Highlights from an interview with The Economist:
An instructive podcast, published six days ago, with Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for the secretary of defence position. A few takeaways: https://t.co/fPkLGjQAjV
— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) November 13, 2024
I think his book was a key reason for the pick. He’ll be an antidote to all of the woke nonsense that rose during the Obama administration.
I really like the “Warrior Board” concept to thin out the overabundance of 3 and 4 star generals and admirals. Plus root out the woke BS.
One of the stories floating around about why the generals hated Trump so much is that he brought in a bunch of trigger pullers and asked them what is really going on and they contradicted what the generals had been telling the President
I’d like to hear Hegseth’s take on the Navy. We have some real crucial decisions that need to be made about our blue water Navy right now, during the Trump administration. Any failure here will have severe ramifications for peace in the Pacific as early as the end of this decade (possibly sooner if we ignore it).
Yes, we have big problems. Some of these problems are relatively cheap and easy to solve but procurement of our super cool ships is a tough one.
Building ships in general, of any size, is a problem. We need to figure this one out and fast.
Shawn Ryan show is excellent if y’all aren’t aware of it.
Can’t watch all of them but the clips are good and some episodes are worth the time sink.