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Out of all of the hires of this new administration, Hegseth is the most surprisingly competent.
by sebmellen 1y ago
Out of all of the hires of this new administration, Hegseth is the most surprisingly competent.
- UltraSane 1y agoHe is competent at firing more competent people than himself.
- giraffe_lady 1y ago[flagged]
- sebmellen 1y agoI think this article mirrors my thoughts well: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/opinion/pete-hegseth-speech-dei.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/opinion/pete-hegseth-spee....
- giraffe_lady 1y agoYeah I kinda figured but thanks for the confirmation.
- NickC25 1y agoThe metric of competence here is that he spends less time on his makeup on a daily basis than his boss.
- mikeyouse 1y agoI’m not certain that’s true. One of many absurdities buried by the avalanche of corruption and malfeasance: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/hegseth-orders-makeup-studio-installed-pentagon/ https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/hegseth-orders-makeup-studi...
- noir_lord 1y ago> Out of all of the hires of this new administration, Hegseth is the most surprisingly competent. He is indeed the worlds tallest midget.
- mcswell 1y agoI gotta remember that one!
- baggachipz 1y agoIndeed that is a low bar to cross.
- sebmellen 1y agoSadly so.
- hypeatei 1y agoAt leaking war plans on Signal?
- lovich 1y agoWhat about this is showing competence? So far it’s just a wild promise of success
- navbaker 1y agoA competent person does not summon every senior leader in his worldwide organization to be physically present for an hour in an auditorium while he blusters and attempts to deliver TV-ready one-liners. A competent person also does not take over a massive organization that relies on these senior executives’ decades of experience and immediately fire a non-trivial number of them because of their gender or skin color.
- sebmellen 1y agoI’m no admirer and I’m speaking relatively here. That’s why I said surprising. I think we could agree he’s a level above Matt Gaetz or “special envoy” Witkoff. This article kind of mirrors my thoughts about his speech https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/opinion/pete-hegseth-speech-dei.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/opinion/pete-hegseth-spee....