r/politics • u/T_Shurt • 19h ago

Possible Paywall Hegseth Announces Elon Musk and Newt Gingrich Will Help Lead Military

https://newrepublic.com/post/216045/pete-hegseth-elon-musk-newt-gingrich-help-lead-military
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u/robhaswell 19h ago

Failed?? My brother. Wake up. DOGE was a total 100% success, the goal was to cripple the government and exfil vast troves of data. It was so successful they're getting him in to do it again.

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u/the_tanooki 19h ago

Precisely. DOGE did exactly what it intended to do, and the "falling out" between Elon and Trump was clearly staged to get people's focus off of the wannabe nazi Elon. That also succeeded.

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u/Ok_Instance7667 19h ago

The 'falling out' got people to stop attacking his very visible dealerships. He was clearly bothered by that.

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u/Venthe 10h ago

and the "falling out" between Elon and Trump was clearly staged

I disagree on that - or rather - you put way too much credit to the Great Manchild of the United States. It was real. Trump most likely barely cares anymore.

Besides, a version of Hanlon's razor is applicable: "Never attribute to a plan that which is adequately explained by stupidity"

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u/bugsyboybugsyboybugs 18h ago

Don’t forget to end accountability and penalties for all Musk’s companies, there was a reason he spent 300mil to get Trump elected again

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u/endlesscartwheels Massachusetts 17h ago

They got all of our Social Security info. That includes: name, Social Security number, addresses, place of birth, and work history. Also each person's parents' names and places of birth.

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u/kandoras 17h ago

Having been in the military, I can tell you with absolute 100% certainty what's going to happen.

He's going to start his own bank, and they're going to switch all the new recruits paycheck to go to it instead of Fort Steals.

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u/thepartypantser 18h ago

I don't know. Yes crippling some of the government was 100% part of their goal, usaid in particular, and yes siphoning off data was likely an intended bonus.

But I also think Musk and his merry band of young sycophants, genuinely thought they were going to save a bunch of money.

Musk has the hubris to think that you could just hack it apart without it costing more money, and that aspect of it was a complete failure

However when it all shakes out I'm finally certain Doge will have been shown to have cost the US government more money than it ever saved.

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u/illwill79 16h ago

I have no idea why you would think he believed that. When the actions are in your face, you choose to substitute your "belief" over the real, actual things he did.

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u/MelangeBot 12h ago

Finally somebody that gets it.