Trump administration 2024-2028

[HavokFour]

Considering this is coming from a conservative newspaper it doesn't bode well for him. Not really refuting the rumor last week that he will be the first of the current cabinet to get the boot, either.

‘He lost us’: Generals, senior officers say trust in Hegseth has evaporated

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has lost the trust and respect of some top military commanders, with his public “grandstanding” widely seen as unprofessional and the personnel moves made by the former cable TV host leading to an unprecedented and dangerous exodus of talent from the Pentagon, said...

www.washingtontimes.com

 

[PrairieFella]

EDIT: Min wage in Pennsylvania, where we were coming back from visiting my daughter at University, is 7.85$/hr. For restaurant/bar servers. 2.89$/hr!!

That is fucking criminal.

 

[brihard]

Returning the survivors of the latest strike is really making it seem like it might have very well been a random boat (which also brings into question of the validity of the other strikes), and not of the criminal variety.

Survivors of military strike on alleged drug boat will be returned to home countries, Trump says

Ecuador has released their survivor without charge.

Ecuador releases survivor of US strike on 'drug sub' in Caribbean - BBC News

Ecuadorian officials say they found no evidence the man had committed a crime, and so had freed him.

www.bbc.com

 

[PrairieFella]

Ecuador has released their survivor without charge.

Ecuador releases survivor of US strike on 'drug sub' in Caribbean - BBC News

Ecuadorian officials say they found no evidence the man had committed a crime, and so had freed him.

www.bbc.com

Thst man is about to get very popular with global media.

 

[Czech_pivo]

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[brihard]

Thst man is about to get very popular with global media.

Given that it probably was actually a drug submersible I expect he’ll keep a low profile. Egg on the administration’s face though.

 

[Jarnhamar]

To be fair that probably prevented a few OD's.

 

[lenaitch]

I find it very odd that that kind of massive and costly kind of renovation to the White House can just be done on the presidents say so without any kind of oversight from other stakeholders such as Congress or the GAO I believe its called or some other oversight body.

The White House and grounds is under the stewardship of the US National Parks Service. Since the NPS is part of the Department of the Interior which is headed by a Trump appointee, all is completely above board (ish).

 

[QV]

Very satisfying to see some of these people like Brennen and Bolton being held accountable.