Actor George Clooney is calling out U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for his recent comments mocking two female Canadian military cadets.
On Monday, Hegseth posted an image of two female cadets at a British Columbia training centre with the words “this is real” and a Canadian flag.
Clooney said he was “ashamed” of Hegseth’s post while attending the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday, where he received a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the opening ceremony.
“The idea that cruelty is the base — that being cruel and unkind is part of the fun of all of this,” Clooney told reporters. “You see what the secretary of defense just tweeted out a picture about women in the military in Canada, and you’re going, ‘What’s wrong with you? Where’s the sense of decency in all of this?’
“And I’m ashamed of all of that, but we will get through it, and we will come out better on the other side.”
The 65-year-old actor also spoke about U.S. politics and the direction of the country under the leadership of U.S. President Donald Trump.
“I’m always very optimistic about things,” he said. “We’re at a moment in time that’s unfortunate…. That’s an understatement. I do believe that we’re going to get through all of this. I’m old enough to have been through 1968 in the States when every city in the United States was set on fire, and we lost Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy in the same year. There was tons of violence. The capital was surrounded with tanks. We’ve had some other difficult times, but this is one of them,” Clooney said.
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He also suggested that the midterm elections in November could restore “some normalcy” to the United States.
“There’s a great word, kakistocracy, which is a country run by the least qualified people. I think maybe we have a kakistocracy right now, but we’ll get through it, and we will have an election in November that should be a check and balance, and then in 2028, with any luck, we’ll have some restoration into some normalcy,” he added.
Clooney is not the only person who has spoken out following Hegseth’s post on X.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said the message was “beneath their office.”
“When the Americans stop doing memes, stop throwing shade and stop trying to be tough, and start being serious about having those discussions, we can have those discussions,” Carney said of U.S.-Canada trade talks. “It’s not constructive, but that’s their democracy.”
British Columbia Premier David Eby also responded, calling Hegseth’s post “an embarrassment” and saying that he was looking at the remarks in the context of the U.S.’s war in Iran, calling it “a war that was supposed to be over in a few days.”
“To think that in that context the elected leadership of the military has decided to attack cadets who have volunteered to serve their country selflessly as part of a military that has been an ally to the United States for generations, it tells you everything you need to know about the amateur hour.”
Defence Minister David McGuinty also said the recent social media post from Hegseth was “below the dignity of the office he holds.”
When asked about the backlash stemming from Hegseth’s post on Tuesday, Pentagon deputy press secretary Jacob Bliss told The Canadian Press, “The X post speaks for itself.”
The Army Cadet League of Canada took to Facebook to speak out following Hegseth’s post, writing, “The Army Cadet League of Canada stands firmly behind cadets, adult staff, volunteers, and officers who dedicate their time to building stronger communities and developing the next generation of Canadian leaders.”
“The Canadian Cadet Programs provide world-class leadership, citizenship, and physical fitness opportunities to tens of thousands of young Canadians across the country, completely free of barrier. The dedicated officers of the Cadet Organizations Administration and Training Service and civilian volunteers go above and beyond every day to mentor, educate, and celebrate the genuine achievements of these young people,” the statement continued.
“The safety, dignity, and well-being of our members, cadet leaders, and especially cadets is our highest priority. We strongly condemn any online harassment, or mockery of cadets’ achievements. Directing derogatory commentary toward youth who are actively working to better themselves and serve their communities is unacceptable.”
“We remain immensely proud of cadets and the leaders who support them, and we will continue to champion their hard work, resilience, and service to Canada,” the statement concluded, adding the hashtag #NoPlaceForHate.
— with files from Global News’ Alex Boutilier
So when is hegseth gonna brag about how american children learn marksmanship in elementary school? At least our youth are doing something productive.
Klln is ma business and business is gooood!
It’s definitely a weird/pointless thing for a Secretary of Defense to be doing with his time. Canada’s military has always been a joke, I don’t know why it’s being pointed out now. As for the people saying cadets aren’t in the military: they aren’t, but they are training to be in the military, so…..
Clooney how was Epstien island. George let place your kids in the liberal twisted ideology of child abuse. You drop your pre pubescent kids off at school. They teach biological lies and give your kids pills that harm natural growth.
Hollywood is one of the biggest poorly informed people. The industry is tied to endless human rights issues on the wrong side.
Are people this stupid? Its a cadet program – not the Canadian military. Carlos Tubbs – did you even read it?
Obese people should not be Cadet Leaders or in the military. What a disgusting look for Canada. Very embarrassing.
After what he did to Biden I don’t think we need his help or support! Stay in your lane George.
Something for our military leaders to work on though: one of their own recent reports said 72% of our armed force members are overweight.
Victimhood seems to be an ingrained ideology in Canada.
Those with low self-esteem often have a compulsive need to belittle others. Hegseth is a case in point, reinforced by incompetence.
Why don’t Canadian conservatives move to the US? Better yet why don’t all of you and the MAGA’s move to Russia where you belong? That’s your ideal country.
The two people in the picture are cadets, yet people can’t read and say “they are part of the military.” Idiocracy the movie is playing now.
Canada’s “Military”
Obese people should not be in these positions. We routinely have people trying to join the FD and are not physically fit. This puts us in danger that some don’t have the physical attributes to do the job effectively.
As a young woman who just entered University, I’m disappointed that many Canadians, especially men, aren’t criticizing Hegseth. My dad and other adults I know universally condemned this.
Elbows Up Canadians poking fun of Hegseth’s military experience meanwhile Carney has zero experience or Canadas Defence Minister.
Trudeau and Anand stripped so much dignity away from the CAF by allowing pink hair, nose rings, etc. with their misplaced DEI agenda in the military. Plus they railroaded Danny Fortin and Admiral Norman as they wouldn’t bootlick the Liberals.
Thank a liberal for what this country has become, and it’s going to get far worse
Thank a liberal for what this country has become and it’s going to get worse LoL 😆
@Kevin Jefkins. Sure sound like an american defending Hegseth.
I like what Hegseth did. Some people obviously have thin skin and can’t handle the truth.
What a picture , one looks like hes on his way out and the other should be in the jungle swinging from the trees
I just saw the picture and this girl was fat, how fat was she? at least sara hoffton fat. Way fatter than nenshi. On the positive she would be good to hide behind.🎈
@Ben. I am not American. Your binary thought process & ideology is showing itself.
So shameful and to be Canadian these days. No pride or dignity or trying to be meaningful in anything of importance.
It’s amazing how many fake American’s troll Canadian news sites. Your not fooling anybody.
@Ben. You keep posting irrelevant comments when people call you out for your ignorance. Try to stay focused.
@Kevin Jefkins 1128 am. Your country imposed the steel and aluminum tariffs and broke a trade agreement. Your country started the war in Iran. Then your country posted a picture of two cadets, after calling us the 51st state. I agree Iran sponsors global terrorism but at this point anything the US does won’t be supported by many Canadians. We were there to support the US in Afghanistan. We won’t be supporting anything the US does going forward.
Hegseth just posted an obvious pic of the decline in Canada. Elbows Up Canadians then lost their minds as it hit a nerve as the truth hurts obviously.
Just wondering where Pete Hegseth finds the extra time to post a photo and make a comment while the USA is losing to Iran and being humiliated internationally…
@Ben. Iran certainly isnt a “puny”country as you state. They are a regional power with deep roots in Global Terrorism in the world. I don’t agree with the war, but I can’t imagine Canada doing a better job, in fact, they don’t have the necessary hardware to even consider it if they wanted to.
That large girl does more for her country than most of these commenters ever will. Enjoy the free ride, moochers.
Kim Chiu anyone reading western standard gets a republican vote in USA and a mausoleum in Israel. Why don’t you join your countrys military instead of others watching over you while you sleep in your mother’s basement?
Pete, you may have been hired for looks not brains but thats not how the “real” world works in Canada at least
Maybe he was drunk and his testosterone shots gave him some courage to pick on a teenage girl.
@Incontinentia. The problem with Republicans is they like to target marginalized groups like women. As for facts, as I said the CAF database is outdated and was outdated in 2025 and the figures quoted from the right wing publication out west are incorrect. Good luck with praying and believing in a fictional character, just proving Republicans don’t believe in facts like evolution.
@Ben
I like you, you’re funny! A complete cliche of progressive thought. Part of me wishes you will never change, but the part that knows you’re a voting neighbor of mine, prays you do.
You started by cart blanche denying there was a report on high rates of obesity in the military. Turns out there is.
So now you have to discredit it. Challenge the data. A report to the heads of the army, air force, and navy used bad data? I’d love to know more. Please do tell.
But you know that won’t fly, so you also move the goalposts from obesity to military readiness. Classic grade 12 debate tactics. Although it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that a fat fighting force will be less effective than a fit one. LOL
This is what happens when you start from a position of ideology rather than facts. You look childish. Which is probably why you don’t like facts in the first place?
@Jeet Kumar. Nothing says “strong defense leadership” when the Pentagon is struggling with depleted missile stockpiles while losing the war in Iran.
Republicans and mini-MAGA criticize Canada while being incapable of managing a war with a puny country.
Mediocrity is awarded under the regime of Carney and Trudeau. We are a laughing stock.
Internal Department of National Defence (DND) data confirms that almost three-quarters of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel are classified as either overweight or obese. (Western Standard)
Hegseth shows a glimpse of what has happen in Canada under DEI programs that Trudeau and Carney brought in.
Liberlas/Progressives are on average more obese that Conservative minded people. Libs make excuses for everything.
@Incontinentia at 948 am. You say conservatives are against mutiliating children? What about your country bombing a school in Iran and murdering children? What about the fact the USA cut and run from Afghanistan resulting in women being mutilated. And why are republicans so obsessed with bathrooms and what people with freedom call themselves? Conservatives and Republicans are against bodily freedom.
@Incontinea. Just wrong. Available anthropometric information, which is outdated as CAF admitted, should not be confused with evidence of military readiness. Further, the figures quoted from the alleged internal memo are incorrect.
All conservatives and Americans do is find negative things about this great country. Not sure why.
@Sean Webb
Yes, conservatives are generally against mutilating children. We also understand men are different than women, and support women only spaces. Its just common sense stuff.
I guess you could say truth is important to us, even if it leads to feelings of shame.
Not sure your attempt to discredit our opinions is really working.
Hegseth didn’t ‘mock’ anyone, he drew attention to them. The public mocked.
At Kevin @ 3:26AM. You totally nailed it with your comment and agree 100%.
The obese one in the photo is probably Chrystia Freelands daughter.
What childish comments by Elbows Up Canadians. They like Clowney obviously.
@Mike
Yes, there was an internal memo in 2025 that stated obesity rates were HIGHER in the CAF than the general public. Almost 80% overweight or obese. It was in most corporate media outlets.
Truth hurts. Which is why many like Ben avoid it
What exactly is derogatory about Hegseth’s post? Real photo. Canadian flag. “This is real” – is it not?
Canada needs a bridge over the US to Mexico
An obese person like this should not be a Cadet or anything where physical fitness is needed. A total discrace to the uniform.
Canadians outraged about Pete Hegself tweet but not outraged when their PM was found to have wore a blackface many times. Total hypocrisy.
@Mike 848 am. No Mike, a report wasn’t released saying 80% of the Canadian military is out of shape.
Maybe its the American military out of shape as its losing the war in Iran.
Wasn’t a report just released stating that almost 80% of the military are physically out shape?
Again, who cares but idiot losers.
As Hegeth is only a major in the Amerian Forces, I think he’s having a tough time feeling as if he’s qualified to stand with the generals. This is how children act out when they know they can handled something.
@Kevin 326am. The irony is spectacular: you’re lecturing everyone about military values while demonstrating one of the least disciplined forms of reasoning imaginable which is YOU judged first, and invented evidence afterward.
This is why the US is losing in Iran. A lack of judgement and room temperature IQ’s running the military. You are even running out of missiles! Yet here you are prattling on about Canada.
No Kevin. You’re just a horrible person cheering on another horrible person saying crazy stuff. Why are these kids a target for ridicule? Perhaps you were left home alone too many times.
Admit it snowflakes, the real source of outrage was how Hegseth made you all see what you didn’t want to see. He didn’t even need to give an opinion or tell you how to think. He literally just posted a picture that was already on the cadet website and confirmed it existed. The fact that you were able to put it together means you too saw the absurdities of an grossly overweight instructor serving as teacher and role model in a military program meant to inspire leadership AND physical fitness. To then bring out all that outrage and disgust, every one of you had to first recognize this. And you all did it yourselves without Hegseth telling you to do anything other than to look at a real picture.
It’s the same right wing, authoritarian movement that pretends that they care about protecting women in public washrooms and support women’s sports. Not at all. They are vulgar and horrible to all people.
Pete Hegseth is a total horse’s $&#%*¥!
Please, women have served in the military since forever. Some combat, some not, same as men. Takes a lot of people to fuel a army. PEOPLE. Logistics, combat and intelligence. SKILLS! Other countries recognize, when it comes to combat, everyone fights. Everyone did. Bullets care not for gender. His opinion is a fart in the wind.
Can you say “Ms. Piggie”…?
If the government of USA knows that Canada is a JOKE, then Canada’s citizens should be worried, You trash talk USA when your government and politicians are USELESS!
Don’t worry,
that Deranged Maggot and his Ingrates who stand behind him will be out soon, and hopefully everything will go back to the way it was once the Democrats take over. The Ingrates can go to Russia and risk their own lives there.
Janice Tucker that’s spin, conflation and a lie. How long must reasonable people suffer fools like you?
True red white and blah attitude haha! Enjoy the tariffs, courtesy of the joke you voted in!!! You’re a true role model for your family!!
My sons were Canadian Army Cadets. I believe it helped make them better people. If they had ever posted anything as disgusting as the comments by Pete Hegseth they likely would have been kicked out. It’s sad that the minors enlisted in our Cadet programs are expected to behave better than the head of the USA’ s military.
Seeing that beached whale hold any sort of position in Cadets is pathetic. That’s the role model you want your kids to look up to? That’s the type of human you want your kids to be?
Pathetic. If you stand for that, you’re either a senile boomer or an obese loser just like that tub of lard.
Not outraged, but certainly not surprised! Korsakoff’s dementia not far off! Have another one!
Chinada outraged by Hegseth post but fine with ex PM wearing blackface.
Hey Kegsbreath, have another drink. No one in Canada cares what you think.
You’re just the failing Secretary of Defense/War/Whatever, in a failing Administration. BTW, how is that war in Iran going? It’s all over, right? The Iranian dictatorship is over, yes? Price of oil is down around $50, I assume? America got everything it wanted, for sure?
Because there’s No Way you and your boss are so incompetent as to start a war you don’t know how to win, hey? LOL!
Every American been shooting guns since they were born, Canucks, not so much. Every American owns ten assault rifles, every million Canucks seen a gun on tv
Case made, gross usa , showing their true red white and blue haha
Clownanada recruits the obese to protect its country. Absolutely hilarious. Elbows Up.
Donald Trump has hired anyone who has shown fealty to his character and thinking. None of his upper echelon administrators have the necessary diplomacy to fill their positions; all they possess is the ability to demonstrate what is unacceptable in their positions.
Hegseth’s posting, indeed most of Trump’s butt kissers, demonstrate their ignorance.
No wonder the USA is one the most hated countries in the world, many of it’s residents are as vile as the administration, haha keep it.going, this is awesome!!
I have no problem with Hegseth taking note of the obese Canadian that has no right to be wearing a uniform. Totally disgraceful.
@Retired CAF General.
How so? Tells us how the CDN Military rates against others. Or do you mean in virtue signalling and platitudes with nothing to show for.
Clowney and Carney taste each other nightly probably. Maybe with Justine also.
The Dotard and the Kakists
Trumpets blare off-key,
The Dotard demands encore—
Kakists count the spoons.
Case in point
Recruits from fourth world countries for cunadian armed forces don’t take orders from women or chicks with beards and dcks
Sargent big bone slaughter reporting for duty, klln is my business and business is good!
Ten Star General World SpecOps, gimme a HELL YEAH!
Thank you George Clooney for what your just did! Canada and most of the world appreciate your frankness, honesty, taking on the childish bullies of the US administration. They have continually demonstrated how to be mean and ignorant when they don’t get their way! Well done!!
Hey “Anonymous” who lives in his parents bsmt and hides behind his computer, I bet Hegseth can kick your ass. Ha.
Our military is the best in the world.
Hegseth is nothing but a low life with a low IQ. Typical of DJT picks for cabinet positions.
I wonder if the Democrats are going to get Clooney to run for the “teleprompter reader” job in 2028?
CAF is no longer a fighting force but a total embarrassment because of Carney/Trudeau/Ananda. Surprised pink camo gear isn’t issue yet. Total disgrace really.
@Lee Wilkinson
You haven’t seen the carnival sideshow specimen infesting the CF these days.
I wonder if Clooney was ashamed of giving a million dollars to NGO that was financing racial hate groups while pretending to be fighting them.
Clowney must be a carney bootlicker also. Shameful.
@Jimbo Jones. Mildly obese? Lol Or just trying to be nice here.
Where is the outrage from Canada when it was brought forward there PM engage in racial mockery and wore a blackface? But they find what Hegseth did was offensive. Strange…..
Kegseth, same guy leading the most powerful military on the planet but is still struggling to defeat a 3rd world country in war (albeit a bullsh_t war nobody wanted)! Pathetic!
@clowney. Clearly you care because you are posting here. Given this, your IQ is below room temperature. Contine to troll.
Hegseth only posted a pic of a mildly obese cadet.
Imagine the Elbows Up shock, awe and knickers knots, if he had posted pics of the morbidly obese, blue haired, nose ringed, face tatted, weeded up dress wearing dudes that make up the regular force now.
Our media: Trump, Trump, Trump….Meanwhile about who transformed Canada into the socio-economic cesspit it is today….. crickets.
I have no problem with what Hegseth did. Many Canadians are embarrassed with the state of the country under Trudeau and now Carney.
Great news. When the fat asses of the Canadian military inevitably fail, 65 year old Clooney will stand on guard. The left really go out of their way to show you how dumb they are
Who cares what asswipe Clooney thinks about anything?
@Blaze. Your comment implies Kegseth was in Canada. He wasn’t. USA education is so pathetic!
Hegseth doing a great job in my opinion and showing the total hypocrisy in Canada.
The cadet is overweight and very obese. They should not be wearing a uniform. This is DEI in Canada.
@Walker 635 pm. Tell us where the imaginary story about the military was from. Mini MAGA so loves the USA and Trump.
Thank you George, always a class act
@Jimbo Jones. You believe the media only when its convenient for you. Another Canadian of convenience who supports the USA.
@jimbo Jones. Believing a US administration official who said something to the far right western standard over Canada is on you. Don’t blame the government for choosing the US side. Nice choice of name.
@incontinentia buckets. Trying to explain away your support of Hegseth and him making fun of teachers is hilarious! And you mentioned some imaginary GLP 1 ad! Too funny.
Reminds me of just a few months ago it was reported that the Canadian Military tried to get immigrants that were not even Canadian citizens yet to join the army. There was enthic infighting, the cadets wouldn’t take orders from a woman no matter her rank. The whole program was a dismal failure. Only in Canada.
Canada needs to continue to take the high road…we are above the base comments coming from the states
I don’t know why we give these people any of our time. Stop engaging and asking question about Canada. Period. Cut them off at the knees.
And for god sake Jimbo Jones, sit down. Canada hater.
Canada used to be a sane and prosperous nation, but something happened that propelled the country into a systemically racist and corrupt “post national state, with no core identity, no mainstream” no transparency, no ethics, no borders, no rule of law, no Rights and Freedoms, and no fiscal restraint third world like socio-economic cesspit.
I wonder what it was, and if media malfeasance had anything to do with it?
More noise bubbling to the surface that the trade talk breakdown didn’t didn’t go down the way Carney claims it did.
Today, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick made a inflammatory claim: that Prime Minister Mark Carney may have deliberately picked a fight with the United States to blunt growing independence sentiment in Alberta and Quebec. – Western Standard.
Documented serial liar Carney’s media amplified response: “Stop throwing shade”, on why the trade talks failed.
@Jack DeSilva
Clooney was a Senile Joe Autopen supporter. until he couldn’t hide that Senile Joe was senile anymore.
Pete Hegseth should learn to do some chin-ups.
But here is a nuanced response.
I will not make a remark about the teenage cadet to the left. Kids are off limits. As for the soldier to the right seeing our military personnel that heavy doesn’t give me confidence in our defense readiness. I have the same remarks towards overweight cops and firefighters. These are the people who have a duty to be at their best physique in order to effectively protect the country. Have we really lowered the bar this low?
Past history is a reliable indicator of future performance.
Carney is a documented back door dealing serial liar with a stack of headline grabbing MOUs with no measurable results other than hundreds of billions in new deficit spending.
And he’s probably negotiating Canada’s surrender to a bunch of EU bureaucrats in Brussels as we speak… to make up for losing the UK to Brexit.
But , let’s give him the benefit of the doubt about what happened with the trade talk breakdown, because he has an honest face.
Clooney is garbage just like that shill Mike Myers who did a Elbows Up commercial with Catney
DEI cadets
To the virtue signallers suggesting I like Hegseth bullying teenagers.
1. The picture in question is a very fit cadet getting a medal from a very obese officer.
2. It appears obvious to me that he was commenting on the Ozempic ad of the officer.
3. I think fitness is an important part of any physical job – including national defense.
4. I don’t like what Hegseth did. It is childish.
5. George Clooney still doesn’t matter.
Boom!
@canadian
Dan used pore correctly.
Pore over: To read, study, or examine something with great attention. (Example: She pored over the financial reports.)
Pour over: To make a liquid flow over something, or the specific coffee-brewing method. Unless you are literally spilling a drink on your books, “pour over” is incorrect for studying
They never show the picture that he posted because even they are ashamed lol
Go train for chin ups Hegseth! Your brain isn’t your only weakness!
I can almost guarantee that Pete Hegseth will be a man before his mother.
George Clooney has 30 days to report for military duty or again be declared the Biggest Democrat Sissyboy after Pete Butigeg.
George Clooney is an idiot actor. Only idiot liberals care what he thinks of.
@Dan Hunter. Maybe learn the difference between pour and pore. I feel sorry for Americans level of literacy.
@Dan Hunter. Sorry that Americans feel hate. The hate though is not only in Canada, its universal. Go on to a European (Europe is a continent) news site or the UK, and you’ll see your country is universally reviled. But of course you blame Canada for the world hating the USA!
Well Dan you and 6he person who decided to call the cadit a fa….p have to be the most unsophisticated illiterate human being. Say anything about our cadets or if anybody stuck up for us. Says a lot about you and what I’m seeing is he must be a Maga American. I understand cadets. He’s our teenage kids that are helping out in times of need in our community. You have no right talking about people the way they are and how they live their lives. You must have nothing in yours. I feel sorry for you. Actually I don’t
@Dan Hunter. You say Canadians are obsessed yet you have commented many many times on this site. Typical american-do as I say, not as I do.
How about some real news, like how Zelensky just threatened to shoot down civilian airliners in Russia, or how two Ukrainian intelligence groups just had a shootout in Kiev.
Prior to the republicans backing Trump, I thought they had better candidates than him. That being said, they probably wouldn’t have won due to their name. Besides, the democrats are not running anyone that could compete with them for POTUS. I mean, there are democratic senators backing Harris and AOC, and they’re both campaigning on shutting down the senate. You can’t make this lunacy up!
Don’t worry Pete… we mock them too.
A democrat actor who pretends to be someone else. What’s the medias fixation on people who play pretend ?
Does Canadian media pore over left wing American media to find material to delight their readers ? Americans don’t care what celebrities say. They have less education than the average American. Almost all left high school for the stage but their narcissism prods them to think they are smart enough to advise others. This negotiation will be settled, but Americans will remember the level of hostility and toxicity emanating from Canadians. Look in the mirror. Your pathetic performance over the last ten years is due to your voting for the Liberal Party, and out of blind hatred, you did it again !!
@Crusader. If you were functionally literate, you would know these are cadets. It’s sad how uneducated Americans are. Crusade on!
Hegseth was just pointing out what fat pigs the Canadian soldiers are…
All small, weak men take great delight in running anyone down. Hegseth is a classic example of a very small weak man
Who cares what George Clooney says. He is an actor.
Pete Hegseth has a problem in his brain. I believe half is missing. Same with all the MAGAts who support him and Trump.
@Incontinentia buckets. So you support Hegseth bullying teenage girls? Nice. Says a lot about you.
Of course the supporters of MAGA and Trump like incontinence and Henry have to support Hegseth BULLYING teenage girls. Sure you’re proud of your position.
Because George Clooney matters
Clooney the guy that said Biden was sane ! Who cares