U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has warned that “free-riding” allies will “face consequences” if they fail to ramp up defense spending and assume more responsibilities for defending their regions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/japan/hegseth-allies-japan-defense/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #us #usjapanrelations #defense #budgets #china #taiwan #petehegseth #pla
Hegseth praised the policy of sinking boats and killing alleged drug-runners whom the Trump administration considers enemy combatants and not criminals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/world/hegseth-defends-caribbean-strike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #usmilitary #petehegseth #defense #latinamerica
Hegseth’s Old #FoxNews Co-Host Slams Him on Drug Boat Strikes
Even conservative media is turning against #Hegseth as he keeps changing his explanations of the alleged “drug boat” strikes.
Fmr Judge #AndrewNapolitano, who worked along #PeteHegseth for years at Fox, says the Sept 2 boat strike is "a #WarCrime."
"Everybody along the line who did it, from the secretary of Defense, to the admiral, to the people who actually pulled the trigger should be prosecuted."
#law
https://newrepublic.com/post/203898/pete-hegseth-old-fox-news-co-host-slams-drug-boat-strikes-conservative-media
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi is planning to visit the United States next month to hold talks with his U.S. counterpart, Pete Hegseth, government officials have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/japan/politics/koizumi-us-visit-january/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shinjirokoizumi #defense #defenseministry #budgets #us #usjapanrelations #petehegseth
A deadly U.S. strike against alleged drug-smuggling boats that may have broken the law of war shows the risk of leaders who ignore legal limits and the need for countries like Japan to uphold those standards. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/12/05/trumps-high-seas-murder/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #us #venezuela #drugs #donaldtrump #petehegseth #terrorism #defense #genevaconvention #warcrimes #humanrights
Despite U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s repeated missteps, he has managed to maintain U.S. President Donald Trump's support — at least for now. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/05/world/politics/hegseth-missteps-trump-favor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #petehegseth #donaldtrump #defense #venezuela #drugs
Democratic lawmakers briefed on a U.S. strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean said they were troubled by a video showing survivors being killed, though Republican lawmakers there said the strike as legal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/05/world/politics/us-boat-strike-explainer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #petehegseth #venezuela #drugs #gangs #missiles #donaldtrump #warcrimes
Hegseth’s Old #FoxNews Co-Host Slams Him on Drug Boat Strikes
Even conservative media is turning against #Hegseth as he keeps changing his explanations of the alleged “drug boat” strikes.
Fmr Judge #AndrewNapolitano, who worked along #PeteHegseth for years at Fox, says the Sept 2 boat strike is "a #WarCrime."
"Everybody along the line who did it, from the secretary of Defense, to the admiral, to the people who actually pulled the trigger should be prosecuted."
#law
https://newrepublic.com/post/203898/pete-hegseth-old-fox-news-co-host-slams-drug-boat-strikes-conservative-media
The U.S. military conducted a follow-up strike on a boat in the Caribbean that it believed to be ferrying drugs, killing survivors of an initial missile attack, U.S. media reported Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/29/world/us-killed-survivors-drug-boat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #usmilitary #defense #latinamerica #petehegseth #drugs
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he didn't see the second lethal strike on survivors of an alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling boat, citing the "fog of war." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/world/politics/hegseth-survivors-drug-boat-strike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #petehegseth #venezuela
As someone who grew up close enough to the beltway to know what this means let me break it down for you...
Some quirky policy wonk who went to like UVa or Yale getting an English degree and needing a gap year prior to Law school or even a specific "pre" Law degree has just thrown away a small fortune their family spent on that degree, their entire future in politics and quite possibly their freedom.
And today, this hilarious joke makes them a patriot!
God speed hope they make it out alright
And I know I really could not believe this fuckup myself (bc clearly not a mistake lmao) and had to fact check this to hell and back.
But yep, AP is reporting as are other news sources.
I'm going to guess Pete's days might be numbered in the cabinet lmao.
The White House defended the Pentagon’s attack on an alleged drug-running boat, rebutting a report that had led to allegations of possible war crimes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/world/politics/white-house-hegseth-boat-strike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #petehegseth #venezuela
So, why doesn't #PeteHegseth have a team of makeup artists with him 24/7 like #KristiNoem? Make sure you "like and share" this post!
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/south-park-makes-dangerous-punchline-055125268.html
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would look into reports the U.S. military conducted a follow-up strike on a boat in the Caribbean that it believed to be ferrying drugs, killing survivors of an initial missile attack. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/world/politics/trump-hegseth-strike-caribbean/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #petehegseth #caribbean
The U.S. military conducted a follow-up strike on a boat in the Caribbean that it believed to be ferrying drugs, killing survivors of an initial missile attack, U.S. media reported Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/29/world/us-killed-survivors-drug-boat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #usmilitary #defense #latinamerica #petehegseth #drugs
So, why doesn't #PeteHegseth have a team of makeup artists with him 24/7 like #KristiNoem? Make sure you "like and share" this post!
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/south-park-makes-dangerous-punchline-055125268.html
#KegBreath [ #PeteHegseth] is such a twat.
#Trump #TrollCabinet #idiocracy #law #MilitaryLaw #UCMJ #military #MarkKelly
Sen #MarkKelly has responded to the #Pentagon / #Hegseth / #Trump threat.
Senator #MarkKelly, in an interview with #RachelMaddow, emphasized his view that "it's almost comical" that #Trump & #PeteHegseth are calling it a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice that he cited part of the Uniform Code of Military Justice in a recent video. Kelly explained his participation in the video in the context of protecting members of the military from a president who "doesn't seem to care about the Constitution, the rule of law."
The new policy, set to take effect Dec. 15, similarly downgrades the definition of #nooses & the #ConfederateFlag, though display of the latter remains banned, acc/to documents reviewed by WaPo.
Certain historic displays or artwork where the Confederate flag is a minor element are still permissible, acc/to the policy.
#law #Trump #WhiteSupremacy #racism #antisemitism #swastika #HateCrimes #HateSpeech
Though the #USCG is not part of the #Defense Dept, the service has been reworking its policies to align with the #Trump admin’s changing tolerances for hazing & harassment within the #US #military. In Sept Defense Sec #PeteHegseth directed a review & overhaul of those policies, calling the military’s existing standards “overly broad” & saying they jeopardize US troops’ combat readiness.
#law #WhiteSupremacy #racism #antisemitism #swastika #nooses #ConfederateFlag #HateCrimes #HateSpeech