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Greg Pickle's avatar

I have to remember "douche-bro", that'll come in handy. Trump's attraction to people like Gaetz and Hegseth seems evidence to me that he has very serious psychological issues of his own driving his self-destructive behavior. Just what we need in a President. It was not a challenge to read that letter from Hegseth's Mom and realize she could have added a rather long cc list to Trump and his circle.

Richard Donnelly's avatar

Trump and his circle is right. He is not alone in making these picks. I want to know why they are nominating unqualified people who will not be confirmed. Nobody is examining this.

ImDoneNoMore's avatar

You ruin your satire by opening with “the Democrat Party.” Only right-wingers say that.

Michael Wild's avatar

Hi. After the election I got depressed and disengaged from politics for a while. So I only read this on 17 January. It was very informative and the sort of read that makes me feel it's well worth being a paid supporter of this work. Long live Drezner World!

Arthur Iamele's avatar

The most important thing is to be appropriate for the position.

Fool’s Errand's avatar

Literally all conservative men are accused of this stuff. It probably isn’t true and voters provably don’t care

Daniel W. Drezner's avatar

Interesting counterargument.

On a completely unrelated topic, I have this great Florida real estate opportunity. Would you be interested in investing?

the long warred's avatar

Hegseth a warrior and has the Warriors Trust.

Words lies, Steel Real.

..you aren’t…

Gordon Strause's avatar

Noah Millman has a great piece about this that is well worth reading:

https://gideons.substack.com/p/manliness-is-next-to-godliness

Rob apuzo's avatar

Professo Drezner, it's guys like you that are a big cause of the problem. The son of a doctor, but virtue-signaling that you go to a nurse practitioner for care. Ugh. Stop it.

Geoff G's avatar

I've been telling him for years to get off the seed oils, and sent him enough testosterone boosters to priapize an 80 year old billy goat. All for naught. And for goodness sake, get a male nurse practitioner. Not much, but it's a start.