Predictions of the catastrophic fallout from the election of Donald Trump have been coming true at a pace that even the most pessimistic prognosticators could not have imagined. Before he has even dispensed with the inaugural oath of office to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution,” Trump’s nascent administration is collapsing from the weight of its own depravity.

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Trump has been naming the nominees for his White House staff at breakneck speed, without even the least negligible research or background checks to prevent the appointment of corrupt, unqualified, or incompetent candidates for jobs where lives are literally at stake. His primary prerequisites for service appear to be unwavering fealty to Trump and an apprenticeship at Fox News.

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After the withdrawal of Matt Gaetz, Trump’s first choice for Attorney General, the nomination of Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense is in danger of falling apart. Hegseth has been accused of innumerable incidents of public intoxication, financial mismanagement of veterans charities, and sexual harassment and assault.

Due to the rapidly accelerating stream of allegations against Hegseth, he has resorted to bringing out the big guns in his defense – His Mother! She ventured into the friendly environs of Fox News to mount a counteroffensive to the reports of his intemperance. She told a sympathetic Steve Doocy that…

“We really believe that he is not that man he was seven years ago. I’m not that mother, and I hope people will hear that story today and the truth of that story. So the other thing I want to say is I am here to tell the truth. To tell the truth to the American people and tell the truth to the senators on the hill, especially female senators. I really hope that you will not listen to the media and that you will listen to Pete. It was a difficult time. […]

“I want to say something about the media. Part of today is to discredit the media and how they operate. When they contact you, I let a few phone calls go. But then they call you and say – then threaten you. That’s the first thing they do. They say unless you make a statement, we will publish it as is. And I think that’s a despicable way to treat anyone.”

WATCH: Hegseth’s mom says “he’s not the man he was 7 years ago” and calls the media “almost criminal” for “threatening” to publish her email

She asks the senate to confirm him anyway, but won’t commit to testifying before Congress on Pete’s behalf. pic.twitter.com/Iy3DtGCq1T

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) December 4, 2024

By saying that her son is “not that man he was seven years ago,” she is essentially affirming that the reports about him are true, but it’s okay because he has, according to her, changed. However, that’s not what some of his coworkers at Fox News say, who told reporters that they have seen him drunk at work recently. She goes on to say that she hopes people will not listen to the media reports (except this one on Fox) that are supported by numerous witnesses and associates. She just wants people to listen to Hegseth himself. Because he has no bias?

What’s more, she admits that she is there on Fox News “to discredit the media.” Then she complains that she was “threatened” by a reporter who told her that “unless you make a statement, we will publish it as is.” But that’s not a threat. It’s a standard and proper journalistic courtesy. It’s an invitation to provide a rebuttal prior to publication.

For his part, Hegseth did an interview with shameless Trump-fluffer, Megyn Kelly. And in that discussion he dismissed the reports of his bad behavior as invalid because they are “All anonymous, all innuendo, all rumor, nothing sourced.” Although, one the main sources was Hegseth’s mother, who wrote an email to him saying, “I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around and uses women for his own power and ego. You are that man (and have been for years).” So what exactly is he saying about her as a source?

WOW: Pete Hegseth is calling his mother an anonymous, unverified, source who is spreading rumors.

Furthermore, the other sources are NOT anonymous. They are confidential. The reporters & editors know who they are. They just don't want to be identified for fear of retribution. https://t.co/wfqdJhBqND

— News Corpse (@NewsCorpse) December 4, 2024

Hegseth’s mom says that she reconsidered her original email and sent him an apology shortly after. But for some reason neither she, nor he, has bothered to give that one to the press to prove it. I wonder why. Which seems odd for someone saying that she wants to tell the truth. Unless, of course, it doesn’t exist.

Note… None of this addresses the fact that, regardless of what Hegseth’s mother says, or his reported problems with alcohol and sexual assault, he remains utterly unqualified to run the Pentagon. His prior experience yakking on Fox News, and mismanaging a couple of small charities is not preparation to run an enterprise with a budget of $850 billion and over three million people.

Now that Mommy Hegseth has come to the rescue of her sleazy son, we have to ask, where the heck was Lloyd Austin’s mother? In these harrowing times, can we really afford to have a Defense Secretary whose mom hasn’t shielded him from the nefarious forces of the political opposition and the press? And now that they are facing the prospect of Trump and Hegseth and his mother, Vladimir Putin and his mother must be shaking in their boots.

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