Hegseth 'proud' to end Women, Peace and Security program

[ruet]

Source: The Hill

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared Tuesday that he had begun to shutter a Pentagon program meant to advance women’s participation in peace-building and conflict prevention, which was created by a law written by GOP lawmakers and signed by President Trump during his first term.

“This morning, I proudly ENDED the ‘Women, Peace & Security’ (WPS) program inside the [Defense Department],” Hegseth wrote in a post on the social platform X.

He said the program was “yet another woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative that overburdens our commanders and troops — distracting from our core task: WAR-FIGHTING.”

Hegseth also called WPS a “UNITED NATIONS program pushed by feminists and left-wing activists,” claiming that “troops HATE it.”

As the program is under federal statute and can’t be outright killed by Hegseth alone, he said the Pentagon would comply with the minimum requirements of the WPS and fight to end the program during the department’s next appropriations process.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5272905-hegseth-pentagon-women-peace-security/

[JustAnotherGen]

1. The liquor

Needs to be quicker at ending him.

[Bayard]

2. Wonder how his wife, who he brings to Top Secret meetings,

Feels about his--and his boss's--complete misogyny?

[IronLionZion]

3. Any chance of ending Signal use?

No? The meritocracy of super geniuses is no longer held back by women, peace, or security.

[rickyhall]

4. I like to see him in a ring with a female marine like my Ex.

[LymphocyteLover]

5. So Trump I was too woke for Trump 2? What a bunch of idiot assholes.

[Deep State Witch]

6. And The Leopards Come

For Princess Sparkle Pony's face!

[liberalgunwilltravel]

7. It's time

For a brave woman to “end” Pete Hegseth. Enough of this cretin’s destruction. Make him pay dearly.

[generalbetrayus]

8. This from Occupy Democrats on Facebook:

"BREAKING: Ivanka Trump suffers the consequences of her father's sexist agenda as MAGA Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth terminates her signature "Women, Peace and Security program" for being too "woke."
And it gets even more embarrassing...
"This morning, I proudly ENDED the 'Women, Peace & Security' (WPS) program inside the @DeptofDefense. WPS is yet another woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative that overburdens our commanders and troops — distracting from our core task: WAR-FIGHTING," Hegseth posted.
He went on to smear WPS as a United Nations program that was "pushed by feminists and left-wing activists," claiming that "politicians fawn over it" while "troops HATE it."
"GOOD RIDDANCE WPS!" he added.
In reality, the program was enacted in 2017 by Trump when he signed the Women, Peace and Security Act. His campaign later celebrated the program to woo female voters.
It was championed by Ivanka and then-Senator Marco Rubio. Ivanka again lauded it in 2019, saying that she was "proud to announce" that Colombia would be developing a WPS National Action Plan.
Earlier this month, Rubio celebrated the initiative, calling it a "bill that I was very proud to have been a co-sponsor of when I was in the Senate."
It appears that Hegseth — an alleged alcoholic who rarely seems to be thinking straight — failed to realize that WPS was a Trump-created and Ivanka-backed program rather than a Biden-created one.
Hegseth pathetically attempted to backtrack on his first tweet with a followup post two hours later, writing that the Biden administration "distorted & weaponized the straight-forward & security-focused WPS initiative launched in 2017.
"So—yes—we are ending the 'woke divisive/social justice/Biden (WPS) initiative.' Biden ruined EVERYTHING, including 'Women, Peace & Security,'" he concluded.
As is to be expected from a MAGA hack, Hegseth provided no evidence for his claim that President Biden corrupted the program. In all likelihood, he eliminated the program and then realized that it wasn't a product of the Biden administration.
This guy is a booze-fueled mess who shouldn't be trusted to tie his own shoes in the morning, let alone run the Pentagon.
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Hogsbreath may actually get his pee-pee whacked on this one if Orange Julius Caesar still recognizes and listens to his daughter Ivanka.