Dan Pfeiffer

What stood out to you from the two days of hearings and how do you think Democrats did overall?

This hearing tells you something you see in the press conferences, too, that Hegseth does, which is that in his mind, he is not accountable to Congress.

He's not accountable to the Senate that approved his nomination.

He's not accountable to the American people.

He's not accountable to the Constitution.

He is accountable only to Donald Trump and no one else.

And the way in which he like this is all a performance for Trump.

That is who it is for.

That is what he is trying to do.

He's trying.

He knows he is on.

He's kind of on thin ice because Trump has repeatedly pointed out that going to war was Pete Hexeth's idea, which is usually the sign that Donald Trump is looking for someone to take blame for an unpopular idea.

He knows like he definitely knows down deep in that very vacuous soul of his that he is totally in over his head.

He's trying so hard not to look like he is scared shitless that he looks scared shitless to be in this job.

This is not an important part, but I do think it's funny that in that part where he declares, like this should not be washed over, that the greatest adversary the American military faces is not Iran.

It's not Iran.

some of Iran's allies around the world who are helping them in this war, like Russia, it is democratic members of Congress for the rhetoric.

But in doing that, what is the best part about that is, is that he says in there at this point, as if like they went through the testimony and they were like, look, we need a caveat in here just in case another threat emerges.

We must say at this point, like it is, it's been, the whole thing is fucking bananas.

Every time he speaks, it is like, it is an embarrassment to, uh,