Atlantic staff reporter Jonathan Chait said on Tuesday's “Morning Joe” that Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth is against using military force against peaceful American liberals who he allegedly views as “foreign enemies.” He claimed to be “enthusiastic” about it.
Chait argued in his recent book: column Mr Hegseth is the most dangerous of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks, as he believes he is well prepared to carry out Mr Trump's insistence that he only wants to use the military for political purposes. This is because it is Chait claimed that Hegseth is the “embodiment” of the president-elect's desire to have a secretary of defense who uses violence against peaceful protesters.
“What? [Hegseth] Very dangerously, he represents President Donald Trump's unfulfilled first-term ambition to have a secretary of defense willing to use the US military to commit violence against peaceful protesters. ization,” Chait said. “Mr. Trump asked his defense secretaries during his first term to do this, and they refused on principle. But Mr. Hegseth is clearly very committed to this goal, and he can't distinguish himself from a foreign enemy.” He widely shares Mr. Trump's world view of the American left, which he believes is unfavorable.
In June 2020, President Trump announced that he would deploy “all available resources, including military personnel,” to combat the violent riots that have erupted in Washington, D.C., and other major cities in the wake of George Floyd's death. He said he would invest in it. The then-president asked governors across the country to deploy the National Guard to fight rioters, looters, and lawless activity on the streets. (Related: Whoopi Goldberg says Pete Hegseth 'obviously knows nothing about the military')
current president-elect said In an October interview on Fox News, he said it may be necessary to bring in the National Guard or military to stop “outside agitators” from inciting violence in the streets on Election Day. Democrats and liberal media have previously said President Trump wants to use the military to arrest political opponents he deems “enemies from within,” including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. He was blaming.
Hegseth served as an infantry officer in the Army National Guard in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he earned two Bronze Stars and the Combat Infantryman Badge. According to Visit his personal website. he provided As a representative of U.S. veterans, he has written several books detailing his views on deficiencies within the military.
playing cards intend Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts to fire “woke” Pentagon employees, cut funding, reduce the number of generals, and recruit more women and transgender soldiers to retreat. The America First Policy Institute, a think tank that works with President Trump, released The outline is to “exclude non-military issues such as climate change and democracy promotion from military doctrine and defense policy.”
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