THE GUARDIAN: Trump’s embattled secretary of defence nominee expresses contentious views on gay service members in latest book
Policies allowing out gay people to serve in the US military have been denounced as part of a “Marxist” agenda aimed at prioritising social justice above combat-readiness by Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s embattled defence secretary pick.
The assertion was among many contentious “anti-woke” views expressed in Hegseth’s latest book, The War on Warriors, published this year, in which he lambasted a previous policy – known as don’t ask, don’t tell (DADT) – that tolerated gay service members as long as they did not disclose their sexual orientation, while also excoriating its repeal. » | Robert Tait | Thursday, December 12, 2024
Democracy is dying in the USA. It is being taken over by a plutocratic autocracy. The USA will never be the same after Donald Trump’s second term in office. And it might well not even be his last term in office, either. Donald Trump will not respect the US Constitution, so if Donald Trump wants a third term in office, he’ll engineer it. And a fourth term for his offspring, too. Conclusion: Donald Trump is the very worst thing that has ever happened to the USA. He is the West’s worst nightmare. Good night, America! The West as we have known it is in its twilight years. It, too, will never be the same again. – © Mark Alexander
