I thought Donald said the war was going great. And now here it's spiraling.. Witch one is it?

Nobody is safe from authoritarian fascists, not even authoritarian fascists. Purges, power plays, disposal of the inconvenient, targeting scapegoats, these are all routine to authoritarian fascist governance. Hegseth gets to join Noem and learn all this first hand. PS. Miller's time will come too.

Bueno, si es el ministro de guerra y pierdes la guerra la culpa es suya... Vamos que Trump está diciendo que EEUU volvió a perder otra guerra. Cómo castigo ahora tiene que utilizar un traje 4 tallas más pequeño, unos zapatos 4 tallas más grandes, una peluca verde rizada, una nariz redonda roja y pintarse la cara de colores.

There's always room under the bus.

Aw man I really enjoy Colin Jost’s impression too.

I had the misfortune of watching a press conference by Pete Hegseth. It seemed more like a performance - the shifting body language, random insults at Bush and other presidents, literal 0 specific information. It's sad to see what's going on.

I love this for Pete!!

🎵The wheels on the bus go round and round🎵

Hegseth still can't believe Jesus was a no show at his apocalypse party.

It's a shame that the headline is figurative.

He using this war to make money while Americans die for him.

i will never forget during january 6th when he left Mike Pence for death (not that i respect that guy anyway). thats when i understood trumps game with these people

*Slaps Trump Bus* You can fit so many confident sycophants under these wheels.

Ready and willing to drive said bus.

Same old Trump using Pete Hegseth as the fall guy.

Hefty has got to be downing vodka like it’s water at this point.

This one is going to taste so good!

That's Trump's entire management style and these toadies know that. It's the cost of joining the crime family.

Typical trump M.O . Blame someone else because he can’t and will not ever take responsibility for his own decisions and Hegseth is going to learn first hand that loyalty in the end only cuts one way.

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.

He makes a war with Iran sound like a literal walk in the park.

Hegseth? I don’t really know him. I might have met him at a party once or twice, but I never really liked him.

Why would anyone work with/for Trump?

The US will win every major battle against Iran. It will dominate the air, sea, and ground in open battle. It did the same against the taliban and in Iraq. The us will lose the long game unless it can win over the people. The anti Islamic stance of the US will not win over the Iranian people. We are doing the exact opposite and will just rally millions more against western governments and culture. Hegseth and his master trump will never understand this.

Classic. Hell turn on anyone the second the heats on. Zero loyalty, only self-preservation.

To be fair to the bus, Kegsbreath has vomited on it a lot of times 

I am sure it is the comments already but in Trump’s own words the strikes in Iran obliterated all of Iran’s ability to produce nuclear weapons. So which one is it? Pretty sure we know the answer.

Pete’s a tough guy- he can handle it as long as the bus doesn’t run him over.

Except Iran wasn't close to having a nuclear bomb, and at least 10 years from having an ICBM that could reach the US. They weren't shooting at us like they were in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964, not that they were shooting at us in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964..

Pete Hegseth is a Christian Zionist and in alignment with Israel’s well-documented objectives. Israel is the *only* one with clear objectives.

The wheels on the bus go thump thump thump.

Love it

One by one by one he sacrifices his scapegoats. Bongino.. Noem.. now Hegseth.

Easy fix send ballots out earlier and set deadlines for mailing earlier so they don’t go past election date.

Smell ya later Kegsbreath

You would think these assholes would eventually realize that, with Trump, loyalty only runs one direction.

"Iran already has nukes but now they are only 2 weeks from having a anti-matter bomb. We should stop them" -Bibi

Good, I hope the metaphorical bus breaks every metaphorical bone in his body and he finds many crumbs in his bed every night. I hope the same happens to Trump imminently too, it's so overdue.

How many days are in a scaramucci? Is Kegsbreath gone?

Pete Kegsbreath

Remember folks, all this to distract from Epstein!

My question is how wil Donald Trump find someone worse? Because somehow he will.

But I was told there are peace talks and the war is over

This is the same Pete Hegseth that Trump stood up for multiple times. When his nomination to Secretary was called into question, when Hegseth broke the law sharing confidential military info in a signal chat that included a journalist. This is his man, right?

Lol I said it weeks ago. Hegseth is a Temu von Ribbentrop.

That incompetent guy i hired against everyone elses harsh criticism is the problem.

That's just how Trump operates. His term 1 was the same, he used people and then threw them under the bus. Never accountable. Complete degenerate.

Now do Bondi

It was only a matter of time. Trump may have liked the cut of his jib but these bozos like hegseth were hired because they are easily fired. I give Hesgeth a week, two tops

Trump must have been coached to say this by someone. I refuse to believe the man knows what "purveyor" means. It just isn't in his lexicon.

Listen whatever it takes to not start nuking people.

If you read beyond the headline... Trump did not such thing (yet). This is a click bait headline. Trump merely said Hegseth was on board to doing something about Iran when Trump brought it up in a meeting. Thats not throwing someone under the bus... Trump is owning the decision in his words. So idk. Maybe read the article before commenting.