Pete Hegseth held another press conference earlier today and some in media who didn't seem very alarmed when Joe Biden's SecDef Lloyd Austin went missing for a few days were again triggered by Trump's Secretary of War.
Former Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd is among those "journalists" who not only don't like Hegseth's style (and who cares as long as servicemembers do) but are also calling
Poor Pete Hegseth, he’s clearly got the worst case of poser complex DC’s ever seen and that’s saying something.
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) April 16, 2026
Seriously?
Sure @ChuckTodd, the man with a two decade decorated military record is a “poser”. https://t.co/1EwoLaqMVm
— Brad Slager: CNN+ Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) April 16, 2026
Ashton Carter was Obama's Secretary of Defense for a couple of years and never served in the military at all, but we don't recall "journalists" referring to him as a poser.
Irony detectors everywhere are melting because of a DC "journalist" calling Hegseth a poser.
A Democrat activist pretending to be a journalist saying this is pretty rich. https://t.co/fOksMOJbk6
— Super Journalist (Retired) - JOURN-EL of Skrypton (@Magnum_CK) April 16, 2026
You know what would be worse? Former journos who still lack self awareness.
— Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) April 16, 2026
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When has our military been more effective or had better recruiting numbers? The only one posing is you posing as unbiased. 🤡
— (((JimfromIowa))) (@The_Pendulum) April 16, 2026
On a final note, it's been a really rough month for "journalism," and here's another flashback example that's aging worse by the second.
Yucking it up with your boy . . . Good times! https://t.co/R8RzYzfOMS
— Maine Murf (@MaineMurf) April 16, 2026
2025. Chuck Todd discusses honesty and the superior morality of the Democrat party with Eric Swalwell.
— MAZE (@mazemoore) April 15, 2026
It mattered not to Chuck Todd or to about 100 other hosts that Eric Swalwell spent three years lying on national TV during the Russia collusion hoax. pic.twitter.com/wGPpMXQgvl
Yikes.
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