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Why Trump and Hegseth’s swagger leaves Washington’s ‘elite’ seething
Why Trump and Hegseth’s swagger leaves Washington’s ‘elite’ seething
The Washington establishment’s view of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump as buffoons and cartoons is a reflection of its own insecurity.
nypost.com
When you’ve constructed a cartoon version of the world in your mind, what do you do when reality proves it wrong?
If you’re the leftist establishment, you certainly don’t rethink your assumptions.
Late Friday, New York Times columnist David French snarkily referred to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth as a “walking MAGA caricature” on X.
Four hours later, Hegseth’s troops were pounding Iran in an intricate series of strikes that left its evil regime reeling.
The response to French — who has not withdrawn his sneer — was unsympathetic.
My favorite: “Let’s have a contest . . . you and Pete show up at Fort Bragg, see who the troops respect more.”
Is Hegseth a caricature?
To French and his ilk, maybe; but to many others, he’s a guy who gets results.
Presumably a 1945 David French would have considered Gen. George S. Patton a caricature, too.
But the thing is, like Patton, Hegseth not only talks tough, and acts tough; he is tough.
The raids on Iranian nuclear plants, the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from within his nation’s largest military base, the destruction of Ayatollah Khamenei and his senior leadership — all were masterstrokes of military planning and execution.
“We didn’t start this war,” Hegseth declared Monday, “but we are finishing it.”
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But leftists at home and abroad continue to see Trump, like Hegseth, as nothing but an immature, strutting, macho caricature.
Their war on “toxic masculinity” means that they see pretty much any sign of effectiveness and self-confidence as strutting, macho immaturity — at least when displayed by straight white males.
That’s a recipe for national failure.
Historically, leaders who speak straightforwardly, show self-confidence and lead effectively are, well, good leaders.
“Leaders” who complain that the world is complicated and they can’t do much about its problems aren’t.
They gave us “forever wars” instead of victories — not only in conflicts with foreign enemies, but in wars against poverty, homelessness, “climate change” and the like.
Trump just does things, and they work.
At base, the establishment view of Trump et al. as buffoons and cartoons is a reflection of its own insecurity.
As commentator William Wolf observed on X, “The fact that a billionaire real estate playboy who liked to slap his name on steaks and wine has proven to be a better diplomat and military strategist than every other politician and foreign policy expert over the last 30 years is such a damning indictment of the DC establishment I honestly don’t know how they recover.”
Easier for them to pretend that Trump is nothing but an impetuous child.
Commentary:
People like David French and Democrats never reconsider. Their politics IS their identity. Most are atheists. They have no spiritual belief systems. Most are addicted to virtue signaling yet never reconsider their beliefs when time proves their policies backfire.
Just consider their policy and stance is to defy Trump by blocking DHS, I’d say it is backfiring.
As far as Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio are concerned. These men have always had the qualities and potential to be great. Trump in his wisdom just gave them the opportunity to use their intelligence and potential to it's fullest and it's working...
