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“On Thursday Reuters published a photograph of Waltz checking his mobile phone during a cabinet meeting held by Donald Trump. The screen appears to show messages from various top level government officials, including JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, and Marco Rubio.”

Head of NatSec, ladies and gentlemen. Once the domain of Kissinger, Brzezinski, Powell and Rice. Now with the opsec of a brain-damaged cocaine dealer.



Pin is 1234.


"That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!"


Looks at each other disapprovingly.

(It was 1-2-3-4-5.)


They are shuffling him off to be UN ambassador per recent reporting. Better late than never, I suppose.


I'm sure his replacement will be so much better. /s


Kissinger and Rice are war criminals who should have gone to jail for the rest of their respective lives. Trump’s guy can’t even manage that level of evil.


War criminals or not, you can’t deny they were smart. Unlike current administration.


Intelligence isn't a respectable quality in the face of illegal (allegedly), unethical, and/or immoral behavior.

Kissinger shared culpability for what happened in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.

Rice shares culpability for what happened in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Hegseth may still participate in war crimes regardless of being a dim bulb. One can only hope his disability makes him less effective in causing harm deliberately, but he still may cause great harm inadvertently as well.

America needs to acknowledge that it has a multitiered system of selective criminal prosecution where some people get away with crimes because of who they are.




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