In a comedic moment which went viral on X (formerly Twitter), President Donald Trump’s Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, wrecked Hillary Clinton in a post seen by millions, and exposed her for her two-faced stance on American relations with Russia.
For context, the disagreement began when Hegseth initially 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). It appears to be intended to lessen tensions with Russia as Trump attempts to wind down the Russo-Ukrainian War.
In any case, the media outlet wrote an article with the headline 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.”
Firing back with an epic retort 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.
Enraged by Clinton’s entitled post, users rushed to the comments to let her know how they felt. For instance, one user said, “Oh, the irony. The woman who torched U.S.-Russia relations as secretary of state, then spent years criminalizing diplomacy with the Russia-collusion hoax, now sneers at Trump for not being hostile enough to Putin. If anyone should sit this one out, it’s Hillary.”
Still not done embarrassing Clinton, some users compared her reaction to the Russiagate scandal. “That’s why you gave Putin our uranium and then created a false dossier in coordination with the Kremlin aimed at destroying Trump? STFU,” a conservative wrote.
Unwilling ot let her get away with it, one commentator asked, “Remember when you opposed Russia sanctions in 2010 while you were Sec of State, and your husband was paid $500k to give a speech at the Russian bank that would’ve been impacted by the sanctions.”
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If we examine remarks from President Trump, it’s clear that Clinton was misrepresenting the truth. In one post on Truth Social, he noted, “We should spend less time worrying about Putin, and more time worrying about migrant rape gangs, drug lords, murderers, and people from mental institutions entering our Country – So that we don’t end up like Europe!”
Concluding his comment, he slammed Zelensky for saying that peace is “far away,” writing, “This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy, and America will not put up with it for much longer! It is what I was saying, this guy doesn’t want there to be Peace as long as he has America’s backing and, Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelenskyy, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the U.S. – Probably not a great statement to have been made in terms of a show of strength against Russia. What are they thinking?”