The transition drama is quite interesting. Where interesting is actually a little funny.
According to “people familiar with the discussions,” President Trump is considering replacing Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, if the Hegseth nomination stalls due to GOPe Senate intransigence.
Wall Street Journal – President-elect Donald Trump is considering Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as a possible replacement for Pete Hegseth, his pick to run the Pentagon, according to people familiar with the discussions, amid Republican senators’ concerns over mounting allegations about the former Fox News host’s personal life.
Picking DeSantis, a 2024 GOP primary rival for the presidency, would amount to a stunning turn for Trump. But he would also find in the governor a well-known conservative with a service record who shares Trump’s—and Hegseth’s—view on culling what they see as “woke” policies in the military.
Trump allies increasingly think Hegseth may not survive further scrutiny, according to people close to the president-elect’s team, which considers the next 48 hours to be crucial to his fate.
DeSantis was on an earlier list of potential defense secretary candidates that transition officials presented to the president. Trump ultimately went with Hegseth. But as Hegseth’s nomination has faltered, that list has been revived and DeSantis is again among the choices Trump is considering, the people said.
Trump could decide not to choose DeSantis and select another replacement, if Hegseth’s nomination falls apart, the people said. (read more)
What timeline is this again? LOL!
The fun one! This is hilarious.
We don’t hate them enough.
I certainly try to.
Who are these spineless, slithering snakes to pass judgment on anyone, let alone a genuine patriot who served this country with distinction.
Hegseth is perfect for the job.
That is an insult to all those reptilian snakes out in the wild.
Insert Clark Griswold’s description of his boss.
Fight For Hegseth!
I’m not too keen on Senate RINOs picking who’s fit to serve in Trump 2
The Propaganda Parrot Media has been digging in the dirt and slinging mud as fast and hard as they can.
Hegseth needs to put in their faces by pointing out they got it wrong when they were all in about Slow Joe not pardoning Hunter and that Kamala had it in the bag, so they’re not worth believing now.
The Propaganda Parrot Media are not in charge.
True, but they’re carrying the water for the Uniparty Vultures, serving up the dirt so they can justify denying any of all of President Trump’s nominees.
Hegseth says “I’ll drink to that!”
With the ex-Congressman and ex-DEA nominee.
No, he doesn’t. You just wish that because you are probably a welfare drunk yourself.
I hate to say this but it must be said.
Is it possible that PDJT is losing a bit of his business acumen?
With age, we often tend to trust the wrong people.
Just wondering.
That’s exactly what he’d like you to think.
Not a chance.
🎯
I hate to say it,but it needs to be considered. Do you think some people will try to undermine President Trump by making random comments? Just wondering.
Well said! I hope you are out there having fun with these commenters on many sites. America needs more comments that show up who the real commenters are!
I think so and also to try and influence Trump.
FAXU news tried to push DeSantis … to no avail but maybe the WSJ thinks they have more clout.
NO, he wants to hit the ground running and is already doing that before being sworn in.
Regardless of position, if a nomination could drag on, he wants a back up plan to keep things moving.
Trump is a planner and has a lot to get done in TWO years. In two years many in the swamp are up
for re-election. DeSantis would just stab him int he back again. I don’t buy into this anonymous rumor.
It’s more like someone at the WSJ wants DeSantis in there. The WSJ is a GOP establishment paper. If the WSJ wants him in there, we shouldn’t want him, even putting aside his untrustworthy track record with backstabbing anyone to get a head.
Today it seemed worthwhile to contact both of my fraud AZ Senators, just to inquire – Are you for the warmongers or for the warfighters? (Warmongers, of course.) This is where some D confirmation votes maybe get peeled off, when Democrats join us to ask this most excellent question.
If we keep this up, then the entire administration will be Floridians.
That would be a big mistake!
Most Floridians are not from Florida, btw.
Including. . . President Trump!
But they have to be blondes.
All bleached at that.
Too many folks from Florida.
Nice people there, and talented too, but it’s getting to be a bad look.
Stick with Pete.
With 4 feet of snow outside here and still no end in sight, I second that.
True. Too true. Trump’s biggest mistake so far was Pam Bondi; he should have thought outside the Florida box and tapped Ken Paxton, a Texan. Paxton would be a superb U.S. AG.
If Paxton were removed he’d be replaced by Jeb’s son.
It’s called the Florida Mafia, headed up by Wiles.
Although I don’t have an opinion on Hegseth yet, I can say the WSJ lost all credibility in PTrump’s first term. Certainly not giving them any credence now.
At least Trump is doing all this a couple months before he takes the oath, giving him time to adapt to what is happening.
I donquestion, though, how some of these nominees got the nod…….
Anonymous=fake
DeSantis after that major back stab will never serve in a Trump admin and should not.
Deborah63k: Citing “un-named sources” is journalstic malpractice.
Yeah, reporting rumors isn’t reporting the news.
What?!
I want to know if he’ll be bringing his boots to the job.
They were made for walking….
🤣
Maybe risers on flip-flops. All hat/boots, no cattle.
They’re more like disguised platform shoes.
Hornswoggle!
Actually, I pegged DeSantis for US Ambassador to Italy.
A four year vacation in Europe as a dignitary with all expenses paid including embassy parties. It would be an offer DeSantis (and Mrs DeSantis!) couldn’t refuse in return for appointing Matt Gaetz to the vacant Senate seat!
<Actually, I pegged DeSantis for US Ambassador to Italy.>
Meatball would be a hero over there 🙂
Actually at any good sandwich joint.
Like a sandwich?
ROFLOL!!!
Does she get to wear her long gloves & heels? Measure for drapes? Choose new china? She really should leave the camo tshirt in the US, though.
The Princess in camo leggings and spiked heels would fit right in.
Pegged and DeSantis in the same sentence…….
That made me crack up!
Ambassador to Disney.
🤣🤣
Well, Casey could be the next Disney Princess, gloves and tiara included.
“It would be an offer DeSantis (and Mrs DeSantis!) couldn’t refuse…..”
As in the movie, the story line remains:
Things are gonna start to turn ugly in the swamp as the Don starts to clean things up. So, to protect his favorite “boy” from getting Alfredo sauce all over his tie, Lil’ “Meatball” Ronnie is being sent back to the Old Country for a while. “Just until things cool off a bit, capisci?”
Evidently those reports of him being, basically, the town drunk are true?
Why?
Because someone said so?
Jim Bean ?
yeah and we all know pelosi is the house drunk.
Pete prefers them a lot younger than that.
We all do.
After what the corrupt, perverted Biden administration revealed in itself, how in the Hell can any of the Swamp pass judgement. I’ll take a drunk over a demented pervert that showered with his daughter or Kamela the sl*t that slept her way to the top , a low DEI candidate that is now being accused of mishandling campaign money.
Think of all the trans gender perverts, having sex in the senate chambers
And Trump doesn’t stand by his man?
Come on Trump, twist some arms , do what you have to
And reconsider Gaetz…. have him reverse his ‘no.’ Nobody is half as good as Gaetz would be in that position!
I beg to differ dear friend. Kamala did not sleep her way to the top! No, she was wide awake the whole time……..
Grant’s boozing didn’t prevent his victory over the Confederacy. Did it?
Not according to his co-anchors and several Fox coworkers.
So there is talk about DeSantis? with talk like this….Pete Hegseth Time is now up.
Now every one of them war mongering RINOS will be onboard with DeSantis.
Maybe President Trump was too quick to make announcements on his picks??
Nah….don’t underestimate Donald J. Trump; not a good idea….
His picks will be attacked no matter when they are announced
DeSantis is a better pick. Our defenses are in a miserable state. We need someone with not just the right vision, but also upper level management experience to tame that beast.
LMAO. NO!
IMO, management experience is highly overrated.
Oh hell no, RonD is not that person, regardless of if PH is or isn’t.
He’s been a great Governor, perhaps the best of 50. All the rhetoric won’t change that.
No. He’s a disloyal, Deep State pawn.
Apparently you’ve not been reading much of Sundance’s keen observations & knowledge about DeSantis. He’s also in Florida, you know.
For starters, did you know he took $72+ million from the Republican Governors Association for his PRESIDENTIAL RUN? Completely unethical if not illegal.
Please pay more attention.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/05/09/georgia-gov-brian-kemp-organizes-billionaire-bush-clan-on-sea-island-to-plot-state-for-desantis-while-ga-secretary-of-state-brad-raffensperger-meets-with-zuckerberg-ceir-election-manipulation-group/
PDJT posted pictures of meatball drinking 🍸 with his students. Meatball taught at a college in Ga. BTW…the female students were under age …..
He is not that guy/
Aqua,
Parody, satire, or both?
“The swamp is strong in this one.”
Whatever happened to the Trump plan being bandied about to put the Senate into recess so the President-elect could make recess appointments without Senate confirmation?
Whose nominees are these exactly…President Trump’s or Thune’s and McConnell’s?
“Supposedly” SOH Johnson had seen the light and was on board with MAGA.
I thought there was a recess appointment plan as well.
Hence, they need to destroy the reputation of Hegseth NOW before PDJT does recess appointments.
We’re actually supposed to believe something the WSJ is reporting?
What universe are we living in?
I don’t yet, this is too dumb, even for the chaos that is team trump. My guess just another person calling the WSJ to push their agenda or narratives, create riffs,etc.
Well….Anybody know anything else about the WSJ author of the Trump article? Sounds to me like he’s a not so famous writer who will print what he’s told.
From the Wall Street Journal:
Alex Leary covers national politics for The Wall Street Journal in Washington. He previously worked in D.C. for the Tampa Bay Times and began his career at the Valley News in New Hampshire.
From the Tampa Bay Times:
Alex was a Livingston Award finalist for a narrative on the death of a solider who became the first Medal of Honor recipient after the Sept. 11 attacks. He pocketed several Green Eyeshade awards, one for reporting on the 2016 presidential election. His work in Tallahassee led to the resignation of the state House speaker over a budget scandal.
Alex grew up in Central New York and graduated from Ithaca College. He first worked for the Valley News in New Hampshire before joining what was then called the St. Petersburg Times, a month before the 2000 presidential election drama.
Sounds like a very economical hire. 😉
WSJ is GOPe. Paper has gone from a conservative ish business paper to mostly liberal on the news. All the kids they hired. Opinion page is GOPe. They are trying to push something for McConnell and Thune.
You really think Trump would nominate a classless idiot in pointy toe high heels, who sat quietly by while the FBI raided Trump’s home, and knowing permission to use deadly force was issued?
Keeping Ronco and especially Casey DeSantis out of DC is most important.
I won’t believe this unless Trump says so himself. These “people involved in the discussions” tend to be fake.
The Democrats really are afraid of Hegseth.
Correction…REPUBLICANS are afraid of Hegseth
Damn straight, Talcum.
You were correct on both.
I’m waiting to see who has the Grit to see this BS SOD nomination through to the finish.
There’s some game-playing going on in the Senate over Hegseth and quite frankly, I put very little credibility in these allegations. It’s the same ole, same ole game that’s played over and over again.
I’ll wait before judging.
Just because someone accuses doesn’t mean it’s true, however, the accused has to have the Grit and bonafides to seal the deal.
And the WSJ gets their information from……..
“unknown sources”…….Or “whoever”
The Ouija Board?
Yes, DD.
That about sums it up in a kinder and more digestible way for the masses to understand TPTB
Top Gov!!!!!
HUH? Surely, surely this is fantasy. Ron DeSantis has no backbone, no ability to stand up to anyone or for anything. He is deep state to the core, believes in eternal wars, provided national guard trainers to Ukraine.
We stood by President Trump as he faced lawfare, smears, and attempted assassinations. We and he should stand by Pete Hegseth.
My thoughts, exactly!!! Look at the terrible things they said about President Trump. They spent probably billions of our dollars trying to convince us of these terrible things!
The SWAMP’S objection and their ALLIED MSM leaks and reports means that tbe pick is OVER THE TARGET – someone who scares them and will be effective!
if the swamp and their Allied MSM DO NOT OBJECT and dig up dirt on a pick, BEWARE!!!
Next order of business should be to release the proof of how much taxpayer money has been spent in recent years, protecting these same swamp critters from lawsuits due to illegal activities! Many of which are worse than those of which they are accusing Hegseth!
Good to be appreciated for who one’s adverseries are.
Now that is clarity, national.
How about standing up for a decorated combat vet who stood up for us and WOULD BE AWESOME AT DOING THE JOB BECAUSE HE IS EXEMPLARILY QUALIFIED TO FIX OUR WOKE PAPER TIGER MILITARY??
This has to be a Monty Python holy grail alternative universe these swamp sloths are pushing out.
Hegseth had me at Hello when he used the word, “lethality.”
Maybe all these pics are to confuse the senate and they won’t even know who they are trying to dig up dirt on anymore? 🤣🤣 Senate won’t even know who they are confirming 🫨
That would be a no. Hegseth is best for the job. Period.
CBS News Hack Norah O’Donnell Smears Pete Hegseth: ‘Nomination is in Serious Jeopardy’ (VIDEO)
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/cbs-news-hack-norah-odonnell-smears-pete-hegseth/
no, her job is in serious jeopardy and she needs to juice her ratings.
another way to position rick scott as Fl gov?😂
Matt Gaetz governor and move Lara Trump into Senate?
yes, something just tells me ronco is going to be replaced by somebody! 😂
(forgot r. scott had already served as gov, but you got the drift😁)
No to Lara, she lost a lot of seats to cheating, after the election, she seemed to disappear
Oh???
Rick Scott has already been gov of Florida.
yes, thank you, see my reply to chooseamerica above.
i was laughing so hard at what i see as the naked desire to remove ron that i sorta glossed over that fact!😂😂
NeoCons at the WSJ want DeSantis..
Pete Hegseth = John Tower redux ?
Khobar Towers
Top Goof.
I’m probably in the minority the last month, but Gaetz, Patel, and Hegseth as the initial picks make no sense to me. Underage or not, Gaetz wrote personal checks to hookers. Hegseth is a TV personality, as is Patel. I was a teacher for many years, and other than the kids of teachers themselves, the most screwed up kids and parents BY FAR were families of TV personalities. Just a hot mess of psychodrama.
I understand Trump’s thinking in terms of gauging people on their swampiness. I just have a hard time believing he can’t find anyone senior who hates the woke military and endless wars. I guess it shows you how bad the military is these days.
And DeSantis? He SUPPORTS THE UKRAINE WAR. It’s probably the single biggest policy reason he got blown away in the primaries.
You are wrong on Patel. He did serious work investigating the FISA abuses and related.
Reagan was a tv personality
True dat
See above
checkmate
Uh, no, see above…
Yes, and what about his kids?
Uh, yeah, if you ignore that he ran and won GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA TWICE.
It is too much to ask that we have at least some minimum threshold of qualification?
And if you’re trying to tell me his kids aren’t a hot mess, well…
I seem to remember a famous president who was a TV and movie personality, but from there went on to become governor of CA before becoming President.
You do remember him, don’t you?
Didn’t that same Media personality sign into law the 1986 Federal Gun Control law?
And amnesty
Do you remember his kids?
Selective amnesia seems to be contagious, lol
Thank you for making my point.
You apparently get your news from democrats & other liars. Most of what you wrote is simply not true.
You are wrong about Patel
I guess we’ll find out, eh?
TV personality? You mean like DJT?
And what did Trump do before that? You don’t get to cherry pick experience.
And then he got elected and found out how Washington works, the hard way.
Hegseth’s nomination is not faltering. He is being targeted by a smear campaign by all the neocons, RINOs, and war mongers who want to keep the gravy train rolling – the gravy train we elected Trump to stop. Need to axe these journos who are nothing more than nasty Iagos.
You make very valid points that I hope many will keep in mind.
At some point don’t you have to make them go to the confirmation hearing and make them place their votes?
If he gets voted down, then we target all of our resources to oust the establishment traitors.
Then next nomination up. Wash, rinse, repeat until we get a MAGA approved nominee.
I would still consider having Col MacGregor on deck.
I don’t think the Col. would take the job atm.
Really he probably actually to AF for this administration and most def for the senate. Heck they moaned even when he was just a wh advisor to dod in some capacity very late in the last term. No doubt there is a lobby def trying to keep him from getting considered for any role this time, cause he dared to call out some realities. On the actual merrits though, an excellent candidate. I thought he would have made a better envoy to ukr\rus (no conf needed, and less lobby issues in limited role), and it would have signaled the right tone of ‘we’re ready to get realistic’, but instead the admin selects Kellogg.
The Iago reference is awesome.
R De S will only take the job if he can have Austin’s Darth Vadar/Beekeeper outfit.
OMG!
Girth Vader.
Shall he be replaced by Baby Yoda?
That outfit is a classic. Come to think of it Joe Biden’s appointees were spectacularly costumed.
Yes, let’s not forget the fabulously dressed, (in other people’s clothes), luggage thief!
The biggest collection of grotesques outside of Barnum and Bailey in my lifetime.
It is probably just me, but the mask he is wearing under that face shield makes him look like an actor who escaped from the Planet of the Apes.
ROFLOL!!!!
He looks like something straight out of an American Sunday paper cartoon during the Cold War. Several of the Russian Generals satirically drawn featured chests full of medals that were actually knives and forks.
Nope, more BS from the Murdoch clownboys.
I swear he sends out messages like this just to troll the uniparty…lol
Me too. 😊
LOL, very plausible. Listen to Mr Wonderful talk about how PDJT trolled Trudeau LOL:
I’ll wait. Seems like there are already too many chatty “source close to…” running around. It’s also turned out that “sources” are just Fig Newtons® of the writer’s imagination, borne of necessity.
Gov. Jeanette Núñez?
I would actually welcome this placement.
DeSantis has done yeoman’s work rooting out the woke from Florida institutions, something the military sorely needs. He is running a large organization right now, and can maneuver through the MIC rapids.
Heck, the guy placed Christopher Rufo on the board of New College! He can bring the reform heat when he wants to.
Just don’t expect any reform of the corporate part of the MIC while he’s in charge. But for now, rooting out the Reds is the most important thing in my opinion.
And yes, I just retired and had to work with the political commissars. They and all their support structures need to be rooted out!
His family life is also not a complete sh*t show, so would most likely get confirmed.
He’s a traitor to Trump
Mara Lago ring a bell?
They had orders to shoot to
Kill!!!
Pardon me? Ha ha ha. That has been my phrase for the day. I think for the next few weeks I’ll just pretend I am hard of hearing (the way I appear I think it will be believable). Sometimes a pun is appreciated. I just need to find one of those old timey tin horns that the hard of hearing used to use.
Never mind that this whole conversation originates from a post from The Wall Slime Journal. Seems they have been in desperation mode for quite a while now trying to survive with readership of dwindling numbers. I may be confusing them with the New York Slimes.
And yeah verily, please inform me if DeSantis ever held a gun in his hands?
Not going to waste my time on research on whether DeSantis ever held a gun in his hands, etc. Rooting out the woke from Florida institutions, does NOT qualify him in any way shape or form to
… lead anything related to our National Defense as its leader. This very concept is another piece of crap hit piece.
Noooo….stay the course pls!
I’m familiar with the situation. Did anyone ask me?
Are there a bunch of carpetbaggers here at the Treehouse spreading doom and gloom for the appointees? Your opinions don’t matter here. That’s why no one responds to you.
At least that’s what my imaginary, transgender, alien, friend told me. It said you were just a bot. (Because you can call extraterrestrials “it”)
trust the plan.
two more weeks.
we got this.
release the kraken.
< you are here
Why would DeSantis want a demotion?
He wants out of Florida. Ironically he considered running for Senate.
I am sure it will all work out.
My God, Fox News is reporting this BS now……….
Set-UP anyone?
Pete says “Set them up! I’m in!”
Please do not use God, or His name in vain. Thank you.
We need Him now more than ever before.
A lot of Fox employees are on X putting the lie to the tales being spun.
Unfortunately, Fox News’ lead on the 8pm News is that WSJ is reporting the story Sundance referred to about Trump considering DeSantis for DOD.
It wouldn’t surprise me to hear Paul Ryan is leading the charge at Fox against Hegseth.
I would have a lot of trouble coming to gripes with this.
Oh ffs, lol, not that I’m a fan of PH, but RD at DoD? Seriously, this can’t be real.
When will people ever learn.
Remember the fuss the rumor mill was instigating by saying that PDJT was considering Congressman Rogers for AG and it turned out be someone else.
We were warned not to believe anything the media says. Nobody speaks for him. PDJT will let us know.
This is the leakiest transition team ever and somebody should do something about it. Honestly!!!
CTHfan: We’ll have four years of this, guaranteed.
Hey, maybe it’s the Boss?
Who’s lieutenant Governor of Florida?
Someone’s said it better for me:
Why do you build me up (Build me up)
Buttercup, baby
Just to let me down? (Let me down)
And mess me around
And then, worst of all (Worst of all)
You never call, baby
When you say you will (Say you will)
But I love you still
I need you (I need you)
More than anyone, darling
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (Build me up)
Buttercup, don’t break my heart.🎶🎵
#batteredMAGAsyndrome
Haha
Good one! 🙂