Hegseth harvests mockery and criticism
“We all do strange things when we are drunk”
Updated on October 1st, 2025 – 5:42 p.m.Reading time: 3 min.
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The appearance of the US President and his Minister of War ahead of the military chief triggers my head shaking in the USA and satirists in the USA. An overview.
President Donald Trump subsequently spoke of the “re -awakening of the war”. The short -term assembly left many officers at a loss – and met sharp comments in the press.
The “New York Times” writes: “An inexperienced Minister of Defense teaches the military chiefs about what is necessary for victory.” Hegseth’s speech has reflected his leadership style, in which he put less on meetings with foreign colleagues, but preferred to be in the scene with pull -ups and jogging rounds. “Hegseth mostly spoke from the perspective of a young officer who was still plagued by anger, pride and deep frustration about his service in Iraq almost two decades ago,” said the “New York Times”.
His goal was probably to turn the clock back into the simpler, clearer time of the Second World War, when the United States won “a great war” for the last time. “In his speech characterized by nostalgia, however, he did not deal with how much has changed in the past 75 years. Today, the military, led by Hegseth, is faced with a world, complex and changing security challenges that make it necessary that the Pentagon works with allies and partners. Hegseth’s vision of military strength leaves little space for such fine.”
According to Hegseth, Trump kept a “long, swarming speech”. The newspaper particularly highlights a quote from Trump. The US President casually mentioned that the military should use cities that are ruled by Democrats as practice premises. “Thousands of words from the President’s mouth bubble almost every day. Sometimes he inserts a wild insight over the direction in which he leads the country,” said the newspaper. In addition, the 79-year-old had shown a lot of energy in the past, “but on Tuesday he looked a bit exhausted. The longer his speech lasted, the more monotonous his voice became.”
The “Washington Post” In speeches, saw an “exercise in military nostalgia” and commented: “The most frightening was that President Donald Trump and Defense Minister Pete Hegseth – with her focus on personal care, fitness standards and ‘the enemy inside’ – apparently do not recognize that the fight in the 21st century is dominated by drones and artificial intelligence.” Trump even “spoke of introducing battleships again, a marine combat platform that was already outdated during the Second World War.”
