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Zorro

(18,668 posts)
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 10:49 PM 11 hrs ago

Pentagon Pete's Staff Mock Him With Brutal New Nickname

Pete Hegseth is being mercilessly mocked behind his back in the Pentagon, according to insiders.

Staffers have reportedly furnished the self-proclaimed “secretary of war” with a brutal new moniker that leans on his insatiable appetite for war: “Dumb McNamara.”

Current and former U.S. officials have told Zeteo that the former Fox and Friends host is being painted as a dumb version of Robert McNamara, the defense secretary who became a symbol of America’s failures in the Vietnam War.

The businessman turned statesman is often credited with bringing the U.S. into the war, a conflict that killed between 1.4 million and 3.5 million people. He pushed so hard for more U.S. involvement in the conflict that it was eventually dubbed “McNamara’s War.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-petes-staff-mock-him-with-brutal-new-nickname/

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Pentagon Pete's Staff Mock Him With Brutal New Nickname (Original Post) Zorro 11 hrs ago OP
Thanks for this, Zorro... Yeah the Cha 11 hrs ago #1
Can you image having a serious career in the military and having to obey the orders of this clown? Marie Marie 10 hrs ago #2
which is why I'm betting enlistment is cratering Skittles 9 hrs ago #5
Trump recruiting poster... but not my sons Norrrm 9 hrs ago #6
family tradition Skittles 4 hrs ago #9
Yes, I can easily imagine that NJCher 8 hrs ago #7
Whose war? Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, McNamara, Westmoreland and Nixon. 3Hotdogs 10 hrs ago #3
I mean, "Knob McNamara" was right there Rob H. 9 hrs ago #4
I'd love to see a picture of that sticky note on his back. littlemissmartypants 8 hrs ago #8

Cha

(318,900 posts)
1. Thanks for this, Zorro... Yeah the
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 11:08 PM
11 hrs ago

former Faux news Fucker asked for this.. "Sec of War"... Stupid GD Bloodthirsty Idiot.

Him & PEDO.. I'm sure it wouldn't have happened without PEDO's ok.

Marie Marie

(11,270 posts)
2. Can you image having a serious career in the military and having to obey the orders of this clown?
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 11:42 PM
10 hrs ago

Skittles

(171,638 posts)
5. which is why I'm betting enlistment is cratering
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 12:31 AM
9 hrs ago

who the FUCK would want to participate in a Netanyahu and Trump war

NJCher

(43,120 posts)
7. Yes, I can easily imagine that
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 01:17 AM
8 hrs ago

Most bosses I had in corporate America were incompetent. And none too bright either. Easily manipulated.

I can imagine hegseth being a laughing stock of the Pentagon. Trump, too.

littlemissmartypants

(33,422 posts)
8. I'd love to see a picture of that sticky note on his back.
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 01:47 AM
8 hrs ago

I bet the hijinks at the Pentagon are epic when no one's looking.

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