Hegseth SCREWS Himself With Disastrous Military Recruit Mistake
December 20, 2025
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as posted by the channelDonald Trump's Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sinks himself with a stunning mistake as he insults Americans to top recruiters as the Trump administration pulls a desperate stunt claiming they will give extra money to recruits to boost numbers. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth tells military recruiters many young Americans are ‘too fat’ or ‘too dumb’ to serve
"Many Americans are “too dumb” or “too fat” to serve in the military, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a gathering of top recruiters at the Pentagon on Thursday, even as he celebrated recent positive recruiting numbers.
“I know it’s not easy on the basic ingredients on recruiting,” Hegseth said. “Too many of our young people are too fat or too dumb — not dumb, that’s wrong. You know, we’re just not educating them properly or they’ve got criminal records, or ADHD, or all these other things.”
Despite this claim, Hegseth went on to say the policies of the Trump administration, which recently included a “warrior dividend” bonus check for the troops, were driving a surge in recruitment, nonetheless, a sign that young Americans want to join a “war-fighting entity, not a woke institution.”"
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