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Rumsfeld put in the work and was very smart. His natural disposition was such that, when given the ring of power, things went badly.

The current head of DoD is basically a manosphere influencer that bumbled into this job.

Now, I'm not an endocrinologist, just an aging guy, but from my current vantage point it appears that over the course of my life, many stupid decisions have been made that I have lived to tell about. I can't help but feel that my "wisdom of age" might just be testosterone getting out of the way.

This is all to say that our current "situation" just kinda looks like one insecure guys roid rage when you take a big step back.

> I can't help but feel that my "wisdom of age" might just be testosterone getting out of the way.

I was thinking the same recently, analyzing my life choices then and now. We can't do a double-blinds study with these things, but I believe you might be right.

Trump was pretty clear he chose him because he looked good in TV.

And keeps him because he's good at the number one priority, being a fluffer.

plus, he could hold his liquor.

and does not take no for an answer.

Also, does not say no to an order

Eh, I’d say more he hadn’t been fired for being drunk. Part of the trick to being a success as a functional alcoholic is being a white guy.

Please don’t ask how I know.

The entire cabinet and appointed administration positions is full of the closest to Idiocracy level people.

It's just an oversight that they haven't started manufacturing Brawndo, the Thirst Mutilator.

Which is a little ironic given one of their arguments against DEI policies is that it chooses less qualified people in the name of diversity. If this administration isn't nominating on the basis of merit, what standing do they have to target law firms with DEI policies? [1]

[1] https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/addr...

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