I've always thought the stylized eagle was an odd choice.
this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2026
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Just because he idolizes the nazi military doesn't mean he's a nazi. He is of course. But that's not why, everything else he does is why.
Nazis were a lot more competent and did drugs that improved their performance (in the short term)
Hegseth is just a greasy bitch though. He is no leader.
In fairness, Hitler was a greasy little bitch too.
Department of war
The new name is oddly truthful, really not in line with their common stance on truth.
Yeah, but the mask is now off, the bar is lowered.
Interestingly "ministry of war" used to be quite frequent names for these institutions. The "defense" euphemism only came later in many countries. Austria-Hungary also had a "Kriegsministerium" ("war ministry"). It also had a much more badass double headed eagle bolted onto the building. Well, the building still has, after the country started a big war that was also the last thing that ministry did.
I mean, I get and like the honesty. But keep in mind the administration that's doing this; it's different when a fascist country says "ministry of war" from when, say, a country like New Zealand or some other innocuous country like Norway or Portugal or current day Japan.
When the current fascist-US admin says they're going to be ultra aggressive, they not only end up being ultra aggressive, but they end up being ultra ultra aggressive and fascist.
Symbols are for the symbol minded - George Carlin
The thing that makes this regime similar to the Nazis isn't the way they draw eagles.
This regime is symbol minded though, they do this shit on purpose.
Just as the greased back hair seems to be popular in the cabinet and therabouts.
It’s a coincidence that someone ai sloped a pic of hitler to look like keggy boy?
What you don't think that there is historical photography of Hitler doing that?
Lemme know if you find one.
I'm not saying this image is generated, but it is at least a little bit weird that a reverse image search only shows this specific comparison. I even tried Google Images for a "Visual Match" instead of just Tineye, and nothing.
That, and Hitler's eyes look weird, and the folded Nazi flags in the back look garbled. Circumstantially, it'd be extremely fucking weird if whoever planned this layout put a plant obstructing the view of the symbol on the podium. And what the hell would that cut-off, stark white symbol at the bottom right be?
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It's definitely not a good sign when we're talking about a picture of Hitler being a Nazi is AI generated, but it's a given that Hegseth being a Nazi is legitimate.
It's definetly slop.
So we're all going to mass downvote the slop so as to deter further slop, right? Right?
I guess ~~spreading disinformation~~ dunking on the opponent everyone already hates is more important than standards concerning slop. =.=
The image of Hegeseth is real, at the 5 second mark in this video
The image of Hitler may be altered
The image of Hegeseth is real
Sorry, I should've been more clear; I was never questioning the Hegseth image.
The image of Hitler may be altered
Generated, not altered. I don't think this speech footage/image existed at all. The angle is weird along with the other points.
Yeah pretty sure it's generated. Look at the flags in the background, the black in the centre doesn't make sense on a lot of them. And the people in the bottom left corner also look strange. Another strange point is the swastika below the eagle: the upper arm seems to be a bit shorter than the others. And the style of the eagle itself looks strange to me, but I'm not a historian, so that is just feeling,not knowledge.
The Swastika is somehow completely flat but the flag is folded. It's a not real image
Hegseth probably did the AI himself.
The bottom right looks like the top of a heart, it's a screengrab from a video
When I had the misfortune of travelling in the US one of the many things that were striking to me was the use of fasces in monuments, including engraved in marble on a war monument in Washington Square Park in NYC.
Of course it's far from the most fascist thing about modern day America, but it was fascinating to see how blunt it is. I'd jump if I saw the same thing in Europe.
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Cmon, it’s a really common pose
Not sure the pose is the primary issue here...
Nazi reichsadler + Spanish fascist arrow symbol.
Hegseth is a Hitler loving alcoholic who is actively ruining America and the world, but the eagle motif was present far before Nazis were a thing. Arrows are also a pretty universal symbol. I'm not saying you can't draw parallels, but it's not like he designed the seal.
Yeah the US was using eagle and fasci symbolism long before fascism was a thing, because fascists and the founding fathers were both Romaboos. Also before anyone says the founding fathers were fascists id argue they weren't simply because the fascism of their era was the absolute monarchies, they were assholes and hypocritical jackasses though.
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For instance, the reverse of the US quarter for quite a number of decades:
It's just that in this case they decided to stylize this one to make it look extra Hitlery.
The one behind him is actually specifically for the department of defense (he calls it war).
Ctrl+F blue seal on this page: https://www.war.gov/Brand-Guide/
He did initiate a rebranding, but the straight wings have been a feature of this seal since before his rebrand.
I'm not saying they created them, but I'm still not convinced at all that their use of fascist iconography is coincidental. The combination of symbols and presentation reeks of it. It's a dogwhistle like so much of what they do.
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