Is Hegseth the Dumbest Man in the Trump Admin?
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🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:29.7 | Hey, it's Will Salatin from The Bullwork. So who do you think is the dumbest person in the Trump |
| 0:36.5 | administration? Now, I know it's a tough contest, |
| 0:39.8 | but I think the answer might be Pete Hegeseth, the Secretary of War. Today, I want to show you |
| 0:47.4 | just how petty and incompetent and stupid this guy is. So here's the situation. We're in a war with Iran. |
| 0:56.7 | Now, setting aside, however you feel about that war, one of the main jobs of the Secretary of |
| 1:03.9 | war is to unite our country and to build the broadest possible coalition on our side. Instead, this idiot is doing everything he can |
| 1:15.3 | to alienate Americans and piss off other countries who should be our allies. So let me show you |
| 1:23.0 | the first briefing he gave on the war. This is March 2nd a month ago. |
| 1:28.9 | Iran had a conventional gun to our head as they tried to lie their way to a nuclear bomb. |
| 1:35.1 | It almost worked under Obama and his terrible deal, but not under this president. |
| 1:41.7 | This is three minutes into his first briefing on the war. |
| 1:45.8 | He hasn't even named the head or the former head of Iran, the country we're supposed to be |
| 1:53.5 | fighting. |
| 1:54.4 | Instead, he is already going after a former president of our country, Barack Obama. |
| 2:04.8 | American troops are out there fighting the enemy, |
| 2:13.1 | but Pete Hexeth is back here fighting a domestic political war. And then later in the same briefing, |
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