Fox News Loyalist, Future Trump Ally, Once Feared Trump's 'Illegal Orders'
The Independent reports that Pete Hegseth, now a steadfast Trump loyalist and rumored White House chief of staff contender, warned in 2016 as a Fox contributor that soldiers must disobey "illegal orders" from candidate Trump. He specifically cited potential violations of the Geneva Conventions on torture. Funny how principles that might derail a presidential run transform into quaint historical
footnotes once a job offer is on the table, isn't it? This convenient memory lapse isn't unique to Hegseth; Pam Bondi, who also made similar arguments about unlawful orders, later joined Trump's DOJ. It seems the revolving door between cable news morality and political expediency spins faster than a D.C. lobbyist's Rolodex. One might wonder if their pre-Trump ethical concerns were less about
protecting soldiers and more about angling for a cabinet position. Or, perhaps, they genuinely believed it then, only to discover the gravitational pull of power is stronger than any mere 'convention.' After all, who needs the Geneva Conventions when you've got a TV contract?