The underlying principle of the Republican Party, and even more so for this administration is this: “If you are able to do something to someone, then you are entitled to, period.” (Originally quoted from Scyllith, the Goddess of Light, Beauty, and Cruelty from The Gods Are Bastards)
They prevent people from getting healthcare because they enjoy the suffering.
Rude-Strawberry-6360 on
I’m not worried about a special military meal before going into combat. I’m concerned far more about the price to go into combat. Weapons, missiles, ships, planes, troops. All massive amounts of unnecessary spending. But no to healthcare for Americans.
That’s the infuriating part.
Agent-Adept on
What so sad is that a large portion of the 82 million are MAGAts. As long as so many people in our country are such idiots, people like Trump and Hegseth can get away with whatever they want to.
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biscuitarse on
Crabs, too, and I’m guessing it’s not the first time.
ToNoMoCo on
And fruit basics and a make up room and posters of himself all over the pentagon
kypen on
This narrative is entirely missing the point. The steak/lobster is a traditional pre-war meal for troops before being deployed. It’s a sort of “last tour of pleasures” before the horrors of war.
And Hesgeth did this while Trump was saying there never was a war, but the war was over.
The point is the lack of a plan for disrupting the global economy by attacking Iran.
YesterShill on
The Trump administration is the most corrupt in the history of America.
Promethia on
It’s not about the steak and lobster, it’s about Pete not being deserving of any.
OhioValleyCat on
Diamond Pete Hegseth gets more than just lobster on the public dime. Trump, Hegseth others in the administration, and their corporate allies are using public funds to enrich themselves and they get away with it, because they use immigrants, trans, Muslims, or DEI as scapegoats for the cause of all the problems in America that enough voters don’t care about their mass corruption.
Sweaty_Lobster_1572 on
The steak and lobster is a tradition, troops get it before deployment. The problem is Hegseth served it while Trump was publicly saying the war was already won.
HR_King on
How much are we paying for Whiskey Pete’s cocaine and hookers?
Pattonator70 on
It’s the great rule from Congress of use it or lose it. So if you don’t spend it then you get less the next year. Why is this just known now?
TheDukeofArgyll on
A huge part of this that most people are ignorantly of, is historically a lot of federal agency are extremely frugal with money and act in that way so the public has confidence in them being good stewards of their tax dollars. Then decade after decade republicans bitch about wasteful spending and every agency has to get even more stingy and tighten their budgets even further. Slash benefits, understaff offices, contract out everything. Then when republicans are in charge they do shit like this without fail.
ericdeben on
Lazy outrage bait of two completely different and unrelated policies. What else is new.
crazybones on
So the greatest nation on Earth cannot provide 82 million people in its population with affordable healthcare.
And yet second-rate states like Denmark, Sweden, Finland, the UK and Brazil are managing to offer free or largely free healthcare to all citizens.
How is this possible?
prophet0621 on
I don’t want my tax dollars to pay this idiot.
swampcholla on
The original article is the biggest piece of misleading bullshit I’ve seen on the internet in some time. While no doubt the office of the Secretary of Defense bought pricy food items, its not like Hegseth personally signed off on the purchases. Every major command has a budget for VIP food and events. Its not particularly out of the ordinary. Ref: I was on a 3-star USMC staff and there were fancy events several times per year
Glad-Process-3268 on
The DOD has never passed an audit.Particularly, the food supply chain entity has had several instances of fraud in just the last decade alone.
blueishblackbird on
You mean, mass murderer Pete Hegseth?
DokeyOakey on
Pete Hegseth needs his shit kicked in in a dark alley.
pappy413 on
Clueless, careless, chuckle head.
Hpfanguy on
“Let them eat cake” has never ended.
Bonersaurus69 on
Stop accepting this. Organize and remove.
Intelligent_Bag_6705 on
Can anyone clarify something for me. I have heard two different things: One was that this lobster and crab was for him and his cohorts at the pentagon and the other was that this was lobster and crab for the deployed military members. I’m just trying to figure out which one it was
Self-Aware on
That is roughly *$500 per doughnut run*, are they studded with non-leaf gold or soaked in glenfiddich??
RichChocolateDevil on
“Let them eat cake”
– Pete Hegseth
jcarreraj on
These meals for our troops has happened under every other administration and now you guys have a problem with it?
scatterbrained_scamp on
I have a shitty HDHP plan and no money to even go to the doctor for a checkup and there’s a couple of things I’m worried about for sure.
FunFunFun8 on
77 million people voted for this. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to wrap my head around that
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The underlying principle of the Republican Party, and even more so for this administration is this: “If you are able to do something to someone, then you are entitled to, period.” (Originally quoted from Scyllith, the Goddess of Light, Beauty, and Cruelty from The Gods Are Bastards)
They prevent people from getting healthcare because they enjoy the suffering.
I’m not worried about a special military meal before going into combat. I’m concerned far more about the price to go into combat. Weapons, missiles, ships, planes, troops. All massive amounts of unnecessary spending. But no to healthcare for Americans.
That’s the infuriating part.
What so sad is that a large portion of the 82 million are MAGAts. As long as so many people in our country are such idiots, people like Trump and Hegseth can get away with whatever they want to.
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Crabs, too, and I’m guessing it’s not the first time.
And fruit basics and a make up room and posters of himself all over the pentagon
This narrative is entirely missing the point. The steak/lobster is a traditional pre-war meal for troops before being deployed. It’s a sort of “last tour of pleasures” before the horrors of war.
And Hesgeth did this while Trump was saying there never was a war, but the war was over.
The point is the lack of a plan for disrupting the global economy by attacking Iran.
The Trump administration is the most corrupt in the history of America.
It’s not about the steak and lobster, it’s about Pete not being deserving of any.
Diamond Pete Hegseth gets more than just lobster on the public dime. Trump, Hegseth others in the administration, and their corporate allies are using public funds to enrich themselves and they get away with it, because they use immigrants, trans, Muslims, or DEI as scapegoats for the cause of all the problems in America that enough voters don’t care about their mass corruption.
The steak and lobster is a tradition, troops get it before deployment. The problem is Hegseth served it while Trump was publicly saying the war was already won.
How much are we paying for Whiskey Pete’s cocaine and hookers?
It’s the great rule from Congress of use it or lose it. So if you don’t spend it then you get less the next year. Why is this just known now?
A huge part of this that most people are ignorantly of, is historically a lot of federal agency are extremely frugal with money and act in that way so the public has confidence in them being good stewards of their tax dollars. Then decade after decade republicans bitch about wasteful spending and every agency has to get even more stingy and tighten their budgets even further. Slash benefits, understaff offices, contract out everything. Then when republicans are in charge they do shit like this without fail.
Lazy outrage bait of two completely different and unrelated policies. What else is new.
So the greatest nation on Earth cannot provide 82 million people in its population with affordable healthcare.
And yet second-rate states like Denmark, Sweden, Finland, the UK and Brazil are managing to offer free or largely free healthcare to all citizens.
How is this possible?
I don’t want my tax dollars to pay this idiot.
The original article is the biggest piece of misleading bullshit I’ve seen on the internet in some time. While no doubt the office of the Secretary of Defense bought pricy food items, its not like Hegseth personally signed off on the purchases. Every major command has a budget for VIP food and events. Its not particularly out of the ordinary. Ref: I was on a 3-star USMC staff and there were fancy events several times per year
The DOD has never passed an audit.Particularly, the food supply chain entity has had several instances of fraud in just the last decade alone.
You mean, mass murderer Pete Hegseth?
Pete Hegseth needs his shit kicked in in a dark alley.
Clueless, careless, chuckle head.
“Let them eat cake” has never ended.
Stop accepting this. Organize and remove.
Can anyone clarify something for me. I have heard two different things: One was that this lobster and crab was for him and his cohorts at the pentagon and the other was that this was lobster and crab for the deployed military members. I’m just trying to figure out which one it was
That is roughly *$500 per doughnut run*, are they studded with non-leaf gold or soaked in glenfiddich??
“Let them eat cake”
– Pete Hegseth
These meals for our troops has happened under every other administration and now you guys have a problem with it?
I have a shitty HDHP plan and no money to even go to the doctor for a checkup and there’s a couple of things I’m worried about for sure.
77 million people voted for this. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to wrap my head around that
inept and wasteful management
He requires more oil for his hair