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Mr. Sparkle

(3,111 posts) Wed Nov 13, 2024, 02:33 PM Nov 13

Trump's Pick For Pentagon Chief Claimed He Left The Military After Being 'Deemed' An 'Extremist' By Members of His Unit

Source: Mediaite.com

President-elect Donald Trump stunned national security circles on Tuesday night by naming Fox News morning show co-host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth as his nominee for secretary of defense. Like all nominees to major roles in the U.S. government, reporters quickly poured through Hegseth’s many years of on-air moments and other public remarks, including his recent book “The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free.”

In the June 2024 book, Hegesth explains how he and the military finally parted ways in 2021. “And, in 2021, I was deemed an “extremist” by that very same Army. Yes, you read that right. Twenty years . . . and the military I loved, I fought for, I revered…spit me out,” Hegseth wrote.“The feeling was mutual – I didn’t want this Army anymore either,” he added of the decision to finally end his time in the National Guard and leave the military.

He also joined Fox News that month to discuss his book and told the network, “I was in the National Guard during the inauguration of Joe Biden, so I served under Bush, served under Obama, served under Trump, and now was going to guard the inauguration because I was in the D.C. guard… ultimately, members of my unit in leadership deemed that I was an extremist or a white nationalist because of a tattoo I have, which is a religious tattoo. It’s a Jerusalem cross. Everybody can look it up, but it was used as a premise to revoke my orders to guard the inauguration.”

Hegseth, a long anti-woke advocate, concluded the interview with Fox’s Ainsley Earhardt by saying, “The Pentagon likes to say ‘our diversity is our strength.’ What a bunch of garbage. In the military, our diversity is not our strength. Our unity is our strength, and we need a commander-in-chief that understands that. Donald Trump certainly does.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trumps-pick-for-pentagon-chief-claimed-he-left-the-military-after-being-deemed-an-extremist-by-members-of-his-unit/

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Trump's Pick For Pentagon Chief Claimed He Left The Military After Being 'Deemed' An 'Extremist' By Members of His Unit (Original Post) Mr. Sparkle Nov 13 OP

A genuine Nazi prick for COS orangecrush Nov 13 #1

The Jerusalem cross is listed as a hate symbol? I didn't see it listed in your link EX500rider Nov 13 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author orangecrush Nov 13 #8

Deleted my post orangecrush Nov 13 #9

Poll Worker caught dumping VP Haris ballots in Trash Passionate Dem Nov 13 #2

Congratulations on 5 posts orangecrush Nov 13 #3

Throwing ballots away starts around 12:00 mark KS Toronado Nov 13 #5

Awesome! This deserves to be posted on its own page, not part of another thread FakeNoose Nov 13 #10

I am confused about the Jerusalem Cross fargone Nov 13 #6

Me too. TomSlick Nov 13 #12

He has another Christian Nationalist one IbogaProject Thursday #17

Perfect, he'll fit right in prodigitalson Nov 13 #7

Well, yeah. Karasu Nov 13 #11

Pox News is the embodiment The Wizard Thursday #13

If only he were around during Vietnam. Crowman2009 Thursday #14

It's a shame you are advocating for SlimJimmy Thursday #15

Not a shame atreides1 Thursday #16

Bite me. Anyone that would disparage a combat vet. SlimJimmy Thursday #18

orangecrush

(21,784 posts)

1. A genuine Nazi prick for COS

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 02:37 PM

Nov 13

Who bears a grudge against the military.

How quaint.

EX500rider

(11,467 posts)

4. The Jerusalem cross is listed as a hate symbol? I didn't see it listed in your link

Reply to orangecrush (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 03:02 PM

Nov 13

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_cross

Response to EX500rider (Reply #4)

orangecrush This message was self-deleted by its author.

orangecrush

(21,784 posts)

9. Deleted my post

Reply to EX500rider (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 05:21 PM

Nov 13

Apologies, you are correct.

This article has actual photos of the tattoos.

"The aforementioned Jerusalem Cross is one of his most distinctive tattoo. It consists of a large Christian cross surrounded by four smaller crosses in each quadrant.

It is an centuries old symbol stretching back to the 13th century where it was used as the symbol of the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the Crusades.

The cross has become more controversial in the 21st century due to its perceived links to Christian nationalism."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14077417/Fox-News-host-Pete-Hegseths-tattoos-decoded-Donald-Trump-Secretary-Defense.html

Passionate Dem

(7 posts)

2. Poll Worker caught dumping VP Haris ballots in Trash

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 02:37 PM

Nov 13

Some important factual information about the illegal activity that occurred with our votes in the recent election.
1. VP Kamala Harris Votes Thrown in the trash by Poll Worker:

?feature=shared
2. Putin's message to Trump today warning to blackmail him if he forgets to pay him for the "Win" he
Putin orchestrated for Trump in last week's election:
https://www.alternet.org/putin-trump-blackmail/
President Biden should investigate this and demand a RECOUNT ASAP.

orangecrush

(21,784 posts)

3. Congratulations on 5 posts

Reply to Passionate Dem (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 02:43 PM

Nov 13

I think you posted this in the wrong thread.

I have made the same mistake.

KS Toronado

(19,565 posts)

5. Throwing ballots away starts around 12:00 mark

Reply to Passionate Dem (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 03:14 PM

Nov 13

FakeNoose

(35,659 posts)

10. Awesome! This deserves to be posted on its own page, not part of another thread

Reply to Passionate Dem (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 05:31 PM

Nov 13

fargone

(215 posts)

6. I am confused about the Jerusalem Cross

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 03:22 PM

Nov 13

I did not find it in the ADL list. Other links suggested it was a common Christian symbol even for sale at shops in Israel. It is also the flag of the Republic of Georgia. Does he have a different tattoo with nazi implications?

TomSlick

(11,885 posts)

12. Me too.

Reply to fargone (Reply #6)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 09:33 PM

Nov 13

We have an olive wood Jerusalem Cross the in-laws bought in Israel.

IbogaProject

(3,645 posts)

17. He has another Christian Nationalist one

Reply to fargone (Reply #6)

Thu Nov 14, 2024, 09:04 AM

Thursday

It's a phrase from the crusades. This is the game nowadays deflect and mischaracterize. Plus likely his behavior caused part of the decision. But as commander after Jan 06, Biden could dump whomever he wanted for that assignment.

prodigitalson

(2,884 posts)

7. Perfect, he'll fit right in

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 04:25 PM

Nov 13

Karasu

(93 posts)

11. Well, yeah.

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 09:00 PM

Nov 13

It's 2024, and he's a fucking Republican. If you're a Republican and not an extremist, you're completely worthless, irrelevant, and might as well not exist.

The Wizard

(12,863 posts)

13. Pox News is the embodiment

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Thu Nov 14, 2024, 12:10 AM

Thursday

of extreme propaganda.

Crowman2009

(2,804 posts)

14. If only he were around during Vietnam.

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Thu Nov 14, 2024, 01:25 AM

Thursday

Because we all know what happens to types like this back then, they get fragged by the soldiers in their unit.

SlimJimmy

(3,250 posts)

15. It's a shame you are advocating for

Reply to Crowman2009 (Reply #14)

Thu Nov 14, 2024, 02:49 AM

Thursday

the death of a combat veteran. Isn't that against TOS here?

atreides1

(16,386 posts)

16. Not a shame

Reply to SlimJimmy (Reply #15)

Thu Nov 14, 2024, 07:50 AM

Thursday

Him being a combat veteran doesn't give him a free pass.

He's an extremist, which is a threat to the US military and the country. He could call for the reinstatement of a segregated military, creating all white, Christian units!

And don't say it can't happen!

SlimJimmy

(3,250 posts)

18. Bite me. Anyone that would disparage a combat vet.

Reply to atreides1 (Reply #16)

Thu Nov 14, 2024, 07:21 PM

Thursday

Can take a flying leap.

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