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Sorry, ladies, but you were outvoted by the conservatives by a large margin. You could try confronting them, but it’s far too late now.
Well technically white women voted for this too.
Not the young ones.
That and the fact that he thought it was a good idea to throw an ax at a small target that had people behind. And his white supremacist tattoo. And the dude does not wash his hands after he shits. It'd be a shame if he and RFK Jr got cholera and/or hep C.
Enjoy what you voted for ladies
You know what? I'm starting to think that a nazi might not be a good pick for Defense Secretary if he can't respect women.
I’m starting to think that nazi is short for bad.
Naw this guy has literal white supremacist and Nazi tattoos
while you're busy debating whether these are Nazis or just sparkling fascists you'll end up in the same spot regardless
I guess I'm confused but your need to qualify that statement at all.
Maybe we went wrong somewhere...
Sexual misconduct is a prerequisite for the trump administration
to be fair the army has historically been quite fond of it as well
I thought that was the navy 😉😘⚓️💦👅
You misspelled requirement
What do you think a prerequisite is? If you're going to be pedantic, at least be right...
Hah! Beat me to the pedantry! I love that word.
If Americans wanted Women to have Rights and Respect they WOULDNT have Voted for a Convicted Rapist!
53% of white women voted for Trump in 2024.
Hey! He might be a rapist, but he is "their rapist" so it is okay.
That's nearly a dead even split and it was mostly not the younger ones who voted for him.
I thought you were supposed to be satirical. This is just a fact.
A fact apart from the millions and millions of women who did not vote for him.
Most people agree with him and nothing will ever change their minds. We are not living in a world of evidence based beliefs.
"Most people agree with him"
No they don't: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2013/01/29/broad-support-for-combat-roles-for-women/
"Two-thirds (66%) support allowing women in the military to serve in ground units that engage in close combat, while just 26% are opposed. "
Stop letting these fucktards own the narrative by default, dammit.
So. The secretary of defense is not an elected position. Most people in the country don't even know who currently holds the role.
The opinion of those he leads and works with is much more important.
The opinion of who leads the country and his voters are more important. It's like the west trying to install democracy and progress in afghanistan. The locals aren't having it.
Trump is throwing out rapid fire unqualified pics to force votes against him in the Senate. This isn’t usual politics. He’s just throwing grenades because he can.
I feel this argument has merit:
That Trump is rewarding loyalty with little consequence to himself and at the same time testing senators to see who will fall in line. That also has the effect of making many fall in line (see Dictatoring for Dummies, P. 14). At the same time he gets to soften up the senate for candidates who are almost as outrageous but will seem reasonable in comparison.
I saw some bonkers rumor about Trump adjourning cogress allowing him to make recess appointments.
So he throws out shit nominees to force the Senate to not approve someone, looking at you RFK, Trump says he cant work with this Senate and adjourns them. Makes even worse appointmemts and bingo bango we have an american despot.
Do we really expect votes against him? They're always bemoaning how bad he is, followed with falling in line to vote as dictated to them.
No, he's throwing out horrible picks so that the slightly less horrible picks that come after them seem reasonable.
That is my theory too. I don't think people understand how much the Republicans controlling Trump have been planning for this.
Nah, he isn’t playing chess, he’s just the pigeon shitting all over the board.
He isn't playing chess because he's not the one doing the chess playing. He's a puppet. Do you think he came up with any of Project 2025?
That's exactly what this is. It's easier to loot the country when everything is burning and your corruption isn't the biggest problem.
What does he gain from Senate voting against him?
Targets.
Chaos? A distraction from whatever else he's up to that night be worse? Idk.
Maybe, or open revolt from them to block anything he tries to do after. I'm hoping the gop splits at this point and nothing gets done for 4 years.
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