周三，皮特·赫格塞斯在弗吉尼亚州的一个军事基地的宽敞礼堂里召集了数百名美国军队的初级军官和士兵，听取了他所谓的年度新传统的首次报告——即由他自封的‘战争部长’向部队发表的‘部队状况’报告。
On Wednesday, Pete Hegseth convened hundreds of the U.S. military’s junior officers and enlisted service members in a cavernous auditorium on a military base in Virginia to hear what he called the first of a new annual tradition—a “State of the Force” report to the troops from their self-styled “Secretary of War.”
关键时刻到来了，赫格塞斯穿着他标志性的过于紧身的西装，大步走过悬挂着美国国旗的舞台，宣布战胜了他任期以来一直着力打击的敌人。
The key moment came when Hegseth, strutting across an American flag-swathed stage in one of his trademark too-tight TV-man’s suits, announced victory over the enemies whose defeat has been the signature focus of his tenure.
他宣称：‘我们不再是那个‘觉醒’的部门，也不是那个‘软弱’的部门。
“We are no longer the ‘woke’ department, or the ‘weak’ department,” he declared.
简单来说就是：没有胖子，没有变性人，没有留胡子的人，没有怪人。没有懦夫，没有激进分子。只有战士。’
几周前，北卡罗来纳州的共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯去年在赫格塞斯的确认任命中投了关键一票，尽管他对赫格塞斯的任职资格有所顾虑，但他敦促特朗普解雇赫格塞斯。
“Simple translation of that? No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos. No wimps, no radicals. Just warriors.”A few weeks ago, Senator Thom Tillis, the North Carolina Republican who had delivered a key vote for Hegseth’s confirmation last year, despite qualms about his fitness for office, urged Trump to fire Hegseth.
在赫格塞斯驱逐陆军部长后，蒂利斯在X平台上写道：‘我从未见过对为我们国家服务的勇敢男女如此无能的管理。
“I have never witnessed more inept management of the brave men and women who serve our country,” Tillis posted on X, after Hegseth forced out the Secretary of the Army.
他害怕有能力的人，转而挑起文化战争，而不是认真对待我们国家防御的重要工作以及我们战斗人员的健康和福祉。’
“He is intimidated by competence and retreats to ginning up culture wars instead of soberly attending to the vital work of our national defense and the health and well-being of our fighting force.”