"During his tenure as secretary of defense, Hegseth has been unnaturally obsessed with building an anti-gay (and anti- women and anti-people-of-color) army. After he was nominated for the position in December, he said allowing gay troops to serve reflects a "Marxist agenda." In June, he ordered the U.S. Navy to remove a boat's title because it was named after Harvey Milk. And in October, the Pentagon criticized Netflix's Boots as "woke garbage.""
"I think Pete Hegseth names military operations by copying the names of different varieties of condoms in the men's room dispenser [image or embed] - Jonathan Douglas PhD CPsych (@jonathanconp.bsky.social) November 17, 2025 at 3:29 AM Coming soon: OPERATION HUSKY FARMBOY OPERATION THROBBING MEMBER OPERATION STRAPPING MANSERVANT OPERATION MORNING WOOD https://t.co/16bjNpQWzN - Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) November 16, 2025 And because Hegseth can't just be accidentally funny without his actions having deeply harmful consequences, the new military operations are chillingly awful."
Pete Hegseth has overseen new military operations while promoting a rebrand and pursuing aggressive maritime strikes. Operation Southern Spear formalizes boat strikes across the Caribbean and East Pacific that have killed about 80 Venezuelans; President Trump ordered 20 strikes and sank 21 boats without congressional approval. One reported victim was a fisherman earning $100 monthly supporting four children. Amnesty International reported that Operation Rough Rider involved an airstrike on a migrant detention center in Yemen that killed and injured dozens, warranting a war crime allegation. Hegseth has promoted anti-LGBTQ measures, removed a boat name honoring Harvey Milk, criticized diversity efforts, and spent over $1 billion on Pentagon rebranding.
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