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[–] runiq@feddit.org 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"I confess, I did not know who Pete Hegseth was until about 20 minutes ago," Smith told reporters.

"He does not seem to have much of a detailed background in [Department of Defense] policy. To the extent he’s worked on any of that stuff, it has been on veterans policy, not on DoD issues. So the lack of experience is concerning," Smith said.

“Now I have not heard what his plans are, so we will see what his plans are,” he added. “But it was surprising and is concerning, just given that lack of experience. You know, the Pentagon, biggest bureaucracy in the world. It’s a hard thing to run, so I think it’s going to be a challenge."

In the words of Wash: Oh god, oh god, we're all gonna die.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, but all that won't matter. I'm sure that Trump will simply eliminate large swathes of the DoD, purely because he wants himself to be closest to the actual command structure. All that squad-level command, the "organized chaos" that gives us a lot of tactical flexibility? I'm fairly sure that'll be gone, because Trump doesn't trust anyone but him giving orders now. He's deeply upset he couldn't simply order the military into cities to break up the 2020 protests, so he wants to be the first and only important link in the command chain, with everyone below selected for loyalty, not competence.

Precisely this.

He wants to emulate the command structure of the Russian Army - not because it’s more effective (it’s demonstrably not), but because the power structure is far more linear and top-down, and he doesn’t want any intelligent and conscientious officers or noncoms refusing orders and getting away with it, regardless of whether or not said orders are blatantly illegal.

[–] Grogon@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Im not american maybe someone can explain:

The president just chooses whoever he wants for specific roles in the administration? Thats a News Host?

Can he also just pick a UPS driver too?

This is wild. Or is this dude someone really important, the article only said he was in military vet and fox news host?

I'd go insane if my president would add our news hosts into such a position LOL. This is comedy. Is this real? Am I stupid? Can someone explain what is going on to someone who isn't from US?

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

This guy is a yes man, the only requirement apparently. As an American, it is verifiably insane.

[–] Grogon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

This reminds me of when I was in the second grade and my friend and I had to make soccer teams and pick our teammates one by one and both of us had 0 idea who to put in our team

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The only constitutional requirement is that cabinet posts must be made with the advice and consent of the Senate.

[–] Grogon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Okay now I'm gonna by massive amounts of pop corn cause this is gonna get interesting the next weeks.