It Ain’t Hegseth, It’s Trump. It Ain’t Patel, It’s Trump. And On And On And…

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

The Bravery Project

Joe, Politics, Trump, Wash, Joewalsh, News, Thedaily, Thelincolnproject, Podsaveamerica

4.6 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Sure, Pete Hegseth was utterly unqualified for his job. But who hired him? Same goes for Kash Patel, Dan Bongino, RFK Jr, Tulsi Gabbard and so many more. But the person to blame for each of them doing the destruction they’re each doing is Trump. This administration isn’t in trouble because of the people around Trump. It’s in trouble because of Trump.

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0:00.0	America, we got to get back to doing what's expected of us as free citizens in this democracy.
0:07.2	That means being tolerant, being respectful, staying informed, and being engaged.
0:13.4	I'm former Congressman Joe Walsh. Follow me here and join the millions of Americans who are renewing their social contract with each other.
0:23.4	The social contract, it's on us.
0:31.7	Stop it.
0:32.9	Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop blaming the people around Trump.
0:41.2	Stop blaming the people who work for Trump.
0:47.0	Stop blaming the people in Trump's cabinet.
0:51.7	Stop blaming Trump's cheerleaders.
0:57.9	Stop blaming the people that Donald Trump put in positions of power.
1:06.3	Blame Trump.
1:08.9	Blame Trump.
1:13.2	You're pissed off at how old is he now?
1:17.5	Pete Hegseth.
1:19.1	I thought he was 17.
1:21.0	I overshot that.
1:23.2	He may be like 15.
1:25.2	You're pissed off that a 15 year old-old is running the Department of Defense.
1:31.1	Don't get mad at Pete Hegseth.
1:33.1	He was in over his head from day one.
1:35.7	Get mad at Trump.
1:36.5	Trump put him there.
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