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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances, multiple sources told CBS News.

The price tag for the project was several thousand dollars, according to two of the sources, at a time when the administration is searching for cost-cutting measures.

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[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 30 points 1 day ago

This sounds like gender affirming care to me. Is there somewhere we can report it?

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 77 points 1 day ago

all the makeup in the world can't cover up the fact you're a fucking drunk and an idiot.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 day ago
[–] Ekybio@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago

Quick, someone get the meme template with the clown makeup being applied!

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago

Imagine if it was the Dems and it was a woman. You'd hear about this for months.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 14 points 1 day ago

I would really encourage the Trump administration to do as much of this as possible.

Military people can make their peace with malicious people, even ones dangerous to the constitutional order some of the time. And being friendly with incompetents is their daily bread and butter. But asking them to give friendly allegiance to foppishness, I think, will be universally revolting to all, regardless of their political feelings.

[–] greybeard@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

Nothing says warfighter like a make-up room.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

It stocking his minibar would probably save a few bucks.

[–] yumpsuit@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago
[–] SouthFresh@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Why not? He's been making up his competency this whole time.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

Trump was so upset with The Onion he decided to get back in office, only way to bankrupt them was by getting reelected and hiring clowns like Hegseth

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago

Giving sweetheart contracts to Elon’s companies.

Musk has always been a government welfare queen, so efficiency is cutting out the middle man.

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago