Pete Hegseth wants nothing short of a "High-T Department of War." Back in July, the warrior-in-chief ordered annual testosterone screening for troops aged 30 and over so they could operate at their "absolute best." Fatigue is among the symptoms of a testosterone deficiency. Whisper it, but the defense secretary is 46, and on Tuesday, as he stood at the Pentagon podium for the first time since May 5 to fight for his job, looked a little tired. Hegseth was up there to speak a day after Republican Representative Thomas Massie filed eight articles of impeachment at the House.
But this wasn't quite the same scowling, growling warlord we’ve seen in past performances. The script was classic High-T Hegseth, with big hairy words like "farce," "stunt," "sabotage." But the delivery wasn’t. This time, he read flatly for 16 minutes, half-heartedly took questions for under 10, and left.
Perhaps he had a screening appointment. In this latest edition of Newsweek’s Dissected, we take the scalpel to Hegseth’s low-T tirade against the attempt to impeach him. "What one disgruntled and defeated congressman is attempting is not oversight, and it’s not accountability.
It’s a political spectacle, a personal manifesto driven by ego and resentment." A political spectacle, you say? A personal manifesto driven by ego and resentment, you say? Sounds like Massie took a leaf out of Hegseth’s book.
"In the 250 years of our American Republic, no secretary of war or secretary of defense has ever been impeached for carrying out lawful military operations." That may say more about you than it does 250 years of the American Republic. Besides, the lawfulness is sort of the point. Massie’s articles claim the war violates the War Powers Resolution.
Unfortunately for you, enough Republicans seem to agree with him. "The proper remedy for a policy disagreement, it’s legislation, it’s debate, it’s the next presidential election." To be fair, in June, both chambers of Congress, under Republican control, passed a resolution directing the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran. The House vote was 215-208.
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