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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth went off on the acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff amid a search for a leaker at the Pentagon, according to a report published Thursday in The Wall Street Journal.
The paper said Hegseth was “rattled” after word got out last month that the Pentagon was set to brief Elon Musk on China, where the Tesla CEO has three factories. President Donald Trump denied the report the next day. However, Axios later reported that Trump had canceled the briefing while asking, “What the fuck is Elon doing here?”
During his search for the leaker, Hegseth erupted at Admiral Christopher Grady, who was then the acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
“I’ll hook you up to a f——-g polygraph!” Hegseth shouted at the admiral, the Journal reported, according to two people familiar with the interaction. The secretary demanded proof that Grady was not the source of the Musk leak. Grady was never polygraphed. Hegseth reportedly threatened others with a polygraph test, including Lt. Gen. Doug Sims, the Joint Chiefs director.
The report is just the latest trouble for Hegseth. After a slog of a confirmation fight that ended with the vice president casting the tie-breaking vote, the secretary has only provided his detractors with fodder. Last month, it was revealed that Hegseth shared looming plans for airstrikes in Yemen with more than a dozen administration officials in a Signal group chat. This week, it was reported that he shared the same plans in another chat with his wife, brother, and lawyer. It was also reported that Hegseth set up a makeup studio at the Pentagon to be used ahead of television appearances, which Hegseth denied. Last week, Hegseth lost four staffers amid what one Pentagon official called “chaos” at the department. And on Thursday, the Associated Press reported that Hegseth used “an internet connections that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer,” according to two sources.
For its report, the Journal said the Pentagon did not respond to a request for comment.
‘I’ll Hook You up to a F*****g Polygraph!’ Hegseth Reportedly ERUPTED at Joint Chiefs Chairman He Suspected of Leaking To the Press
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In a usual mature regime he wouldn’t have even been allowed near the Whitehouse.
Not fit for cleaning up after the Mounted Police parade.
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Hi Roger. Sadly some people wrote in the comments that that is the normal reaction of someone still used to the alcohol fueled rage brain. Even if they have not drank recently, that is what they will do. Again the US President wanted someone that he could blackmail and control instead of who could do the best job. Hugs.
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This what 76 million people voted for?
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Hi Roger. Yes sadly he was quite plain about the kind of people he wanted. Ones he could control and would break all laws if he told them to. Hugs
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Many Germans voted for Hitler.
By 1945 it hadn’t worked out so well for them.
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Hi Roger. It is not working out for the people who voted for tRump either. Even as tRump goes on TV insisting that things are great, egg prices are so low they are too low, that prices have fallen for everything, and the economy is soaring, the people can see that prices are at the highest for goods as they have ever been. Those making goods with imported parts hiked their prices they sell at to get ahead of the tariffs and those selling products also raised their prices to again get ahead of losing money on tRump’s tariffs. The people are hurting. We are having to tighten up our spending because the money is not covering things like they used to. We are also going into hotter weather so the A/Cs run much more costing us more electricity which like everything went up in price. Hugs.
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The supporters will of course say ‘Give them time’. Then as time goes on a lesser number will say ‘We have to take our medicine’. Later down the road a smaller number will be clinging to the idea that because there are OK, everything is OK, it the bad news is Fake News.
The as the whole things creaks to its inevitable the die-hards will do into the last resort- denial.
Anyway. To yourselves. We in the UK with our relatively mild climate tend to forget how in parts of the US A/C is as important and heating.
Although as our summers get hotter A/Cs are starting to make a commercial appearance.
Take care you guys.
Roger & Sheila.
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