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David James

‘Maximum lethality!!!’: Pete Hegseth in bloodthirsty rant to military top brass, demands soldiers be allowed to do what they want to enemies

The newly crowned “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth is apparently having some kind of manic episode that’s leaving his staff terrified. Reports from his staff claim he’s “crawling out of his skin”, twitching and pacing around during meetings, and generally freaking everyone out.

We can’t know for sure what’s going on behind closed doors, though his speech certainly sounds like the ramblings of a man whose brain isn’t exactly running at full capacity. Having made the eyebrow-raising decision to summon all military officials above the rank of one-star general to Washington to hear him give a speech, he proceeded to deliver a speech that sounds like something out of Dr. Strangelove.

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