"It appears that members of Trump’s cabinet get chosen not despite their endorsements of violence, but because of them. Pete Hegseth was primarily known as a dapper TV host willing to defend war crimes. Markwayne Mullin is apparently still proud of challenging a witness to a fistfight at a Senate hearing; he also refuses to apologize for 'understanding' an assault on fellow senator Rand Paul."
~ Jan-Werner Müller
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #WhiteChristianNationalism
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Pete Hegseth is promoting a nihilist cult of death
The Trump administration is embracing violence for the sake of violenceJan-Werner Müller (The Guardian)
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Never before has an administration so openly glorified outright killing as the current White House propaganda machine does with its obscene snuff videos of the Iran war and the destruction of small boats.
Unlike with fascism in the 20th century, there is no attempt to promote or symbolically reward self-sacrifice –" (continued in /3)
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #WhiteChristianNationalism
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •(continued from /2)
"it is just video game-style killing at a distance, justified not with strategic objectives, but with seemingly uncontrollable emotions ('fury' and a thirst for vengeance). And all accompanied by open admissions that basic laws of warfare will be broken."
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #WhiteChristianNationalism
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"It seems that Hegseth and company are also promoting an ultimately nihilist cult of death. But it celebrates killing by pressing a button thousands of miles away; meanwhile, America’s own dead are dishonored, as Trump has used their repatriation to display his Maga merch and fundraise off the victims of war."
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #WhiteChristianNationalism
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •As Brian Kaylor reports, "Pete Hegseth’s Bible, like his body, is stamped with two Crusader tattoos."
The bible Hegseth used when he was sworn in has the same Crusader cross with which he's tattooed stamped on it, and has the stamp "Deus vult," also tatoooed on Hegseth's body.
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #WhiteChristianNationalism
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Pete Hegseth’s Crusader Bible
Brian Kaylor (A Public Witness)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •As Kaylor notes,
"White supremacists have appropriated Crusader imagery to cast themselves as Christian warriors fighting to drive out Muslims and others in the name of God."
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #WhiteChristianNationalism #war #HolyWar #Iran #zionism #Islamophobia
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"The death toll in the lawless U.S. campaign against alleged drug-smuggling boats rose to at least 159 on Thursday after a strike in the eastern Pacific killed two people and left one survivor, who was turned over to the Costa Rican Coast Guard, according to the Pentagon. It was the 46th such strike on the high seas."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #Hegseth #violence #WhiteChristianNationalism
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Trump DOJ Keeps Charging First and Investigating Later
David Kurtz (Morning Memo)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •Kurtz notes — and this is not beside the point of this thread:
"Elon Musk gave a 💯 to a tweet on his X platform that concluded: 'White solidarity is the only way to survive.'"
#Trump #Hegseth #ElonMusk #violence #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy
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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Elon Musk gave a 💯 to a tweet on his X platform that concluded: 'White solidarity is the only way to survive.'"
Hey, that is *really* great news, William! At least for any and all #WASP US citizens, right?
Because, as he has to sibblings, Elmo must've learned in his childhood that a synonym for 👉"solidarity" is "sharing."👈
So, instead of becoming the 1st #Trillionaire in history, he will disperse his ample wealth among his brethren.
How very generous of him!
#Sarcasm #Humor