There’s Dumb, Then There’s Dumber, and Finally What the F**k is Wrong With This A**hole

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart

It is common knowledge that Pete Hegseth is the least qualified person to wear the title of Secretary of Defense, and will be remembered as such for perpetuity. Not only does he have no idea what he’s doing, he apparently believes that he and his friends are more capable and more informed than the men and women in the Pentagon who have many years of experience. You can’t be any dumber than that.

Maybe this is a joke, but for some unknown reason an unnamed individual in the Pentagon gave huge responsibility to the sexual predator and confirmed alcoholic.

[ The Pentagon tapped Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich to help identify weapons, technologies and military capabilities the U.S. may need in future wars.]

WAIT, IT GETS MORE LUDICROUS AND MORE CONFUSING

I must admit to you that I lost my respect for our nation’s military leaders sitting on their flabby derrieres while our courageous military personnel fight battles for them. The difference is, when these men and women return from the battlefield, they are forgotten: their function no longer exists.

[The Pentagon is tapping Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, defense technology entrepreneur and Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to identify the military capabilities, technologies and weapons the U.S. may need in future wars, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday.]

I have only one question: what do these people know about military tactics, history, deployments not revealed to the public, or who to ask when they have questions?

Fact: Anduril, Musk, and Gingrich have never served in any branch of our military. Only Hegseth has experience. He was a member of the National Guard from 2002 until 2021.

I confess; this action by our nation’s military brass leaves me totally baffled. I naturally assume that there are qualified and experienced men and women already serving in our armed forces far more capable than all professional politicians combined.

WHAT WE KNOW

I know little about Anduri, but I am confident about my ability to evaluate Hegseth, Musk, and Gingrich.

Hegseth was a part-time Fox personality prior to his nomination by the draft dodger defiling the White House. By his own actions and words, he has become the most ineffective and least patriotic Secretary of Defense in my lifetime, and he becomes more arrogant and narcissistic every day. He has the full support of America’s most infamous Traitor, Donald John Trump.

First, a little history about the richest man in the world. Becoming wealthy beyond any normal person’s imagination is not indicative of great intelligence. Musk is a brilliant engineer, but that’s where it ends.

He remains a citizen of South Africa. Before he moved to America in 1992, he was suspected of being a member of his country’s Neo-Nazi Party. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2002.

In 2025, he was given leadership in a newly created department in the executive branch by Trump. DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, was reported as an agency which would eliminate government waste, and remove at least 2 trillion dollars from the national debt.

I was not surprised when the efforts by DOGE were revealed.

Between 260 and 300 thousand government employees and contractors were fired. Most of these individuals were members of those who actually worked in the federal government and were involved in one or more of the many investigations involving Trump and his minions.

By the end of his short appointment, he confirmed his belief in recreating America into a fascist regime. Democracy is not acceptable by the super-rich.

As far as reducing the deficit, the estimate was less than 2 billion dollars.  As of August, 2026, Trump’s devastatingly inept fiscal policy added about 4 trillion dollars to the national debt.

Musk was Trump’s biggest donor in the 2024 campaign.

Gingrich remains one of our nation’s best-known hypocrites and imposters. As the Speaker of the House between 1995 and 1999. He led the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, claiming that his was the “Party of Family Values.”

Gingrich was accused of committing 12 felonies. However, as it always happens in America the rich and powerful are never punished for their crimes.

In 1999, he divorced his second wife after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

COLONELS, GENERALS, ADMIRALS, ETC., HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS CRITICAL FOR THESE POSITIONS

Because the Pentagon has lost all five wars since WWII, it is true that some “thinking outside of the box” is necessary. However this is too far from the norm.

Trump told the American people another lie in 2016 after the election, when the next important step was to choose a cabinet, close advisors, and leaders of our most important departments. We know that Trump did not “choose the best people,” as he promised, By the end of 2020, the West Wing had so many vacancies normal conversations echoed.

His choices were even more incompetent and dangerous in 2024. If Hegseth, Kennedy, Patel, Noem, Bondi, Gabbard were the best, I don’t know what to tell you.

I can only assume that Trump’s humongous ego, the result of a mental defect known as malignant narcissism, he purposely chose men and women who were and are in possession of a level of intelligence rated average or below average.

Trump is not a “genius,” or even a man who possesses an average intellect. He knows nothing about anything, and proves my allegation every day.

“Drink bleach to kill the Covid-19 virus?” Really?

Op-ed by James Turnage

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Source: cnbc.com: Politics & Policy

Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich to help Pentagon with warfare initiative, Hegseth says