The macho men who bootlick Trump show us what weakness looks like

[canetoad]

It is a peculiar paradox of the cronies and thugs who surround President Donald Trump: the more macho their image and the harder they try to project manliness (and boy, do they try hard), the more submissive they are to their boss.

Take, as a first example, the craven spectacle of Vice President J. D. Vance providing bully boy back-up to his master as Trump berated Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, during their catastrophic meeting on Friday.

Or take Pete Hegseth, Trump’s defence secretary, a former TV host with scant military experience who is an apparent magnet for sexual assault allegations (which he says are false).

Hegseth is a tough guy; just ask him. He wants to have “the biggest, most badass military on the planet” and recently told a NATO meeting that the US will “not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into Uncle Sucker”.

More: https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/the-macho-men-who-bootlick-trump-show-us-what-weakness-looks-like-20250228-p5lfxu.html

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[jls4561]

1. These men you mentioned are in no sense manly.

JD is clearly a lickspittle puddin’ butt and Hegseth is a square headed steroid taking drunk whose giant steroid caused man boob displays a tattoo of people who killed Muslims. We know he would very much like to kill Muslims, but for now Mexicans or any brown people will do.
These men aren’t manly. They are unqualified toadies who have spouted enough hate to get Resident Fatass to notice them.
Someone should tell Drumph that he could make a fortune with a TV show called Survivor: Cabinet.
Each contestant would be put in a separate cage with a pack of rabid badgers. Smearing peanut butter on the “manly” genitals would be encouraged for extra points. Those emerging would get to keep their jobs and get a $Melania meme coin to take home. Kash Patel and that Boingo guy could join the fun. Mark Burnett would be happy to produce for his buddy, because from my limited exposure to “Survivor “, the show is based on how cruel and devious contestants act.

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. 80's MOvies often had villains like this

As asshole rich kid with a group of obnoxious sidekick friends.

At least in movies, they all suffered defeat and humiliation in the end. In real life we're still waiting.