Breakfast With Pete Hegseth
Jane Mayer, reporting for The New Yorker:
As recently as the spring of 2023, according to an account shared
last week with The New Yorker, Hegseth ordered three
gin-and-tonics at a weekday breakfast meeting with an acquaintance
in Manhattan. “It was an extremely strange experience,” his
companion that morning told me. “We met at Fox News in New York
for breakfast, and he suggested we go across the street to a bar.
It was, like, ten in the morning. Then he ordered two
gin-and-tonics at the same time for himself. To be polite, I
ordered one, too. But it was so strong I couldn’t drink it, so I
ordered coffee. Then he had a third gin-and-tonic. I don’t know
how he could pass a security clearance. But they’re trying to
create a culture where whistle-blowers are uncomfortable coming
forward.”
Until now, most American would have agreed that the secretary of defense ought not imbibe like the president of Russia on a state visit to Washington. A new wrinkle for the 2.0 kakistocracy.
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Jane Mayer, reporting for The New Yorker:
As recently as the spring of 2023, according to an account shared
last week with The New Yorker, Hegseth ordered three
gin-and-tonics at a weekday breakfast meeting with an acquaintance
in Manhattan. “It was an extremely strange experience,” his
companion that morning told me. “We met at Fox News in New York
for breakfast, and he suggested we go across the street to a bar.
It was, like, ten in the morning. Then he ordered two
gin-and-tonics at the same time for himself. To be polite, I
ordered one, too. But it was so strong I couldn’t drink it, so I
ordered coffee. Then he had a third gin-and-tonic. I don’t know
how he could pass a security clearance. But they’re trying to
create a culture where whistle-blowers are uncomfortable coming
forward.”
Until now, most American would have agreed that the secretary of defense ought not imbibe like the president of Russia on a state visit to Washington. A new wrinkle for the 2.0 kakistocracy.