Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth awarded the soldier who reprimanded him and members of his staff at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier a Joint Service Commendation Medal on Thursday.
The best thing from his position would have been not have it happen. Anyone who goes there is given notice on the atmosphere required. If kids can behave, adults should be better.
The second would have been just a real apology afterward to the press, and not call out the soldier doing his job to give him some award.
The second would have been just a real apology afterward to the press, and not call out the soldier doing his job to give him some award.
Or a private apology to the guardsmen there (and that soldier personally), not one that was public at all. That’d be the only way to convey that he was actually remorseful, and wasn’t just making it a press event for his own benefit. But of course that isn’t what he did, because he doesn’t give a shit.
The best thing from his position would have been not have it happen. Anyone who goes there is given notice on the atmosphere required. If kids can behave, adults should be better.
The second would have been just a real apology afterward to the press, and not call out the soldier doing his job to give him some award.
Or a private apology to the guardsmen there (and that soldier personally), not one that was public at all. That’d be the only way to convey that he was actually remorseful, and wasn’t just making it a press event for his own benefit. But of course that isn’t what he did, because he doesn’t give a shit.