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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth expressed disgust on social media Monday after apparently receiving an IRS audit notice addressed to him and his wife.

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[–] meowmeowbeanz@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

The Biden IRS suddenly discovers fiscal responsibility when auditing Trump’s swamp creatures, yet somehow misses the yacht-sized loopholes for billionaires. Hegseth’s theatrics—posting a tax bill like it’s a badge of honor—reeks of desperation. A SecDef drowning in personal debt and ethics complaints is a national security risk waiting to explode. But sure, let’s pretend a $33k audit is the real scandal, not the sexual assault allegations or the vodka-fueled resume that slithered past Vance’s tiebreaker.

This is what happens when “drain the swamp” becomes “marinate in the cesspool.” The only norm here is the GOP’s relentless drive to normalize grift. An indebted Pentagon chief? Perfect for foreign interests shopping for influence. The IRS did its job—shame it’s the only branch that still does.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Your mom is ashamed of you, Pete. Go home

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Is Biden in the room with you?

Not getting an audit when you've done something that triggers an audit is the sort of thing that unelected unaccountable bureaucrats would expect. That you, Pete? Or were you just blacked out during the last few tax preparations?

[–] Alteon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well....that's pretty fucking embarrassing. And he's our Secretary of Defense. Fucking lol

Welcome to the circus folks...

[–] Mojave@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The dude showed up to Stuttgart to say hi to all the soldiers and got protested by middle schoolers and dependas on post.

He was also a whiny little bitch about Congress refusing to pay for his personal $150k home renovation, and went on a Twitter rant about it blaming woke libtards. Fucking disgrace of a veteran, soldiers hate this clown.

The most toxic leader, and he failed all the way up.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

There isn't even a person pretending to be honest anymore in the presidential admin. We always at least had the pretenders who could paint the image that they were working for us, but Trump 2.0's cabinet is the most blatantly corrupt group of Americans in history. You literally can't trust a single thing from the white house for the next 4 years, even in 2016-20 it didn't feel this absolutely insane.