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/Murais 19h ago

Given that he just purged a bunch of generals and is now appointing partisan private citizens to command,

Why is nobody talking about this as the bedrock of a coup?

Because that's 100% what this reads like to me.

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u/Burial 17h ago

This isn't the first purge of military leadership since Hegseth was appointed, it's not the second or third either. A lot of people have been pointing out this is how you setup a coup since the first.

Not sure why nothing is being done about it at an institutional level. For awhile I thought something might be happening behind the scenes. At a certain point you just stop pointing at the asteroid.

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u/nnomae 7h ago

To all the people asking "what can they do?" they could have impeached Hegseth at any time over the politically motivated sackings of military leadership.

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u/9mackenzie Georgia 6h ago

Yes, if Republicans backed that impeachment (well, besides Massey who is currently trying to do it) he would already be gone.

Which is why everyone should remember this is the entire Republican Party, not just Trump and cabinet.

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u/PyroIsSpai 5h ago

What stops Hegseth 2 Acting doing the same? SecDef Stephen Miller?

Conservatives can never be allowed to rule again.

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u/9mackenzie Georgia 5h ago

Exactly. Everyone acts like Trump dying or being ousted will somehow solve the problem…….he was just the symptom of the disease that is the Republican Party (ie fascism/christian dominionism). Did he speed up their long term goals by a huge margin due to his cult of personality ? Absolutely. But what is happening was always the end game, and that plan has been in the works for DECADES.

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u/wirefox1 1h ago

I wish we could bring back 'exiles". Send them all to North Korea or Siberia. Take their psycho trump with 'em.

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u/Extension-Bit-7792 47m ago

Its important than everyone remembers: trump voters are trump collaborators.

Punishments must run top to bottom.

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u/Dangerous-Billy 2h ago

Republicans are either frightened or in on the grift.

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u/Prize-Bumblebee-2192 2h ago

Mike no johnson needs to go. Stat

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u/DildoeShwagginz 2h ago

Ah yes, the republicans are all at fault. No blame on the democrats who wont speak up about the war. Just the republicans. As for the republicans who are speaking out against the war, well its their fault too because they're republicans. Democrats don't need to speak out against the war because Trump is a republican. Therefore its a republican issue that they need to figure out themselves.

Such a stupid mindset to have. They wont impeach him because they're all making money from this war. Republican, democrat, whichever party they "align with", they're all making money off of it. Its a uniparty designed to make you hate your neighbors. They disagree with each other on domestic principals that keep us at each others necks but when it comes to Israel, war, and commitment to donors, they're all on the same page. One side screams "they're fascist!" the other side screams "they're communist!".... call it what it truly is, Totalitarianism. Theyll keep us seperated on the small shit that doesnt matter in the grand scheme until weve given away all our personal liberties. Its not facism, its not communism, its totalitarianism.

Why are we still falling for this crap?

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u/masterots 1h ago

Right now it's people calling out the Republicans because Mike Johnson ended the session early and sent everyone home to avoid having a vote.

Yes, the Democratic party also sucks. Hit us with the whataboutism when the vote is held and both parties vote against impeachment.

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u/DildoeShwagginz 1h ago

No whataboutism here. Im not defending republicans. Just think theres a lesson to be learned thats going over everyones heads.

Republicans put ALL their faith into their party. Vote red no matter what! Look where it got republicans. Lowest approval rating of all time. Nothing can get passed in congress. Democrats are now doing the exact same crap. Vote blue no matter who! Weve all seen what identity politics turn into now. When you cast a vote soley for party, a president like Trump is what you end up with. Dont make the exact same mistake. Hold these people accountable.

"No im not voting for you, you did NOTHING to hold Trump accountable for his actions" and that should go for both Dems and all the republicans who have woken up to who Trump truly is.