Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is reportedly the first Trump cabinet member set to be fired, as sources say the president has lost confidence in him.
I doubt that he’s being fired for incompetence. For one, he was clearly never hired for competence. He was hired for being a familiar face and a sycophant like all the others. For another, he’s far from the only incompetent and embarassing cabinet member in the regime. I think Pete got a bit too big for his britches for Trump. He’s the only one in the administration that I think could actually get a fair amount of the MAGA cult to follow him personally after Trump’s demise and would have been in a prime position to attempt a coup on Vance if and when that happens. Trump likely doesnt give a shit what happens after he’s bounced from this plane of existence, but he might see Hegseth as a threat sooner rather than later.
I doubt that he’s being fired for incompetence. For one, he was clearly never hired for competence. He was hired for being a familiar face and a sycophant like all the others. For another, he’s far from the only incompetent and embarassing cabinet member in the regime. I think Pete got a bit too big for his britches for Trump. He’s the only one in the administration that I think could actually get a fair amount of the MAGA cult to follow him personally after Trump’s demise and would have been in a prime position to attempt a coup on Vance if and when that happens. Trump likely doesnt give a shit what happens after he’s bounced from this plane of existence, but he might see Hegseth as a threat sooner rather than later.
We are at the point where trying to look at things through the lens of competence vs. incompetence is just the wrong paradigm