For all those who claim Hegseth isn't qualified, meet Leon Panetta.

[Man With A Plan]

Plus The Big Apple is remarkably difficult to cultivate
as a businessman.Let alone a Maverick venture capitalist.
Like son Donald Trump Jr.

Being a real estate developer in Queens compared to being one in Manhattan is akin to AAA baseball and the Majors. Fred Trump was a player at the AAA level...his son Donald was an All Star player at the Major league level!

 

[OldFlame]

The expression "Be careful what you wish for" comes to mind.

I'll take my chances. cause all we have right now is a corrupt, broken machine that's getting more powerful every day.

 

[Mashmont]

You really believe that, don’t you?

Trump had his wealth handed to him by his father.

He pissed it away on a Lomg series of spectacularly bad deals, defaults, litigation and unpaid bills.

By 2001, Trump had gone through his daddy’s money and his empire was once again , teetering on collapse.

He had a savior.

in the 1990’s Russian gangsters started laundering their cash through Trump’s casinos, keeping him temporarily afloat. Russian oligarchs also laundered their money by flipping condos in Trump buildings.

From 2000 on, every Trump deal was financed by Russian oligarchs, Russian controlled banks, and banks that aided Russian money laundering.
noe of this is news. A lot of it was right there on the business pages at each stage of Trump’s various crises,

Fred Trump was Trump was never worth more than $300 million, and that was at the time of his death in 1999. Donald was a billionaire a full decade before that. You people believe the stupidest fake news stories.

 

[OldFlame]

I've worked with plenty of military of all ranks and the skill sets are generally very different.

Are you just being argumentative or do you really believe I'm wrong?

In what capacity? Different in what way?

You're welcome to your opinion, you're just some anonymous poster on a message board, I don't take anything I read on here with much seriousness.

 

[Blaster]

Pete Hegseth cheated on all his wives but he served his country with honor and deserves to be confirmed.

 

[Nostra]

I'm amused you even have to ask. Does the SecDef lead men into battle or goes before Congress to do his job.

So nothing.

Got it.

 

[TimFitz]

Trump has filed for bankruptcy 10 times, Tim. That's 10 times with over 500 business ventures started by Trump! Do you have any idea how incredibly hard it is to have that high a rate of success when you're starting new businesses?

Again, an attempt to dance past reality.

Nearly all of Trump’s “business ventures” were paper corporations intended to hide something or skirt liability. One of them was created to hide payoffs to a porn star.

Trump’s bankruptcies were not small time affairs. in most cases, the core of his business was on the line.

 

[TimFitz]

Fred Trump was Trump was never worth more than $300 million, and that was at the time of his death in 1999. Donald was a billionaire a full decade before that. You people believe the stupidest fake news stories.

Trump was a bankrupt “billionaire” a decade before that.

Fred was only worth $300 million at the time of his death because so much of his money went to bail Donald out.

indeed, the banks forced Fred to sign personal guarantees against every bail out that Don got.

Otherwise, Donald Trump would have been cashed out by 1992 *

 

[TimFitz]

Being a real estate developer in Queens compared to being one in Manhattan is akin to AAA baseball and the Majors. Fred Trump was a player at the AAA level...his son Donald was an All Star player at the Major league level!

Yes, Fred was a player in Queens, but he and his son both dreamed of Manhattan.

Fred was very very well connected with Abe Beame, and he had his eyes on the ultimate prize, the real estate assets of the Penn Central Railroad.

Fred’s first deal was the recycling of the old Commodore Hotel. his hotel partners were the Pritzkers, whose Hyatt Regency hotels were the talk of the business. They wanted in to Manhattan, and Fred Trump made it happen.

He put Donald out in public as his front man.

Donald would later fail to honor their contract obligations as partners, and the relationship dissolved into litigation. (tthis is a common refrain in just about every Trump deal).

 

[22lcidw]

Yes, Fred was a player in Queens, but he and his son both dreamed of Manhattan.

Fred was very very well connected with Abe Beame, and he had his eyes on the ultimate prize, the real estate assets of the Penn Central Railroad.

Fred’s first deal was the recycling of the old Commodore Hotel. his hotel partners were the Pritzkers, whose Hyatt Regency hotels were the talk of the business. They wanted in to Manhattan, and Fred Trump made it happen.

He put Donald out in public as his front man.

Donald would later fail to honor their contract obligations as partners, and the relationship dissolved into litigation. (tthis is a common refrain in just about every Trump deal).

Trump worked tirelessly to win this race. He is arguably the best politician in America right now. No candidate has ever had this amount of smearing and threats to his life then him.

 

[alang1216]

I'll take my chances. cause all we have right now is a corrupt, broken machine that's getting more powerful every day.

I know, and he hasn't even been sworn in.

 

[Care4all]

Obama appointed him Sec of Defense.


Panetta served 2 years as a First Lieutenant. Never commanded anyone.

Military service
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1964–1966
Rank	First Lieutenant
Awards	Army Commendation Medal

Leon Panetta - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Hegseth, served 13 years, rank of Major. Commanded a platoon in combat. Twice the number of Army Commendation Medals as Panetta, as well as the Bronze Star Medal and Combat Infantryman Badge.

Military service
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	2003–2014, 2019–2021
Rank	Major
Unit	Minnesota Army National Guard
Battles/wars	Iraq War War in Afghanistan
Awards	Bronze Star Medal Army Commendation Medal (2) Combat Infantryman Badg

Pete Hegseth - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Leon Panetta had A LOT of experience silly one! My Lord! I don't think there has been many if any, Sec of Defense, who has had much more experience!!!

Leon Edward Panetta (born June 28, 1938)[1] is an American retired politician and government official who has served under several Democratic administrations as secretary of defense (2011–2013), director of the CIA (2009–2011), White House chief of staff (1994–1997), director of the Office of Management and Budget (1993–1994), as well as a U.S. representative from California (1977–1993)




Do you not research this stuff to make certain you are not Posting something pretty non factual and silly?

 

[Oddball]

Did he ever run a government agency? Panetta did. More than one. Was he ever a Chief of Staff to an executive, at the state or federal level. Panetta was. Was he ever elected to any leadership position, I mean I will accept senior patrol leader in the Boy Scouts, Panetta was. Served in Congress, for eight terms. Head of the OMB, CIA director, White House Chief of Staff. Please, you are only demonstrating your ignorance.

So he had experience being a bureaucratic fucking hack....Exactly the kind of hack that Trumpsters voted to shun.

Definitely qualified.

 

[Rawley]

As your own post makes clear, Leon Panetta had more qualification in his little finger than a Fox Noise clown like Hegseth.

Shamless false comparison.

Both will be Secretaries of Defense.

 

[Mashmont]

Trump was a bankrupt “billionaire” a decade before that.

Fred was only worth $300 million at the time of his death because so much of his money went to bail Donald out.

indeed, the banks forced Fred to sign personal guarantees against every bail out that Don got.

Otherwise, Donald Trump would have been cashed out by 1992 *

Total nonsense. Your envy of this great man clouds your judgment.

 

[TimFitz]

Trump worked tirelessly to win this race. He is arguably the best politician in America right now. No candidate has ever had this amount of smearing and threats to his life then him.

There is a huge difference between being a great candidate and a great politician.

politicians have a job to do once they cease to be a candidate. One that requires brains, patience, judgement and discretion. Real management skills.

Those people make great leaders and get things done.

Trump is a great candidate. One of the best ever. He has a very clear understanding how to appeal to fear and bigotry. he has been at it ever since he declared himself king of the birthers.

And his base will forgive every sin to hear him affirm white privelege.

 

[TimFitz]

Total nonsense. Your envy of this great man clouds your judgment.

I’ll take that as confirmation.

 

[TimFitz]

Both will be Secretaries of Defense.

If you knew what was good for America you’d understand that a military purge conducted by a Fox Noise talking head (who couldn’t even rate a prime time gig) is a recipe for chaos, inaction and fear.

It would be the perfect time for any enemy to attack the United States.

 

[Mashmont]

I’ll take that as confirmation.

Confirmation of your envy? Thanks for admitting it.

 

[Nostra]

Again, an attempt to dance past reality.

Nearly all of Trump’s “business ventures” were paper corporations intended to hide something or skirt liability. One of them was created to hide payoffs to a porn star.

Trump’s bankruptcies were not small time affairs. in most cases, the core of his business was on the line.

Which company did he form to hide his NDA with Stormy Daniels?