{"id":68375,"date":"2025-12-01T12:59:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68375"},"modified":"2025-12-01T12:59:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:59:39","slug":"the-nauseating-christmas-wish-of-trumps-bloodthirsty-secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68375","title":{"rendered":"The Nauseating Christmas &#8216;Wish&#8221; of Trump&#8217;s Bloodthirsty Secretary of &#8216;War&#8217; Pete Hegseth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the American people recover from their Thanksgiving feasts, Donald Trump and his Republican MAGA cult in Washington are demonstrating their ability to sink lower in morality, legality, and even holiday spirit, than anyone previously thought possible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=The Nauseating Christmas 'Wish\" of Trump's Bloodthirsty Secretary of 'War' Pete Hegseth%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68375\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post this article on Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/intent\/compose?text=The Nauseating Christmas 'Wish\" of Trump's Bloodthirsty Secretary of 'War' Pete Hegseth%20https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68375\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post on Bluesky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-christmas-warrior.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump Christmas\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36566\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trump is devoting his profoundly short attention span to deporting law abiding migrants, including citizens, and building his elitist White House ballroom. His Attorney Genuflect, Pam Bondi, is persecuting Democratic members of Congress, on Trump&#8217;s orders, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68331\" target=\"_blank\">blaming President Biden for all manner of crimes<\/a><\/strong> committed on Trump&#8217;s watch. Meanwhile, American families are struggling to cope with the economic disasters caused by Trump&#8217;s ignorant agenda of tariffs and cozying up to corporations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68318\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Promises Higher Prices \u2018On Everything\u2019 Just in Time for the Holidays \u2013 No, Really!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Which brings us to Trump&#8217;s Secretary of <em>&#8220;War&#8221;<\/em> (a post that doesn&#8217;t actually exist), Pete Hegseth. Having graduated from weekend Fox News host to Pentagon Chief, Hegseth has distinguished himself as incompetent, callous, and brazenly criminal. And now that he has gotten through the Thanksgiving holidays, he is concentrating on his disgustingly barbaric and lawless anti-drug trafficking efforts in the Caribbean, where he has engaged in murdering suspects without ever producing a shred of evidence of any crime.<\/p>\n<p>Not satisfied with merely blowing up potentially innocent fishermen, Hegseth just posted a meme on his Twitter\/X account that exhibits his grossly reprehensible disrespect for human life, along with his Christmas <em>&#8220;wish.&#8221;<\/em>. The meme featured a character from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franklin_the_Turtle_(books)\" target=\"_blank\">a beloved children&#8217;s book series<\/a><\/strong> gunning down people in boats, with a headline that reads <em>&#8220;Franklin Targets Narco Terrorists,&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:fviqe3xscfdntuwbuzppqetg\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m6w7xxd5ok2x\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreihqk2ewh7hxrjbpl26sukqevwekq66ajqogztzssabalabltfbeoe\">\n<p lang=\"en\">Trump&#39;s Secretary of &#34;War,&#34; Pete Hegseth, thinks it&#39;s funny to joke about killing people. No sane military leader thinks that&#39;s funny, even in wartime. Hegseth is a seriously disturbed person. And so is Trump.Especially since they have no evidence of guilt.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:fviqe3xscfdntuwbuzppqetg?ref_src=embed\">News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:fviqe3xscfdntuwbuzppqetg\/post\/3m6w7xxd5ok2x?ref_src=embed\">2025-12-01T10:31:36.121Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So Hegseth thinks it&#8217;s funny to joke about killing people. No sane military leader thinks that&#8217;s funny. Even in wartime reputable officers and soldiers are averse to the death of fellow human beings. Hegseth, on the other hand, is a seriously disturbed person with a sick affinity for slaughtering strangers at sea. And so is Trump. Especially since they have no evidence of guilty conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was asked about the reports that Hegseth ordered a second bombing of a boat in order to <em>&#8220;kill everyone&#8221;<\/em> aboard, including survivors of the first strike, which is unambiguously a war crime. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/acyn.bsky.social\/post\/3m6v2c3my652b\" target=\"_blank\">Trump replied<\/a><\/strong> that <em>&#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t have wanted that. Not a second strike.&#8221;<\/em> But he still defended Hegseth&#8217;s actions and denial of any wrongdoing. However, committing war crimes is consistent with Hegseth&#8217;s views on combat. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/pete-hegseth\/flashback-when-pete-hegseth-endorsed-soldiers-executing-captured-alleged-combatants\" target=\"_blank\">Media Matters compiled several comments<\/a><\/strong> he made defending war crimes, and the soldiers who committed them, while working at Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and his administration cronies are actively trying to cover up and distort reports about these crimes. But <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/house-senate-launch-inquiries-reported-second-strike-alleged-drug-boat-rcna246496\" target=\"_blank\">Congress is preparing to investigate further<\/a><\/strong> with members of both parties interested in acquiring more details and testimony. That is not likely to exonerate either Hegseth or Trump. And it certainly doesn&#8217;t excuse the sort of vile behavior displayed by Hegseth in posting his Franklin meme.<\/p>\n<p>What is likely is that Trump et al are using this scandal to distract the American people from Trump&#8217;s abysmal failure to serve the interests of the people. The economy is in freefall. Prices are for everything from groceries to housing to healthcare are skyrocketing. And the families of neighbors are being ripped apart for no good reason. Is it any wonder that Trump&#8217;s approval polling continues a steep slide into the abyss of presidential polling? According to CNN&#8217;s polling analyst, Harry Enten&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Trump is at the lowest point he is in his second term. [&#8230;] Anywhere you look this is the second worst [after Nixon] for either party at this point in their second term dating all the way back since the 1940s.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Gallup&#39;s poll = disaster for Trump.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP IS TOAST! (And the GOP too) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EhNFBrYMf1\">https:\/\/t.co\/EhNFBrYMf1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; News Corpse (@NewsCorpse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsCorpse\/status\/1995549824222200263?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>But hey&#8230;Trump will get a huge new ballroom, a jet plane from Qatar, and billions from his crypto grift ops. So it&#8217;s all worth it, right? Right? RIGHT?<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED STORIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68353\" target=\"_blank\">HUH? 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