I'm trying to understand these picks.
Kristi Noem is extremely pro israel, going so far as to pass anti-hate speech laws which IMO goes against the 1st amendment.
I don't have any issue specifically with Pete Hegseth but I do wonder why he would pick a major to be Secretary of Defense instead of a general, especially if we know there are good generals out there that aren't just for show like Mark Milley.
I don't really know. That's my husbands opinion. I'll ask if there's some kind of written law or anything. We were talking about this nomination specifically because I thought it was some kind of joke at first. He likes the idea. I think a lot of enlisted soldiers will like it. There are so many toxic leaders in the military right now. Colonels wanting that first star who will do whatever they're told to get it. Generals looking for million dollar positions when they retire. It needs to change.
I think the way the media portrays some of these positions is not exactly how they actually work. Take for example the Joint Chiefs. The media made it sound like Milley had so much authority to do this and that. He was in a completely advisory position with little to no authority at all.
I say give Pete a chance, if it doesn't work out, Trump will replace him.