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Hegseth wobble
Confidence 5/5
★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5
Serious fuckup
Trump went public on December 6 to defend Pete Hegseth, but the move read less like strength than panic. The defense secretary nominee was still under heavy scrutiny over allegations of drinking, sexual misconduct, and financial mismanagement, and Trump’s own team had spent the week signaling that backup plans were being explored. When a president-elect has to blast social media praise into the void to keep a Cabinet pick alive, that is not a show of confidence — it is an admission that the nomination is wobbling.
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Gabbard red flag
Confidence 4/5
★★★☆☆Fuckup rating 3/5
Major mess
Nearly 100 former national security officials warned Senate leaders on December 6 about Tulsi Gabbard’s intelligence nomination and urged closed-door hearings. Their complaint was not subtle: they said her past comments and foreign-policy sympathies raised serious questions about judgment, bias, and fitness to brief the president and oversee the intelligence community. For Trump, this is another Cabinet pick turning into a credibility test before the administration has even started.
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