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Is Pete Hegseth the dumbest person in the Trump Administration? (Original Post) Quixote1818 9 hrs ago OP
Kegsbreath is certainly a sophomoric,... magicarpet 8 hrs ago #1
I believe that honor goes to Howard Nutlick. Ray Bruns 8 hrs ago #2
Oh no, displacedvermoter 8 hrs ago #3
He's the only US senator without at least a bachelor's degree. red dog 1 3 hrs ago #21
I know some really smart plumbers, displacedvermoter 2 hrs ago #23
That is like picking out the stinkiest turd in a manure file. yourout 8 hrs ago #4
PERFECT! some_of_us_are_sane 4 hrs ago #18
No Coolgoober 8 hrs ago #5
Aside from Trump? Yes Walleye 8 hrs ago #6
So I checked... LakeVermilion 8 hrs ago #7
He might have been Jilly_in_VA 8 hrs ago #10
No, educate me... LakeVermilion 8 hrs ago #12
STINKIN THINKIN some_of_us_are_sane 4 hrs ago #19
Bobbie Brainworm snorting coke off toilet seats has my vote Submariner 8 hrs ago #8
Brainworm Bobby comes in at No. 1 Jilly_in_VA 8 hrs ago #9
You nailed Kash timms139 5 hrs ago #17
ROFL!! some_of_us_are_sane 4 hrs ago #20
SkidMarkWayne has my vote! MyOwnPeace 8 hrs ago #11
Wow. That's a crowded field... GiqueCee 7 hrs ago #13
He may be the loudest and definitely among the dumbest Blue Owl 6 hrs ago #14
You mean besides Trump? Martin68 6 hrs ago #15
Sadly...dangerous as well NowsTheTime 5 hrs ago #16
"Granted, it's difficult to select one of Trump's Cabinet members as the stupidest. red dog 1 3 hrs ago #22

magicarpet

(18,538 posts)
1. Kegsbreath is certainly a sophomoric,...
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:43 AM
8 hrs ago

.... KKKrishtun Nationalist, White Supremacist, racist, misogynist, who is prone to extreme violence and harbors a blood lust - type of severely immature fratboy.

Other than that he is okay.

displacedvermoter

(4,536 posts)
3. Oh no,
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:50 AM
8 hrs ago

I clamored for, from his earliest days in the Senate, Markwayne Mullin's right to be acknowledged as the stupidest Senator, perhaps ever, certainly in my time.

I truly believe Markwayne has now reached perhaps the Acme of Stupidity, as the most stupid person in the most stupid Cabinet in history.

But, I can't really fight you if you want to give Markwayne a few weeks to settle in and prove again how stupid he is before swapping over the title. Cause Hegseth is indeed one stupid individual, and without Oklahoma Crude Mullin's presence, he would certainly be the One!

red dog 1

(33,080 posts)
21. He's the only US senator without at least a bachelor's degree.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 04:15 PM
3 hrs ago

He has an Associate's Degree (AA) in plumbing.

yourout

(8,825 posts)
4. That is like picking out the stinkiest turd in a manure file.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:50 AM
8 hrs ago

It's like finding water in the ocean.

LakeVermilion

(1,590 posts)
7. So I checked...
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:09 AM
8 hrs ago

Did you know that he was valedictorian of his high school class? So if he's a bright guy, he shouldn't be sucked in by the Christian Nationalists. Instead, I'm thinking, he has chosen that way to move to the top. All of his bravado is performance art as a means to an end.

It wouldn't be out of character for him to seek the presidency outside of normal means.

Jilly_in_VA

(14,394 posts)
10. He might have been
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:18 AM
8 hrs ago

but alcohol has since destroyed his brain. Have you heard of "stinking thinking"?

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,208 posts)
19. STINKIN THINKIN
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 02:56 PM
4 hrs ago
"Stinking thinking may include, blaming others, alcoholic grandiosity, fault-finding, self-centeredness."

YEP. HE FITS THE BILL, ALRIGHT!

Submariner

(13,370 posts)
8. Bobbie Brainworm snorting coke off toilet seats has my vote
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:10 AM
8 hrs ago

I believe Trumpstein still snorts his crushed Adderall pill right off his table top.

Jilly_in_VA

(14,394 posts)
9. Brainworm Bobby comes in at No. 1
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:17 AM
8 hrs ago

followed by a tie at no. 2 between Kegsbreath and Kross-Eyed Kash, closely followed (very closely!) by Nutlick, and in in a tie behind him, Li'l Marco and Shady McMaybelline. They're all stupid, just in different ways.

GiqueCee

(4,285 posts)
13. Wow. That's a crowded field...
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:56 AM
7 hrs ago

... being dumb is bad enough, but his toxic-masculinity's malice puts him out in front of all but a few. Russell Vought and Nosferatu Miller, for instance, aren't stupid, but they are flat-out evil down to their DNA. Trump, of course, has the lead by almost as many lengths as Secretariat.

red dog 1

(33,080 posts)
22. "Granted, it's difficult to select one of Trump's Cabinet members as the stupidest.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 04:34 PM
3 hrs ago

But Pete Hegseth stands out for sheer boneheaded ignorance." (Robert Reich)
https://commondreams.org/opinion/pete-hegseth-dumb

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