In a very funny post on X (formerly Twitter), Trump Administration Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth torched Hillary Clinton in a post seen millions of times, exposing her for her two-faced stance on American relations with the Russian Federation, one that appears based on politics at the time rather than principle.
The spat began with an order from Hegseth in which he allegedly ordered U.S. Cyber Command to “stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.” The order does not apply to the National Security Agency (NSA), and appeared meant to lessen tensions with the Russians as Trump tries to wind down the Russo-Ukraine War.
That order, in turn, led to the Gizmodo outlet writing an article with a headline that read, “Trump’s Defense Secretary Hegseth Orders Cyber Command to ‘Stand Down’ on All Russia Operations.” Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton posted the article on X and captioned it by saying, “Wouldn’t want to hurt Putin’s feelings.”
In response, Hegseth commented on Clinton’s post and, without even posting a caption, left a photo of Clinton in which she smiled while standing next to Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov in March 2009 as she and he held the infamous “reset” button meant to symbolize America and Russia resetting their relations in a more positive direction. Here that is:
People who saw the post thought it was hilarious. Rasmussen Reports, for example, posted a screenshot of the tweet from Hillary and Hegseth’s reply and captioned it, “Call an ambulance …” Similarly, a commenter on Hegseth’s post said, “Dear Secretary Hegseth, Thank you for putting crooked cankled hillary in her place. The clintons are evil and corrupt. Signed, CC Plus 100 million Americans”
