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The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Pete Hegseth Proves Incompetence Once Again

The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Steve Schmidt

News, Politics, Government

4.8784 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

While Trump commercializes the White House South Lawn, is Secretary of Defense is involved in yet another scandal involving Signal. Steve Schmidt breaks down "Signal-Gate II" and explains why Hegseth's behavior is a perfect example of this administration's incompetence. Subscribe for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewarningses.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/ X: https://x.com/SteveSchmidtSES

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0:00.0

It is April 22nd.

0:02.0

This is the warning.

0:04.0

What can be said about the disgrace on the South Lawn of the White House?

0:10.0

Now, no president has ever sought to sell the people's house to giant corporations.

0:17.0

But then again, no scumbag like Donald Trump has ever risen to the office of

0:23.2

President of the United States. And so it was a South Lawn fire sale. The White House completely

0:30.6

commercialized, Amazon, meta, all the tech oligarchs had their little spaces on the White House law.

0:40.3

Doesn't matter what the law says. Doesn't matter what the regulations say.

0:45.3

Because if Trump wants to do it, Trump can do it.

0:49.3

That is the fundamental central operating premise of the Trump regime, which is that Trump is above the law.

0:58.0

The rules, the regulations, the laws there for little people, the lesser thans, people like you.

1:05.0

They do not apply.

1:07.0

Now, imagine if you're a sergeant in the Marine Corps or a private and you lose your rifle.

1:13.6

Might there be a consequence?

1:16.6

What about for the Defense Secretary who puts secret battle plans during military operations

1:23.6

more than once into signal chats that include his former mistress, now his third wife,

1:30.8

his third tier lawyer, and his brother. And when the defense secretary is asked about it, does he

1:38.5

own up to it like a man? Does he respond to the questions with concepts that include accountability?

1:47.0

Responsibility.

1:48.0

Does he appreciate that he has massive authority and with it comes responsibility for other people's lives and the accountability for it?

1:58.0

Obviously not. Let's watch. See, this is what the media does. They take

2:03.8

anonymous sources from disgruntled former employees and then they try to slash and burn people

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