Oh! Where to f***ing begin on this topic, which is next in my series of posts describing what life will be like under a second Dictator Don administration. The chaos he will bring to the military and his abusive use of it are particularly concerning. Let’s begin with his nominee for Secretary of the Defense, Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host. Oh, I mean some guy who served in the Minnesota Army National Guard and was deployed to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, rising to the rank of Major. In short, Hegseth is utterly unqualified for the position, but that is the least of America’s concerns, for what he lacks in experience, he more than makes up for in his White Christian Nationalist ideology and uncritical, blind loyalty to Dictator Don. It’s literally written all over his body. Nothing says commitment to a cause or idea like a tattoo!
The Bulwark provides an exposé as they write in part, “HEGSETH HAS NEVER BEEN SUBTLE about any of this; his tattoos are like a collage of aggressive bumper stickers such as you might see on the back of a truck with steer horns over the windshield. Importantly, ‘Deus Vult’ has never been interpreted as a call for spiritual combat—for reflection and prayer. It has always been understood as a call for violent action, for blood. This interpretation remains consistent in its widespread adoption by the Christian far right around the world, including by some who marched on the Capitol on January 6th, and one who perpetrated shocking white supremacist violence against Muslims in New Zealand. The story that emerges from Hegseth’s sleeve is a familiar one; it provides a veritable checklist of today’s Christian nationalist folklore. Among many who espouse a union of church and state, gun tattoos such as Hegseth’s amount to a kind of spiritual kitsch, a younger and more radical generation’s version of putting a framed print of Albrecht Dürer’s study of praying hands on the dining room wall. The iconography of weaponry is ubiquitous: Hegseth has used his Instagram profile to advertise silencers, ammunition, and soaps shaped like grenades.”
So! This is what a sh*t-for-brains country wanted when they elected Dictator Don as president. A White Nationalist to oversee the largest, most powerful armed forces on the planet. A man who is hostile to women, Muslims, the LGBTQ community, Blacks, and any other minority in the armed services. Get ready for a return to Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Un-f***ing-believable! People allegedly voted for Dictator Don, in part, to bring peace to the world and keep America out of wars (although we’re not in any), yet RepubliKKKlans are about to install a person who is in the nuclear chain of command who has “God’s Will” inked on his arm alongside other symbols of violence and war. This Hegseth guy will not hesitate to unleash the military on the citizens and post the military in “blue” cities as occupying forces. Mark my words! What could possibly go wrong?
And let me say this unequivocally as an aside: Dictator Don will get every nominee he wants appointed to whatever post he wants, either by hook or crook. Do not expect the Senate to stand up to the Don! They! Will! Not! Dictator Don will go around them if he needs to. On the off chance that the Senate denies confirmation, Dictator Don will install the people he wants nonetheless, for what can anyone do about it? You think the courts have the power to stop “illegal” appointments? Not! So, it really doesn’t matter what Senators or any other politician thinks. Dictator Don is going to do whatever he wants with impunity. Mark my words, f***tards. Mark them well! And I haven’t even started on the forthcoming military purge. I’ll have a separate post on that topic. Dictator Don with get his Nazi generals come hell or high water. None of this should be a surprise to anyone, especially voters. And if it is, then clearly, people have not been paying attention. (Well, of course, they weren’t paying attention. No one ever does. Because no one cares. You know what voters did? They checked into politics for one month after Labor Day, selectively paying attention to what Dictator Don said about inflation, and saw that a Black woman was his opponent. They then voted accordingly. The rest is history. But I digress)
Oh, and just so you f***tards are well aware: The military will not stand up to Dictator Don. They will not protect the Constitution. They will capitulate just like the rest of the country has. Mark my words, morons. Mark them well! People in the military will gladly do Dictator Don’s bidding to keep their jobs and positions. In fact, dare I say, I think most of the military would welcome the chaos and wars that will surely follow in a Dictator Don administration. What the f*** is the military good for if it’s never used? You can’t find glory in peacetime, and trust me when I say most of these Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, and Airmen want to be heroes. Good luck with that, you morons of America! You just killed the country. Welcome to stupid America. The end is coming, just as I predicted. But all you morons didn’t believe me. Oh, well! You made your bed; now we all have to lie in it.