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The Department of War just shot the accountants and opted for speed

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285 points ridruejo | 14 comments | 11 Nov 25 14:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.553s | source | bottom
1. sebmellen ◴[11 Nov 25 14:55 UTC] No.45887912[source]▶
Out of all of the hires of this new administration, Hegseth is the most surprisingly competent.
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2. UltraSane ◴[11 Nov 25 14:59 UTC] No.45887972[source]▶
He is competent at firing more competent people than himself.
3. noir_lord ◴[11 Nov 25 15:04 UTC] No.45888042[source]▶
> Out of all of the hires of this new administration, Hegseth is the most surprisingly competent.

He is indeed the worlds tallest midget.

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4. sebmellen ◴[11 Nov 25 15:05 UTC] No.45888068[source]▶
I think this article mirrors my thoughts well: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/opinion/pete-hegseth-spee....
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5. giraffe_lady ◴[11 Nov 25 15:16 UTC] No.45888221{3}[source]▶
Yeah I kinda figured but thanks for the confirmation.
6. NickC25 ◴[11 Nov 25 15:22 UTC] No.45888304[source]▶
The metric of competence here is that he spends less time on his makeup on a daily basis than his boss.
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7. hypeatei ◴[11 Nov 25 21:13 UTC] No.45892943[source]▶
At leaking war plans on Signal?
8. baggachipz ◴[11 Nov 25 21:15 UTC] No.45892965[source]▶
Indeed that is a low bar to cross.
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9. lovich ◴[11 Nov 25 21:31 UTC] No.45893168[source]▶
What about this is showing competence? So far it’s just a wild promise of success
10. navbaker ◴[11 Nov 25 22:26 UTC] No.45893741[source]▶
A competent person does not summon every senior leader in his worldwide organization to be physically present for an hour in an auditorium while he blusters and attempts to deliver TV-ready one-liners. A competent person also does not take over a massive organization that relies on these senior executives’ decades of experience and immediately fire a non-trivial number of them because of their gender or skin color.
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11. mikeyouse ◴[11 Nov 25 23:41 UTC] No.45894437{3}[source]▶
I’m not certain that’s true. One of many absurdities buried by the avalanche of corruption and malfeasance: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/hegseth-orders-makeup-studi...
12. mcswell ◴[12 Nov 25 03:28 UTC] No.45896105[source]▶
I gotta remember that one!
13. sebmellen ◴[12 Nov 25 08:24 UTC] No.45897656[source]▶
I’m no admirer and I’m speaking relatively here. That’s why I said surprising. I think we could agree he’s a level above Matt Gaetz or “special envoy” Witkoff.

This article kind of mirrors my thoughts about his speech https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/opinion/pete-hegseth-spee....

14. sebmellen ◴[12 Nov 25 08:27 UTC] No.45897688[source]▶
Sadly so.