Ron Paul on Trump’s Shocker SecDef Pick

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report:

President-elect Trump has selected a US military veteran and Fox News commentator to be his next Defense Secretary. Official Washington is panicking due to his “lack of experience.” Is this a good move or a bad move? Also: Huckabee to Israel? And make way for DOGE.

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Reprinted from The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity.

17 thoughts on “Ron Paul on Trump’s Shocker SecDef Pick”

    1. Trump is preparing his military, war propaganda, information battle, using a journalist as defence minister to promote the geopolitical interests of the military-industrial complex.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mDuxFnn2RY Governments and Media roles in War Propaganda | THE WAR YOU DON'T SEE | John Pilger Documentary

      https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/21746 War Propaganda Unfolded: Comparative Effectiveness of Propaganda and Counterpropaganda in Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

      https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/06/china-russia-republican-party-relations/678271/

      https://theconversation.com/gaza-is-now-the-frontline-of-a-global-information-war-221356

      https://www.vox.com/politics/384320/trump-cabinet-white-house

      https://www.vox.com/policy/384904/trumps-department-of-government-efficiency-sounds-like-a-joke-it-isnt

      1. He will war here and there. Breaking laws? Heck, the conservative men in black robes declared him immune to prosecution. Any president is now.
        Boy,those guys in black robes are really smart. They are,right there.

  1. From Wikipedia:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth

    He reportedly persuaded Trump to pardon three American soldiers accused or convicted of war crimes related to the shooting of non-combatants in Iraq. Hegseth, who was a platoon leader at Guantanamo Bay during his military service, defended the treatment of inmates detained there.[5]

    This asshat, being a lowly captain, has zero knowledge of how to run a military the size of the US military. And he's obviously a sadist to boot. Martyanov will have a field day with his "qualifications."

  2. Martyanov on Waltz:

    I Can Tell You Upfront…
    https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2024/11/i-can-tell-you-upfront.html

    Waltz is a "specialist" in high intensity police operations in Afghanistan, wow … Degree in "International Relations" from VMI kinda gets you some ideas. So, the "special forces" guy with zero understanding of technological and economic drivers of the modern war will be a classic US gung ho "advising" Trump. Well, looks like we exchanged one set of neocons for another. Ah, well … the more things change, the more they stay the same. Next in line is a chores boy for Adelson's family Marco Rubio …

  3. "As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
    — H.L. Mencken

    Don’t bother saying ‘I told you so’; they aren’t listening now and ignored the example of the first term. Regrettably this is what was destined to occur no matter who won the election. I fear it is going to be a rough, unpleasant and potentially bloody ride as the ultimate fate of the ‘American experiment’ swirls around the toilet bowl into the sewer where all empires eventually wind up.

        1. A woman has alleged that he had sex with her when she was 17.
          There are investigations that have been put aside.
          Aside from that, his law background is not very strong. Which makes him perfect in the Trump administration.

          1. Words mean things. Pedophilia involves prepubescent children, not teenagers.

            Which does not mean that what he’s alleged to have done might not be illegal, especially if he brought her across state lines to do so (if he didn’t do that, then it would depend on whether the alleged sex occurred in a state where the legal age of consent is higher than 17 (in many states it is 16 or 17).

            As for his qualifications for AG, you’re right — he’s not very qualified. And his chances of getting the job are quite slim.

          2. To be most accurate – I believe "pedophilia" is the attraction to children or underaged persons, while "pederasty" is realization/ acting upon said desires.

            If R. Kelly had been the former and not the latter, I'd be gettin' new albums off him still. Ain' his fault that nice girl from that Anne Rice movie got on that airplane that time !

  4. Martyanov on Hegseth:

    Absolutely Misplaced.
    https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2024/11/absolutely-misplaced.html

    His combat experience in Afghanistan is irrelevant within the framework of global balance of power and to "tame" Pentagon one needs a huge expertise in procurement and R&D, which automatically disqualifies Hegseth on this merit alone. It is all fine and dandy to command a company, but many people forget that USMA at West Point USED TO BE (not anymore) a good engineering school first and foremost. I'll give you a mental experiment… Take an aging fart like me and put me in charge of the staff of, say, coastal missile systems (Bastions), restore my clearance and give me a month or two in the formation, without unnecessary humbleness–I will be able to run it and provide for acceptable combat readiness. Get my aging ass to some missile corvette–same shit, after a month or two I will be able to command it or to become COS of the brigade of such ships. I will be able to do it because I have fundamental military-engineering background which is a MUST for such tasks. Hegseth has degree in… Politics. Now imagine this guy taking on utterly corrupt R&D and procurement policies of Washington. I don't think so.

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