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The message from the White House is clear: Donald Trump is not backing down. He is doubling down. 

In the days after his Republican Party's crushing midterm defeat, the US president has wasted no time reshaping his administration.

Trump's chief of staff Susie Wiles (considered vaguely moderate by MAGA standards) was replaced with hardliner Stephen Miller.

In a social media post, Trump then offered the job of White House press secretary to his friend, Dana White, the UFC chief executive, though later told reporters he was "kidding".

Some analysts argue that a wounded Trump looking to leverage his final two years in office may be tempted to revamp his team with several changes. 

And there is mounting speculation Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could be among them.

The pair have forged a close working relationship over more than 20 years since the early 2000s, when Mr Trump's Taj ‌Mahal casino hosted UFC events.

Mr White has also previously spoken at Republican National Conventions in 2016, 2020 and 2024, and co-hosted the UFC Freedom 250 event on the South Lawn of the White House with Mr Trump in June.

Before to Mr Trump's comments in Florida, Politico's White House correspondent Daniel Lippman told ABC NewsRadio he did not believe in the legitimacy of the job offer.

"Usually Trump, when he puts something on social media, he doesn't really joke around that much, he doesn't have a big joke gene … I'm putting my money that this is not real and Trump is just trying to troll and stay in the media," he said.

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Mr Lippman said Mr White, who has an estimated net worth of more than $US600 million according to Forbes, would need to take "a big pay cut" to enter the Trump administration.

He also questioned whether Mr White would have the political experience and knowledge necessary to be a successful White House staffer.

"Trump does want a fighter for his next press secretary, especially as Democrats control Capitol Hill and they will be hounding him," he said.

"Maybe [Mr White] just wouldn't have press briefings and he would just be more of a symbolic head of the White House press office."

The White House press secretary posting has remained vacant for close to a month after Katie Zacharia left the position less than a week into the role.

Mr Trump's post about Mr White came a day after he announced that his chief of staff Susie Wiles would be replaced by her hardline deputy Stephen Miller.

On Sunday, local time, CBS News reported that a day after his appointment, Mr Miller revealed Richard Walters — a known ally of Ms Wiles who had replaced Mr Miller as deputy chief of staff — would be leaving the role.

"While he will be leaving us, Richard will continue to help from the outside as we continue to work with all of our strength to deliver for President Trump and his courageous fight to save America," Mr Miller said, according to CBS News.

The series of White House appointment changes comes days after the Trump administration and Republican Party suffered deep losses in nationwide midterm elections.

The GOP lost control of the House of Representatives and the Senate to the Democrats.

ABC/Reuters

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-09/donald-trump-says-he-was-kidding-about-dana-white-job-offer/107362886

 

 

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Hegseth Wouldn't Understand ... 

 ... what he is trying to accomplish, neither will Pentagon, because they themselves are products of what today can be confidently asserted as a subpar US military education. Yet, platitudes and grandiose plans persist. 

 

Pete Hegseth has ordered a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. military's professional education system, directing Pentagon leaders to prioritize combat readiness and warfighting skills, as the embattled defense secretary faces mounting calls for impeachment over the Trump administration's handling of the Iran war. In a memorandum dated November 9, Hegseth ordered immediate reforms across the military's Senior Service Colleges and Intermediate Level Education institutions, arguing that military education had strayed too far from its central purpose of preparing officers to fight and win wars. The announcement comes as Republican Representative Thomas Massie prepares to push forward articles of impeachment against Hegseth, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries publicly backing the effort and declaring that the defense secretary "has got to go."

 

US cannot handle anything the scale of Iran any other way--it is not designed for that. Something like SMO altogether is beyond US military's grasp. Remarkably, Hegseth has his commission through ROTC while his "degree" in is Politics, whatever that BS means. He was in Afghanistan and judging by the US military "performance" there is utterly unqualified to pass judgement on what is required "to fight and win wars". Explaining to him what it means to conduct operations (as in formations designed for conducting independent operations--starting point is division) and what it means to conduct it with obsolete TOE of the US Army is impossible--too much math, physics, theory of operational research, systems integration and technology beyond YouTube videos, in other words--everything Hegseth doesn't understand and has no knowledge of.  

Considering the fact that it is a fine US military tradition to learn from losers, ranging from Wehrmacht to, now, VSU, rest assured--the next fairy tale about how "to fight and win wars" from the US military is coming. Arrogance is not a bug but a feature of the US military precisely because what is "taught" in the US military academies and war colleges is not real military science. But I repeat myself, the army which venerates Patton as a great general or has such ignorant people like Sarah Paine "teach" strategery in the US Naval War College wouldn't be able to learn. US military is and will continue to be fed "statistics" from VSU and as the result will end up with GIGO--Garbage In, Garbage Out, again. Data sets of SMO are beyond US military's grasp, but even if it were--it is very difficult to accept the fact that you are not even in the same league and what's left is chest thumping and spewing propaganda. 

Here is an example, from the guy who killed 200,000 of VSU personnel in 2023 and couldn't cope because was laughed at, together with Wiesbaden group, in Russian military. 

 

For example, Donahue noted, Kaliningrad, Russia, is roughly 47 miles wide and surrounded by NATO on all sides and the Army and its allies now have the capability to “take that down from the ground in a timeframe that is unheard of and faster than we’ve ever been able to do.” “We’ve already planned that and we’ve already developed it. The mass and momentum problem that Russia poses to us … we’ve developed the capability to make sure that we can stop that mass and momentum problem,” Donahue said. The plan includes a system to share data. NATO has already procured that system, Donahue said, referencing its choice of Palantir’s Maven Smart System, an artificial intelligence platform from Palantir that takes a vast amount of data and rapidly analyzes information to help military commanders make decisions.

 

There you go. Donahue learned absolutely nothing from his debacles. And no, NATO has no capability to do anything about Kaliningrad because it will physically cease to exist if it tries. As per "If Russia attacks", so far cowards from NATO are hiding behind backs of dwindling 404 cannon fodder. The only time the US military decided to go for the open fight with Iran it got its ass handed to it. Everything you need to know, especially when it comes to COFM of which Hegseth likely never heard before in proper settings. 

https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2026/11/hegseth-wouldnt-understand.html

 

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