The defense secretary has floated a White House run with close friends and associates, two people said. And Hegseth sparked speculation with an event in Iowa this month.
I just have a hard time believing they can keep him both alive and sufficiently lucid enough to be viable for 2028. He’s struggling to hold it together through an entire Nazi rally now.
Sanity and competence are not requirements. As long as he’s hurting the right’s designated scapegoats du jour, they’ll support him even if he’s no more than an amorphous blob of protoplasm in a jar.
I just have a hard time believing they can keep him both alive and sufficiently lucid enough to be viable for 2028. He’s struggling to hold it together through an entire Nazi rally now.
Sanity and competence are not requirements. As long as he’s hurting the right’s designated scapegoats du jour, they’ll support him even if he’s no more than an amorphous blob of protoplasm in a jar.