By proposing Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense, Donald Trump is targeting the Pentagon directly
Since the name of Pete Hegseth was put forward by Donald Trump's cabinet to take over the role of US Secretary of Defense, a powerful wind of concern and feverishness has risen in the Pentagon, as well as in Defense circles in the United States.
The least we can say is that this announcement surprised even the Republican camp, as the profile of this 44-year-old man is atypical for this position belonging to the restricted circle of the most influential figures in the American administration, playing in particular a key role in the authorization of nuclear fire.
But more than the surprise created by this nomination proposal, which must still be validated by the Senate, it is the concern that it arouses. din the overseas defense debate. Indeed, this Donald Trump loyalist has distinguished himself, in recent years, by particularly radical positions concerning the Pentagon and American international policy.
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National Guard veteran, Fox News host and loyal Trump supporter, who is Pete Hegseth, the president-elect's pick to be the next Secretary of Defense?
I have to say that Pete Hegseth has a rather atypical profile, for this strategic position in the American presidential administration. First of all, by his youth. At 44, he will be the youngest American Secretary of Defense since the appointment of Donald Rumsfeld, who was 43 in 1975, within the Ford administration.
Then, by his lack of experience in this highly political field. Indeed, unlike the vast majority of his 28 predecessors, since the creation of this position in 1947 by Harry Truman, he is neither a multi-star general officer, nor a specialist in international relations and American defense policy, having learned the ropes in previous administrations.
So, if Pete Hegseth has any real military experience, it was limited to his role as a junior officer in the Minnesota National Guard, with which he commanded a combat section in Afghanistan, then at Guantanamo, and he was sent as an instructor in counter-insurgency techniques to Iraq.
Since returning from Iraq, the man has developed a bitter resentment against the way the Pentagon treats its men, as well as against American foreign operations, which he says have been so costly in terms of money and human lives that they have proven to be useless.
In the 2010s, Pete Hegseth published several books on the subject, including the recent " The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free", particularly vindictive against the Pentagon and American international policy in recent years, while he co-directed an association of American veterans.
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when a brainless people vote for a broken guy………It will end in a group of friends blowing up the planet this bullshit………..or in a mutiny of the other part of the USA