Last night, after the only event on his schedule all week was canceled, the Secretary of Defense took to social media to humiliate what he thought was a member of Canada’s military, sharing a photo captioned “(this is real),” expecting the world to laugh at the body of the person in uniform. But the account was called “cadets.vernon.” It was a photo from a youth cadet program for children ages 12 to 18, showing a young person being awarded a medal by a volunteer. The man responsible for running the entire Department of Defense could not read what was in front of him, and used his position to mock a child’s body. Canada’s leaders called it “beneath the office,” and one reminded him that 158 Canadians died in Afghanistan after our country was attacked. The Pentagon did not take it down or apologize.
None of this is new. Hegseth has been telling us who he is for years. His own mother once wrote that he was “an abuser of women.” He was confirmed by a single tie-breaking vote amid concerns about his drinking. He leaked strike plans on Signal and lied about it. He recited a Pulp Fiction line as a prayer at a Pentagon service. And on the first day of the Iran war, a U.S. missile struck a girls’ school, killing at least 110 children, and he blamed Iran. Now his own Pentagon is falling apart. Six four-star commanders formally warned the Iran war is unsustainable, with over half our cruise missiles gone and deployments extended into 2027, and the Army Secretary resigned rather than stay. Hegseth’s answer to remove anyone who tells him the truth.
I keep thinking about how a true military leader acts. On the night before D-Day, General Eisenhower walked among the paratroopers, looked them in the eye, and wrote a note taking full personal responsibility should the invasion fail, before a single soldier hit the beach. The distance between that man and Pete Hegseth is the distance between everything this country was supposed to be and everything it is becoming. Trump has now announced strikes had resumed on Iran, Iran retaliated, and a U.S. strike hit a home during a wedding, killing four, including a child. Our country and the world are in serious trouble. But even now, people are willing to call it wrong. Six commanders said no in writing. An Army Secretary walked away. There are far more of us than there are of them. November is when we prove it.
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This video is based on my written post, available HERE, and based on the events of 9-1-2026.
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