Pete Hegseth Compares Iran War To Painting The Reflecting Pool Blue

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Source: huff Post

Jennifer Bendery 45 minutes ago

Pete Hegseth Compares Iran War To Painting The Reflecting Pool Blue

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday hailed Donald Trump as the “one man” bold enough to do things differently as president, like unilaterally starting a war in Iran with no strategy — and painting a pool blue.

“When you authorized ‘Operation Epic Fury,' just like you talked about with the Reflecting Pool, we didn’t do the same old thing the way we’ve done it in the past,” Hegseth gushed in a cabinet meeting of Trump officials taking turns lavishing the president with praise.

Trump, who beamed as his defense secretary spoke, talked at length about the potentially illegal modifications he’s been making to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. A nonprofit, the Cultural Landscape Foundation, sued him this month for painting its basin blue without first going through a review process required for making changes to national historic sites.

This new blue color “is more appropriate to a resort or theme park,” Charles Birnbaum, the group’s president and CEO, previously said in a statement.

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Pete Hegseth just hailed Trump as the “one man” bold enough to do things differently as president, and gave examples like unilaterally starting a war in Iran — and painting a pool blue. www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...

— Jen Bendery (@jbendery.bsky.social) 2026-05-27T19:33:05.943Z

[marble falls]

1. They are similar, both being boondoggles to take attention away from Epstein.

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[Easterncedar]

2. And killed 165 schoolgirls without a thought

165 children. Just think of that.

War crimes all the time.

[underpants]

3. Gosh Mr President, you screw in ways everyone else thoughtlessly avoided

It’s like they never even thought about doing things that stupid and in startlingly ignorant new ways that you do them.

[Midnight Writer]

4. "We don't do things the way they have been done in the past"? Can't argue with that.

In the past, most things were done according to our laws and regulations.

Most things were done with checks, balances, and audits.

Most things were done with the welfare and security of our people as a priority.

Most Federal agencies had qualified people doing their best to serve their country.

Nope, we sure don't do things the way they have been done in the past.

[GenThePerservering]

5. Crawl on your belly Hegseth

Anything to keep your job.

[Martin68]

6. Weirdly truthful. Portaying a fake as reality, coloring a failure as a success. What is going on?