Hegseth-"ALL HE CAN DO IS READ A SCRIPT!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Hegseth is in way above his head and has to read a script

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Congressman James Walkinshaw, a Virginia Democrat, just confirmed our worst fears about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in scathing terms after being asked about his embarrassing performances in recent press conferences.

"It's not just the press conferences,” Walkinshaw said without hesitation. “I’ve seen him in classified briefings, and I’m embarrassed for him. He can do nothing beyond read the script that’s been given to him. He can’t answer detailed questions. He doesn’t understand the strategy – not that there is one. He is way in over his head."

This brutal insider assessment paints Hegseth just like we all suspect – completely out of his depth, unable to handle anything beyond scripted talking points, clueless on actual military strategy (or the lack thereof), and embarrassing to the country in high-stakes classified sessions.

While Trump brags about "Epic Fury" and shrugs off casualties as a "little excursion," his handpicked Defense Secretary can't even field basic questions in secure briefings.

This comes as the unauthorized Iran war Hegseth is attempting to manage drags into its third week: the dead U.S. soldiers, massacred Iranian children, economic impacts, and terror threats already manifest at home, and international allies like France saying “non” to helping defend shipping lanes.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. "How embarrassing is Pete Hegseth?"

"How embarrassing is Pete Hegseth?"
@repwalkinshaw.bsky.social: "He can do nothing beyond read the script that’s been given to him...can’t answer detailed questions...doesn’t understand the strategy—not that there is one...way in over his head" bluevirginia.us/2026/03/vide... h/t @acyn.bsky.social

— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia.bsky.social) 2026-03-17T20:21:08.377Z

[tanyev]

2. That's what happens when you get your Cabinet from Central Casting.

😒

[enid602]

3. Assets

Whiskey Pete might be given all the blame once this all over. The Iranians are claiming they’ve already obliterated all of our assets in the Gulf. And we seem to be losing our European allies as well.

[IcyPeas]

4. Everything is for TV.

It seems to be trumps number 1 criteria for hiring people. Looking good on camera. Look good in a suit. Blonde a plus. Prior beauty pageant contestant a plus. Ability to come up with lies and explanations quickly. Never apologize.

[Norrrm]

5. You're qualified. The right race. The right religion. The right politics. You're hired

Hegseth DUI/DEI hire - the minor major

[littlemissmartypants]

6. What a pity it would be ...

If the cracks in the veneer of this haphazard iteration of an authoritarian regime were to be the cause of its ultimate failure.