American politics has always been a minefield, but the actions of the current Administration have made much of it impossible to comprehend.  Such as the actions of Hesgeth, the Secretary of Defense, who wants to rename himself as the Secretary of War and wants to meddle in areas that we had no idea were part of his remit. 

Like Scouting Anerica, formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America, which he has threatened to sever ties with unless the organization  reverts to “core values” and realigns itself with service to “God and country”.

A warning to end the US military’s longstanding partnership with one of the nation’s largest and most popular youth organizations came in a Monday night post to social media by the Pentagon spokesperson, Sean Parnell, who insisted the scouting movement “lost its way” in a 2025 rebrand that promoted inclusivity and included admitting girls and LBGTQ+ members.

Parnell’s post said the department had conducted a months-long review of its relationship with Scouting America, and would continue logistical and financial support “as long as the organization rapidly implements … common-sense, core value reforms”.

“For more than a decade now, Scouting America’s leadership has made decisions that run counter to the values of this administration and this Department of War, including an embrace of DEI and other social justice, gender-fluid ideological stances. This is unacceptable,” Parnell wrote, using the Trump administration’s unofficial new name for the defense department.

A draft memo to Congress by the defense secretary accused the scouting movement, traditionally a strong recruiting source for the US military, of an “attack on boy-friendly spaces” and fostering “gender confusion”. In the memo, Hegseth said he was considering diverting military resources, including trucks, equipment and personnel, away from the summer jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Reserve camp in West Virginia.

It’s very clear now that one of the reasons (and probably the main one) that Hegseth was given the job is that  that he can be easily manipulated by The Orange Man.  In December, he allowed him to siphon off some $2 Billion from the Pentagon Budget for anti-immigration measures, with plans to double that in the next fiscal year.  Democratic lawmakers itemized this is in a Report called DRAINING DEFENSE, but it didn’t change the outcome 

Then Hegseth approved a request by the Department of Homeland Security to further support its efforts in the Twin Cities. They asked for space at Fort Snelling, a historic decommissioned military base in an unincorporated area next to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, to house federal immigration agents, weapons, vehicles, and aircraft.  The word NO is evidently not in the man’s vocabulary when his Master asks, as after all The Orange Man gave him the job even though he knew that Hegseth paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017 as part of a settlement agreement.