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"I mean his anger. For all the wealth, fame, and power he has accumulated, Trump is an angry man directing an angry administration."
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #PerformativeMasculinity #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination
/2
"Donald Trump didn’t surprise anyone by welcoming the death of Robert Mueller, an American hero who exemplified all the admirable qualities he does not possess.
But the president’s fresh demonstration of depravity underscored a defining characteristic of his presidency. I do not mean corruption, or dishonesty, or ignorance, though Trump is thoroughly corrupt, dishonest, and ignorant."
~ John Harwood
"Now we have Hegseth, the former Fox Business weekend host, supplying the slogan that sums up the authoritarian approach to international relations:
'We negotiate with bombs,' Hegseth declared at a recent press conference."
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #PerformativeMasculinity #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #war #Iran
/7
"The unfolding of the Iran war confirms that Trump sees diplomacy as a waste of time and compromise as a sign of weakness. We know now that the administration rejected negotiated solutions that would have given the Trump administration a 'win.' Instead, they chose violence, bombing rather than signing an agreement to end the conflict."
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #PerformativeMasculinity #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #war #Iran
/6
https://lucid.substack.com/p/video-and-essay-convo-wrep-crow-on
"The unfolding of the Iran war confirms that Trump sees diplomacy as a waste of time and compromise as a sign of weakness. We know now that the administration rejected negotiated solutions that would have given the Trump administration a 'win.' Instead, they chose violence, bombing rather than signing an agreement to end the conflict."
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #PerformativeMasculinity #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #war #Iran
/6
https://lucid.substack.com/p/video-and-essay-convo-wrep-crow-on
"Now we have Hegseth, the former Fox Business weekend host, supplying the slogan that sums up the authoritarian approach to international relations:
'We negotiate with bombs,' Hegseth declared at a recent press conference."
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #PerformativeMasculinity #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #war #Iran
/7
"The unfolding of the Iran war confirms that Trump sees diplomacy as a waste of time and compromise as a sign of weakness. We know now that the administration rejected negotiated solutions that would have given the Trump administration a 'win.' Instead, they chose violence, bombing rather than signing an agreement to end the conflict."
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #PerformativeMasculinity #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #war #Iran
/6
https://lucid.substack.com/p/video-and-essay-convo-wrep-crow-on
Noting that "Trump, like many other right-wing leaders before him, has a long history with combat sports," TPM announces that at 3 P.M. today (EST, I think) it will discuss "how martial arts has become right coded." A link to log in is in the article linked below.
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #PerformativeMasculinity #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #MMA
/5
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/tpm-live-trump-the-right-and-martial-arts
"So it’s no surprise that the administration has turned itself into a promotion machine for MMA, and in particular the UFC."
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #PerformativeMasculinity #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #MMA
/4
"This administration & the entire right-wing movement is full of pasty edgelords looking for other men through whom they can achieve a vicarious experience of masculinity. And the performance of manhood to which they are most attracted is violence, whether it’s in the ring or perpetrated by a masked ICE goon giving a beat-down to a peaceful protester."
~ Paul Waldman
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #PerformativeMasculinity #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination #MMA
/3
"I mean his anger. For all the wealth, fame, and power he has accumulated, Trump is an angry man directing an angry administration."
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #PerformativeMasculinity #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDomination
/2
"Donald Trump didn’t surprise anyone by welcoming the death of Robert Mueller, an American hero who exemplified all the admirable qualities he does not possess.
But the president’s fresh demonstration of depravity underscored a defining characteristic of his presidency. I do not mean corruption, or dishonesty, or ignorance, though Trump is thoroughly corrupt, dishonest, and ignorant."
~ John Harwood
Disgusting & certainly not “ #Christian”
At #Pentagon Christian service, #Hegseth prayed for #violence ‘against those who deserve no mercy’
#US #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth, hosting his first monthly Christian worship service at the Pentagon since the #Iran #war began, prayed Wednesday to have “every round find its mark.”
#CognitiveDissonance #hypocrisy #TrumpsWar #Trump #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast #Republicans #ChurchAndState #Evangelism #NAR
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-03-25-2026#0000019d-269d-d062-a1fd-bf9db0fa0000
Kurtz notes — and this is not beside the point of this thread:
"Elon Musk gave a 💯 to a tweet on his X platform that concluded: 'White solidarity is the only way to survive.'"
#Trump #Hegseth #ElonMusk #violence #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy
/8
"The death toll in the lawless U.S. campaign against alleged drug-smuggling boats rose to at least 159 on Thursday after a strike in the eastern Pacific killed two people and left one survivor, who was turned over to the Costa Rican Coast Guard, according to the Pentagon. It was the 46th such strike on the high seas."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #WhiteChristianNationalism
/7
https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/trump-doj-keeps-charging-first-and
(continued from /2)
"it is just video game-style killing at a distance, justified not with strategic objectives, but with seemingly uncontrollable emotions ('fury' and a thirst for vengeance). And all accompanied by open admissions that basic laws of warfare will be broken."
"Never before has an administration so openly glorified outright killing as the current White House propaganda machine does with its obscene snuff videos of the Iran war and the destruction of small boats.
Unlike with fascism in the 20th century, there is no attempt to promote or symbolically reward self-sacrifice –" (continued in /3)
"It appears that members of Trump’s cabinet get chosen not despite their endorsements of violence, but because of them. Pete Hegseth was primarily known as a dapper TV host willing to defend war crimes. Markwayne Mullin is apparently still proud of challenging a witness to a fistfight at a Senate hearing; he also refuses to apologize for 'understanding' an assault on fellow senator Rand Paul."
~ Jan-Werner Müller
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #WhiteChristianNationalism
/1
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/23/pete-hegseth-nihilist-cult
"The death toll in the lawless U.S. campaign against alleged drug-smuggling boats rose to at least 159 on Thursday after a strike in the eastern Pacific killed two people and left one survivor, who was turned over to the Costa Rican Coast Guard, according to the Pentagon. It was the 46th such strike on the high seas."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #WhiteChristianNationalism
/7
https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/trump-doj-keeps-charging-first-and
Kurtz notes — and this is not beside the point of this thread:
"Elon Musk gave a 💯 to a tweet on his X platform that concluded: 'White solidarity is the only way to survive.'"
#Trump #Hegseth #ElonMusk #violence #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy
/8
As Kaylor notes,
"White supremacists have appropriated Crusader imagery to cast themselves as Christian warriors fighting to drive out Muslims and others in the name of God."
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #WhiteChristianNationalism #war #HolyWar #Iran #zionism #Islamophobia
/6
"The death toll in the lawless U.S. campaign against alleged drug-smuggling boats rose to at least 159 on Thursday after a strike in the eastern Pacific killed two people and left one survivor, who was turned over to the Costa Rican Coast Guard, according to the Pentagon. It was the 46th such strike on the high seas."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #WhiteChristianNationalism
/7
https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/trump-doj-keeps-charging-first-and
As Brian Kaylor reports, "Pete Hegseth’s Bible, like his body, is stamped with two Crusader tattoos."
The bible Hegseth used when he was sworn in has the same Crusader cross with which he's tattooed stamped on it, and has the stamp "Deus vult," also tatoooed on Hegseth's body.
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #WhiteChristianNationalism
/5
https://publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/pete-hegseths-crusader-bible
As Kaylor notes,
"White supremacists have appropriated Crusader imagery to cast themselves as Christian warriors fighting to drive out Muslims and others in the name of God."
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #WhiteChristianNationalism #war #HolyWar #Iran #zionism #Islamophobia
/6
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