Some of you might think it is natural for Americans to be not so familiar with distant Southeast Asian countries, but this guy is DEFENSE SECRETARY nominee.
@@komododragon410its needed, just like back then with Kraninger chosen to lead FTC, but she showed lack of knowledge in economic law to the point Rep. Katie Porter cut short the hearing and give her textbook she authored to Kraninger.
So what? American hasn’t fought any recent wars in SE Asia, and it engages ASEAN as a bloc not individual countries per se. He acts upon the advice of the chief of the general staff who knows better these things, and he’s not after the post of the foreign secretary who deals with bilateral diplomatic relations. How many Asian defense ministers can accurately name all the US states or all NATO countries?
@@virtueschan its pronunciation too, the way this lady speak ASEAN is very similar with ASIAN. She should pronounce ASEAN as Southeast Asia, i wouldn’t be suprised if the nominee thought that the lady said ASIAN.
This is hilarious and scary at the same time. Western democracy allow clowns to be elected to government positions. It's not about qualifications, it's about connections and money.
She said there were 3 agreements in ASEAN. Unless I'm hearing it correctly, the there are only 3 treaties, one of which is in the "ASEAN" region that exist for the USA. Those would be Korea, Japan and the Philippines (the only one in South East Asia). So she was also kind wrong.
Trump:Send a fleet to ASEAN! And wait for my order! Pete Hegseth: Yes,president! And then he ask his soldiers go to Iran and wait ! One week later Trump:Where is my super fleet? Pete Hegseth: It’s here,president! Trump:Fxxk you!
Never was. Regean did the opposite of MAGA. Trump is cut from the same cloth and will continue to do nothing for America but line the pockets of him and his friends. And everyone who voted for him will be waiting for benefits that will never come. Then they’ll blame the consequences of trumps failed economy on the next one to occupy office in their first years of presidency. Like they’ve always done.
Hunter gets pardoned on actual federal charges, nobody bats an eye. Trump gets off light on up jumped misdemeanor charges and an unclear explanation of what the actual crime is, and every liberal loses their minds. The hypocrisy is astounding. Shouldn't you be off grooming an elementary school kid into being trans or something?
Though he couldn't answer this question, you're grossly incompetent if you think that should disqualify him from this position. His credentials: Princeton University Graduate (Number 1 Ranked school in the United States) Received his Bachelor of Arts in politics Served in the Military for 20+ years making field grade officer Served at Guantánamo Bay and was involved in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars (Earning a bronze star) Previously served as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) from 2012-2015
@@EtherealBias You forgot "mainstream media host". Those credentials clearly are irrelevant to this role when he is incapable of even answering what this role is responsible for. Those three agreements are at the core of what the Defense Secretary deals with. You couldn't even get hired at McDonalds if you admitted you didn't know that burgers were on the menu. Have higher standards, yeesh.
@@bills6009 It's the Association of Southeast Asian nations. If you are from Hong Kong, then you should at least be able to name at least some (probably all) of China's Southeast Asian neighbours. The 10 members of ASEAN are Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines. Note that ASEAN actually has a larger population and larger geographic area than the European Union. The EU just gets more attention because of Western media.
His ignorance is no surprise. The majority of U.S law makers have zero knowledge of the outside world. Most have never even heard of countries like Nepal or have difficulty pointing out Ukraine on the world map. This includes past Presidents and Vice Presidents. What little they know about geography, history and politics of other countries are fed to them by advisers. If the nominee for Defence Secretary get the job, he would be heavily influenced by the people around him because he is totally in the dark and hasn’t a clue about things that matter.
"But I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan and in AUKUS with Australia." when asked about the number of countries in ASEAN. 😅 I don't think he has even heard of the Straits of Malacca.
That kind if mindset is what cause Afghanistan restoration effort took 2 decades, 2 trillions and ended up failed. You have to know the insight on what do you want to do because as they said, "devil is in the detail".
No,as long as the appointees are not liberal,as long as the appointees know that their job is to put America first,as long as they understand that China and the wef (the real clowns) are not friends of American citizens,..we,the majority,are very happy. What most other countries think - means nothing to us. MAGA
Are you joke the big ASEAN countries? such as Indonesia and Singapore. they have a huge influence in the Asia Indo Pacific region!! Ministerial candidates like this are better off just sleeping and dreaming!
ASEAN doesn't even mean anything to US military. It's a political entity, primarily for trade, of which its members can change at any time. Why would the US armed forces bother with that term? They would refer to the geographic region, which actually has meaning to them.
@@AlbatrossRevenueoh I know, Malacca Strait is still vital maritime choke point for Chinese navy and merchant ship, and the only effective way to limit Beijing influence in Middle East and Europe.
But instead of one machine gun, we gave him $900B worth of weaponry from handgun to ICBM. I can't imagine him dealing with North Korea or China, but ended up in Indonesia waters somehow.
Well frankly it does. When the sec of defence thinks that ASEAN is near japan and south korea then he would think china is a threat to the stability of the region.
The nominee defense secretary is unaware of any ASEAN nations, despite the United States having an international treaty with them. The US Army will be in disarray.
I get that we Southeast Asians aren't really the popular kids in the Asian block but, man, this feels kinda heartbreaking and disappointing. This guy occupies one of many important roles within their government.
This what happens when you think DEIs are inherently bad-you get a random white male and think he is qualified for any position you give him. I hope the US can survive the next four years of GOP clownship
When the citizens of the "greatest nation" on earth puts a clown in charge not once but twice, you sort of know the level of intelligence they have. The smart ones are those that pull the strings behind. The dumb and dangerous ones , we see up-front like today......
I am so happy an American Secretary of Defence nominee doesn’t know any countries in South East Asia that are in ASEAN. That means we would have peace in the region. 😂
a symptom of the american education system and american 'exceptionalism' mentality. i bet he doesn't even know whether phillippines is their ally or not, since he doesn't even know where it's located.
@@Ardiantothehulk what? He left office with one of the highest unemployment rates in history. It increased by nearly 2 percent. You are misinforming yourself.
@@Ardiantothehulk His mismanagement of the covid pandemic let to numerous lives lost which caused an economic recession. He left his presidency with one of the highest unemployment rates due to his covid disaster.
Not in USA, here 5th grader only learns about Americans History not World History. That's why they can't even tell if Africa is a continent or a country 😅
I think you are giving 5th graders in the US too much credit. You realise many of them don't even know what are countries? There are genuinely many (maybe even a majority) Americans who think Africa is a country, or California is a country.
Not in the USA. I never even heard about ASEAN until 3 years ago. It’s not that important in our day to day lives. Now I knew about the individual Southeast Asian countries, I just didn’t know they formed a group. I knew about Philippines and Vietnam, because there are people who immigrated here from those places, and of course because the Vietnam War happened. I knew about Thailand because it’s a tourism destination. I knew about Myanmar from the Rambo movie, Laos from King of the Hill, Malaysia from the flight that went missing. But yeah, just like Southeast Asian 5th graders don’t know that much about countries like the Dominican Republic or El Salvador, from which there are soooo many immigrants living in the US, they can’t expect random 5th graders to know everything about their region. This guy here should have known but 🤷♂️
I'm from Indonesia and that's horrible he didn't know about Indonesia, One of the most strategic countries in the Southeast Asian region, stability in the area is determined by security in Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world.
@ Thank you. My comment was about the content of the question and not at all about who was asking it; in fact, it could have been his grandmother asking the question for all I care. Hope you feel better about your non-value add contribution.
@ happy to. just wanted to point out how your ignorance reflects the ignorance of nominee for US secretary of defence. the info is readily available but none of you bother to read it. 0:21
did you even watch the video? it's a senate member literally talking about how he is not qualified to have the position he was nominated for because of his lack of geopolitical knowledge
@tonyisnotdead well. Firstly 1. I know there's no relation between this and Indonesia joining BRICS. It's a joke basically 2. That doesn't change the point that USA barely know us Indonesia in the first place. Even Apple shod it off untill realizing their iPhone 16 cannot be sold in Indonesia without approval
Indonesia Mentality We Are G20,G7 And Brics Country We Are Rich Country But Reality Indonesia Joint Those Group Because Of Population Not Because Indonesia Economy Above Singapore,Vietnam, Thailand Or Malaysia This Is Fact And Reality Indonesia Population Is 280 Million With $1.2 Trillions GDP Thailand Population Is 70 Million With $ 514.9 Billion GDP Singapore Population Is 6.9 Million With $ 501.4 Billion
I am an Asian, born in ASEAN country and I am US citizen. ASEAN countries will be blessed to have Pete Hegseth, a man of integrity, to be the US defense secretary. ASEAN countries need to have a strong US to maintain stability, and Pete will make that happen.
When she said to name the importance of atleast one nation in Asean what type of agreement US have with that nation, the first thing that pops up in my mind was my country the Philippines. We are one of the oldest US ally country of Asean and we have Mutual Defense Treaty with the US. It's imposible he does not know about this because the Mutual Defense Treaty between the US and Philippines is always mentioned in the international news almost several times a week whenever Philippines confronts China inside our EEZ.
So will the Philippines still consider the US as the big brother? Will the Philippines still kowtow and roll over whenever the master commands it to? Will the Philippines happily and eagerly welcome American troops to it's shores like the second coming of the messiah?
@@LukeHartman-ro7hl and that is a bad thing? A nation that only has 4 or 5 military bases overseas as opposed to between 780 to 800 bases being operated by the USA? Who is the war monger here? Who is the self proclaimed big brother here? Who is the country that has waged war overseas the most since WW2 ? A peace loving country or a country determined to be a superpower by all means? A country that wishes to proper thy neighbor or a country that wants to police your government and dictate how you should run your country ? Do I detect a hint of sinophobia here?
@@jasonlow8715 -invasion of inner mongolia -great leap forward -invasion of tibet -invasion of east turkestan -asean sea incursions -invasion of bhutan ccp wanted to be imperialist like usa but too poor. you should thank nixon for pushing un to accept ccp and replace roc
And I thought Beer Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing was a joke. Pete Hegseth somehow managed to lower the bar even more. America is a laughingstock under Trump.
How funny - for the past four years we have had a president who can't speak, stand, engage, or otherwise prove that he is anything other than a weekend at Birney's cadaver! It is hilarious that you think that the incompetent Biden picks are the gold star value of the nation. You can't stand the idea of making America great again. The world (except our enemies) can finally exhale and breathe a sigh of relief. The grown-ups are back in the room.
A walking corpse called Biden, Jihadi sympathizers and Transgenders are ruling the country for last 4 years and the US is a laughingstock across the world.
@Hkchinese888 apparently they do. Its is done from bottom up. The people vote for their local officials who in turn vote the next level etc etc. Hence the one party system.
@@DavidFoo-kh4rioh yeah I forgot, but both are doing the same but Hawley is more on press spokesperson than Cotton during hearing. Thanks for correcting.
What are you talking about? Of course the Secretary of Defense needs to know about the World outside of the US. Even in small, neutral states, defense minister is a very international job.
U fool, US is de military superpowerwho has military allies all, of the world.. if u wanna be secdef, u'd better know stuff at least about your allies overseas.. Dont mind if he's a tv guy, so long he has enough knowledge of US's military involvement overseas
that's funny. when was the last time the US engaged in military action in the North American continent to defend its borders? 99.9% of the time American military action is thousands of miles away from its shores in OTHER countries.
Some of you might think it is natural for Americans to be not so familiar with distant Southeast Asian countries, but this guy is DEFENSE SECRETARY nominee.
Tell me if Congress's approval required or not? Otherwise he is going nowhere regardless
@@komododragon410its needed, just like back then with Kraninger chosen to lead FTC, but she showed lack of knowledge in economic law to the point Rep. Katie Porter cut short the hearing and give her textbook she authored to Kraninger.
So what? American hasn’t fought any recent wars in SE Asia, and it engages ASEAN as a bloc not individual countries per se. He acts upon the advice of the chief of the general staff who knows better these things, and he’s not after the post of the foreign secretary who deals with bilateral diplomatic relations. How many Asian defense ministers can accurately name all the US states or all NATO countries?
Singapore is part of ASEAN LOL
@@alvindurochermtlUS states are unimportant to anyone outside of the US. But everyone can name NATO countries without having to be defence ministers.
The fact that he name dropped Japan and South Korea makes me doubt he even knows what ASEAN stands for
When they hear "Asean", it must mean it's Asia - and by hearing the word "Asia", they mean Japan, China, and SK. Ahh yes... Very american
@@virtueschan and Australia!
He’s never heard of it in his life.
@@virtueschan It's not a bad bet 🤷♂
@@virtueschan its pronunciation too, the way this lady speak ASEAN is very similar with ASIAN. She should pronounce ASEAN as Southeast Asia, i wouldn’t be suprised if the nominee thought that the lady said ASIAN.
This is hilarious and scary at the same time. Western democracy allow clowns to be elected to government positions. It's not about qualifications, it's about connections and money.
You are so correct. Remember zelensky was once a standup comedian. I'd think he's still one.
It s a popularity contest 😂
It happened around the world tho, indonesia for example, our vice president is the dumbest person to be elected for its role
@@wakeywakey7981 dynasty politics is a different set of problem 😅
She said there were 3 agreements in ASEAN. Unless I'm hearing it correctly, the there are only 3 treaties, one of which is in the "ASEAN" region that exist for the USA. Those would be Korea, Japan and the Philippines (the only one in South East Asia). So she was also kind wrong.
He probably thought an ASEAN country was any county in Asea
Im not even surprised if he includes Russia and Turkiye just because they're both more in Asia than Europe somehow.
Turkey and Russia are mostly Asian, and Turks originally come grom the Mongolian area.@@HowToChangeName
Trump:Send a fleet to ASEAN! And wait for my order!
Pete Hegseth: Yes,president!
And then he ask his soldiers go to Iran and wait !
One week later
Trump:Where is my super fleet?
Pete Hegseth: It’s here,president!
Trump:Fxxk you!
He probably thought, "Asian? Oh I know my Asian." He assumed it was Asian because the lady's accent might be unfamiliar to him.
Pinoy: But we luv u, sar!!!
him: “what a weird way to pronounce ‘Asian’”
he: "why she switch accent all of sudden?? is that how Asia is actually pronounced?"
Madam Senator we work closely with a lot of Australean and South Korian !
Also me, for a second there
ASEAN not Asian
Stands for Association of South East Nations
It's asean not asian.
Is geography illegal in America?
Only limited to America the continent
I have that suspicion😂
To be fair ASEAN is an organization, not a place.
@@PRubin-rh4srit's a regional organisation. name all the countries in Southeast Asia and basically that's all of ASEAN
No it is not,but if you are WAAAAAY under qualified for a job.Just say that!
Bro literally could have done a tiny bit of research to be prepared for this. Come on
So embarrassing
Could have done.
Cheat with CahtGPT on his phone; no phone? No personal assistant to prop him up?
@@alinapopescu872 you are correct
but he has Jesus with him tho. He said that many times in this hearing
He knows he doesn't need to do that. Trump saw some bs he said on cable tv and that's it.
US fought in Vietnam and Laos, but don't know about it.
and using Thailand as Base.
Many Americans still think they won the Vietnam War lol.
And they have defence exercise with Malaysia and Singapore.
It is just this guy, who is useless
US also fought in Cambodia too trying to prop up their pro-American regime but failed in the 1970s
This man is not going to make America great again.
💯. Not many nominees will. After all, they're getting chosen by a convicted reality TV actor.
Nobody is going to
Never was. Regean did the opposite of MAGA. Trump is cut from the same cloth and will continue to do nothing for America but line the pockets of him and his friends.
And everyone who voted for him will be waiting for benefits that will never come. Then they’ll blame the consequences of trumps failed economy on the next one to occupy office in their first years of presidency. Like they’ve always done.
Hunter gets pardoned on actual federal charges, nobody bats an eye.
Trump gets off light on up jumped misdemeanor charges and an unclear explanation of what the actual crime is, and every liberal loses their minds.
The hypocrisy is astounding. Shouldn't you be off grooming an elementary school kid into being trans or something?
this guy wouldn't get the manager job at mcdonalds. there's no reason he should have ANY government position
And for this exact reason he will hold one of the most powerful offices in the government. 😮😮
Though he couldn't answer this question, you're grossly incompetent if you think that should disqualify him from this position.
His credentials:
Princeton University Graduate (Number 1 Ranked school in the United States)
Received his Bachelor of Arts in politics
Served in the Military for 20+ years making field grade officer
Served at Guantánamo Bay and was involved in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars (Earning a bronze star)
Previously served as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) from 2012-2015
@@EtherealBiasbut he's completely thick as poo
Maga, did you hear this ?????
@@EtherealBias
You forgot "mainstream media host".
Those credentials clearly are irrelevant to this role when he is incapable of even answering what this role is responsible for. Those three agreements are at the core of what the Defense Secretary deals with. You couldn't even get hired at McDonalds if you admitted you didn't know that burgers were on the menu. Have higher standards, yeesh.
Booo... That's how little US politicians think of us in Asean. We too shouldn't give the US much thought.
He is not even a politician, but a TV host running world's largest army😅
I don't even know what the ASEAN is and I'm asian and I've been following politics for more than 8 years, two hours a day...
@@bills6009 It's the Association of Southeast Asian nations. If you are from Hong Kong, then you should at least be able to name at least some (probably all) of China's Southeast Asian neighbours. The 10 members of ASEAN are Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines. Note that ASEAN actually has a larger population and larger geographic area than the European Union. The EU just gets more attention because of Western media.
@@pineapplesareyummy6352 I know what it is now. These acronyms are not intuitive
Exactly. Not even above his driver paygrade...Commy channel is funny
As a South East Asian, I am greatly insulted.
@ravenking2458 If you Americans say so, then what can I say? You have the nukes.
@@ravenking2458ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nation😮
@@ravenking2458 then what's the part of ASEAN? genuine question?
@@ravenking2458asean stands for Association of SOUTH EAST ASIAN Nations
@@ravenking2458 ASEAN = Association of Southeast Asian Nations. So......
His ignorance is no surprise. The majority of U.S law makers have zero knowledge of the outside world. Most have never even heard of countries like Nepal or have difficulty pointing out Ukraine on the world map. This includes past Presidents and Vice Presidents.
What little they know about geography, history and politics of other countries are fed to them by advisers. If the nominee for Defence Secretary get the job, he would be heavily influenced by the people around him because he is totally in the dark and hasn’t a clue about things that matter.
"But I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan and in AUKUS with Australia." when asked about the number of countries in ASEAN. 😅
I don't think he has even heard of the Straits of Malacca.
That kind if mindset is what cause Afghanistan restoration effort took 2 decades, 2 trillions and ended up failed. You have to know the insight on what do you want to do because as they said, "devil is in the detail".
They know. How else can they control things?
US leaders only learn about a country after they invade it.
Sadly, they don’t know much about the US either
He can't even mention Philippines 😂. He's the kind of guy that will mention Bali is a country instead of Indonesia
Bali? Oh yes I have been to that country. Very nice and beautiful place
@@Connetification yes, it's near Lisbon and Warsaw! :D
@ Isn't Bali in the Caribbean or something?
@@Connetification bali in portugal
All the Trump appointees are graduates of clown college.
🎯
Trump university
It's entire circus
No,as long as the appointees are not liberal,as long as the appointees know that their job is to put America first,as long as they understand that China and the wef (the real clowns) are not friends of American citizens,..we,the majority,are very happy.
What most other countries think - means nothing to us.
MAGA
The biggest irony is they despise collage education while importing collage educated immigrants to do their jobs. These guys are not serious people
Are you joke the big ASEAN countries? such as Indonesia and Singapore. they have a huge influence in the Asia Indo Pacific region!! Ministerial candidates like this are better off just sleeping and dreaming!
Especially if Trump main agenda is to curb Chinese influence, Malacca Strait is vital choke point to Chinese merchant ships.
ASEAN doesn't even mean anything to US military. It's a political entity, primarily for trade, of which its members can change at any time. Why would the US armed forces bother with that term? They would refer to the geographic region, which actually has meaning to them.
As soon as they say Indo Pacific I just switch off. I am sick of imperialism.
@@AlbatrossRevenueoh I know, Malacca Strait is still vital maritime choke point for Chinese navy and merchant ship, and the only effective way to limit Beijing influence in Middle East and Europe.
@@AlbatrossRevenuepffft are you also didn’t know that there is nation in ASEAN that formerly a part of USA ?
To be fair, I didn't know this either. Then again, I'm not a nominee for leading the American army as secretary of defence.
c'mon man... imagine you hire a baker that does not know what Flour is
for context its like a Chinese defense minister not knowing what European union is.
@@wolfie2582 Pretty sure Chinese Defence minister knows what EU is.
@@Connetification Exactly that's why
A regular guy in china probably can name most of EU countries
This is like giving a machine gun to a baby to go out and play.
But instead of one machine gun, we gave him $900B worth of weaponry from handgun to ICBM. I can't imagine him dealing with North Korea or China, but ended up in Indonesia waters somehow.
They actually do that in the States.
Im not American, but at least know US military interest in Indo-Pacific, AUKUS and the 7th Fleet @@IroquoisPliskin-y9s
the US gave a nuke button to Trump.
Chimp with machine gun!
The Philippines: How dare you? I've fought for you so hard in the South China Sea. Now you are telling them you do not know who I am.. 😄
Lets check if he can pinpoint where Singapore is on the map.
That's a city in China, right? 😉
Their face look like Chinese, they must be CCP agent 😂
No it's the capital of Mongolia...
The dot on a map indicating singapore is bigger than the actual country itself. 😂
*Points to china
"Mr Senator, I'm a Singaporean."
Ugh that one. still cringe remembering that senator's line of questioning.
NO you are from China! hahaha
He has the right amount of ignorance for the job.
Perfect puppet I would say
Another example of the US in decline.
That is a math question. Only for Asian.
Looks like China doesn’t need to worry for the next four years. 😂😂😂
he can't find where Taiwan is😂
我们的对手如此“出色”😅
Well frankly it does. When the sec of defence thinks that ASEAN is near japan and south korea then he would think china is a threat to the stability of the region.
A TV host for the Secretary of Defense? The Evil Empire of the United Snakes is on a one-way ticket to dystopia!
Already was with the president of 2020
His credentials are not less than those of his boss ;-)
@ True!
How about a clown for president? Ring a bell?
The nominee defense secretary is unaware of any ASEAN nations, despite the United States having an international treaty with them. The US Army will be in disarray.
I get that we Southeast Asians aren't really the popular kids in the Asian block but, man, this feels kinda heartbreaking and disappointing. This guy occupies one of many important roles within their government.
He failed every test because he is grossly unqualified and grossly overconfident with no shame at all.
This what happens when you think DEIs are inherently bad-you get a random white male and think he is qualified for any position you give him. I hope the US can survive the next four years of GOP clownship
That's how you get elected in USA. Better have no shame
Forget the US, Trump is nominating a man that has no clue? It's like the blind leading the blind!
That's an insult to blind people srs. These people are corrupt greedy billionaires.
@@Adonna2424 Amen to that. They use people as toys, it's all a game to them.
Guy cant even stack his executive department with competent people
@@PRubin-rh4sr Shows what kind of idiots the voters are.
@@Adonna2424 the richest cabinet ever assembled. all of them billionaires. and the MAGAts think these people have THEIR interests at heart? LOOOOL
When Con man Trump who doesn't know economics, politics, geo politics and policies can be POTUS twice..this is what you get.😂
When the citizens of the "greatest nation" on earth puts a clown in charge not once but twice, you sort of know the level of intelligence they have. The smart ones are those that pull the strings behind. The dumb and dangerous ones , we see up-front like today......
TDS
A defence secretary which doesn’t know basic geography lol
That was not basic geography
@markmotarker if not basic geography then what?
I am so happy an American Secretary of Defence nominee doesn’t know any countries in South East Asia that are in ASEAN. That means we would have peace in the region. 😂
a symptom of the american education system and american 'exceptionalism' mentality. i bet he doesn't even know whether phillippines is their ally or not, since he doesn't even know where it's located.
Phillippines? Sounds like Chinese to me. "Friendly fire"
Can we all agree that she was extra kind to ask just for ONE example for each question?
vietnam shock when see this video.
This guy pulled the same trick when I know nothing and failed at cold reading the question.
Americans like these people to be their leaders.
baffles me how people voted for trump
@@balapadmanabhan5705 because he deliver US unemployment rate at lowest in last 60 years.
@@Ardiantothehulk what?
He left office with one of the highest unemployment rates in history. It increased by nearly 2 percent. You are misinforming yourself.
@@balapadmanabhan5705 Yes. Because of Covid. Back in 2018 and 2019, the US unemployment rate is one of the lowest in history.
@@Ardiantothehulk
His mismanagement of the covid pandemic let to numerous lives lost which caused an economic recession. He left his presidency with one of the highest unemployment rates due to his covid disaster.
If the president isn’t even qualified, how are the other people he appoints gonna be qualified? 😂
Lol any 5th grader could at least name Singapore as one of the ASEAN countries 😂😂😂
Not in USA, here 5th grader only learns about Americans History not World History. That's why they can't even tell if Africa is a continent or a country 😅
I think you are giving 5th graders in the US too much credit. You realise many of them don't even know what are countries? There are genuinely many (maybe even a majority) Americans who think Africa is a country, or California is a country.
Not in the USA. I never even heard about ASEAN until 3 years ago. It’s not that important in our day to day lives.
Now I knew about the individual Southeast Asian countries, I just didn’t know they formed a group. I knew about Philippines and Vietnam, because there are people who immigrated here from those places, and of course because the Vietnam War happened. I knew about Thailand because it’s a tourism destination. I knew about Myanmar from the Rambo movie, Laos from King of the Hill, Malaysia from the flight that went missing.
But yeah, just like Southeast Asian 5th graders don’t know that much about countries like the Dominican Republic or El Salvador, from which there are soooo many immigrants living in the US, they can’t expect random 5th graders to know everything about their region. This guy here should have known but 🤷♂️
@@mudshovel289 Well they expect a 5th grader would know because most of them do lol
@@aerith119 in your region perhaps. Not in other countries, like Germany where I lived for 5 years. And not in the USA.
So much for American exceptionalism. The American Empire is done
He had like two months to get prepared for the hearing, but he did nothing. What a disgrace!
Take my word. He is still far smarter than Trump.
As a Southeast Asian, lemme give u a quick way to know Southeast Asia/ASEAN, it's basically "Rice Balkans"
Exactly! Correct
Ooff... Imagine being called "not qualified" in front of many people..
How can you ask a kindergarten student a secondary school level question?
I'm from Indonesia and that's horrible he didn't know about Indonesia, One of the most strategic countries in the Southeast Asian region, stability in the area is determined by security in Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world.
I mean... they have a senator that kept asking a Singaporean CEO about how Chinese he is in many different questions, so this isn't surprising at all.
Yea remember that one. That senator hate Chinese so much. He needs someone to be Chinese.
All his nominees are a joke
And you're not someone special. Who's really the joke here?
@ I’m not someone special but I’m not running for office either
@@notarmchairhistorian7779 thats the dumbest comment ive seen all day.
Disgrace
The scary thing is Trump nominated this oblivious person, and that USA elected Trump.
He doesnt even know where asean is 😂
Probably also thinks that Africa is a country...
May be he didn't even know ASEAN exists!
@@nextinstitute7824😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
He probably Asean = Asian, and Asian = Japan + S Korea, two of USA's vassal states in that region.
I'm not surprised, many Americans don't know any other countries in the world outside their bubble.
Not a surprise, he is a true American.
He is an embarrassment for America, so is his boss!
I think they are appointing people who will just follow orders, not who know how to fulfil the role properly
He probably thought the reporter said ASIAN, not ASEAN. 😂
what reporter
@ the person who asked the question, whoever it was…..
@ she's not a reporter
@ Thank you. My comment was about the content of the question and not at all about who was asking it; in fact, it could have been his grandmother asking the question for all I care. Hope you feel better about your non-value add contribution.
@ happy to. just wanted to point out how your ignorance reflects the ignorance of nominee for US secretary of defence. the info is readily available but none of you bother to read it. 0:21
Maybe this is why Indonesia suddenly join BRICS 😂😂😂 USA barely knows us in the first place
did you even watch the video? it's a senate member literally talking about how he is not qualified to have the position he was nominated for because of his lack of geopolitical knowledge
@tonyisnotdead well. Firstly
1. I know there's no relation between this and Indonesia joining BRICS. It's a joke basically
2. That doesn't change the point that USA barely know us Indonesia in the first place. Even Apple shod it off untill realizing their iPhone 16 cannot be sold in Indonesia without approval
Indonesia Mentality We Are G20,G7 And Brics Country We Are Rich Country But Reality Indonesia Joint Those Group Because Of Population Not Because Indonesia Economy Above Singapore,Vietnam,
Thailand Or Malaysia
This Is Fact And Reality Indonesia Population Is 280 Million With $1.2 Trillions GDP
Thailand Population Is 70 Million With $ 514.9 Billion GDP
Singapore Population Is 6.9 Million With $ 501.4 Billion
@@sayfolman7752 Indonesia is not part of G7.
And they wonder why most of the population of the eastern hemisphere doesn't want America involved here
But all wanted to migrate to America including communist and Jihadi sympathizers.
There’s only 1 country ASEAN countries want less involved in their affairs. I bet you can guess and that’s why ASEAN countries align with the US.
@@LetterSignedBy51SpiesWasA-Coup No, there isn't.
What??? Most powerhouse in the Eastern hemisphere are either allies or partner of the US. Except China and Iran.
@@umarjongi3590 Most ASEAN nation are align with the US if you compare it to early 2000.
they have 300million people. this was the best defense secretary they could find?
ROASTED!!!!
She's mean sure. But she leading the question so nah.
To be fair, I wouldn’t remember how people name my punching bags, people would think u’re batshit crazy.
This is horrifying
As a veteran that didn't know anything about Vietnam war, that's shameful. And in front of another veteran, even worse.
A nominee for the Secretary of Defence should pass a basic geography test just in case
If you don't feel embarrassed, then another person embarrassed
Pretty sure his boss doesn’t know what ASEAN stands for
And they attack kamala saying she is dei hire , pathetic
He went to the University of Fox News.
He holds a B.A is Maga. His thesis was, talking nonsense on TV.
Hmmm... wonder if dude slept during geography class....
I bet President Trump also don’t know how to answer this question.
Another Trump bozo!!
I am an Asian, born in ASEAN country and I am US citizen. ASEAN countries will be blessed to have Pete Hegseth, a man of integrity, to be the US defense secretary. ASEAN countries need to have a strong US to maintain stability, and Pete will make that happen.
America education 😂
I thought my job interview was a disaster until I watched this.
Ouch. Will he still be invited to be a host in Fox News?
US Veteran from Vietnam war feel insulted
😂😂😂 just the latest confirmation of the quality of the US' political figures, across the board... laughable
He failed in every possible category; honor, knowledge, faith, character… America’s national security is at risk.
Let them Filipinos see it. They need to be louder and work harder to gain some recognition from their masters.
Reminds me when the senate asked a Singaporean tiktok ceo if he is a Chinese citizen 🤣, Generalizing so much.
Does anyone think he is capable and qualified to lead the earth's mightiest bureaucracy?
Another quality pick for the Orange Man's administration 😂
It's a democratic way to aquare government position.... respect to the lady congresswoman 😐😐😐😐
I think she is a Thai Chinese ( her family migrated there ) remember reading about her,,,but sorry if I’m wrong 😅
The list of unqualified people starts with Trump and runs all the way down to his cabinet picks. Nepotism
When she said to name the importance of atleast one nation in Asean what type of agreement US have with that nation, the first thing that pops up in my mind was my country the Philippines. We are one of the oldest US ally country of Asean and we have Mutual Defense Treaty with the US. It's imposible he does not know about this because the Mutual Defense Treaty between the US and Philippines is always mentioned in the international news almost several times a week whenever Philippines confronts China inside our EEZ.
So will the Philippines still consider the US as the big brother? Will the Philippines still kowtow and roll over whenever the master commands it to?
Will the Philippines happily and eagerly welcome American troops to it's shores like the second coming of the messiah?
@jasonlow8715 you want them to look to China instead?
@@LukeHartman-ro7hl and that is a bad thing? A nation that only has 4 or 5 military bases overseas as opposed to between 780 to 800 bases being operated by the USA? Who is the war monger here? Who is the self proclaimed big brother here? Who is the country that has waged war overseas the most since WW2 ? A peace loving country or a country determined to be a superpower by all means? A country that wishes to proper thy neighbor or a country that wants to police your government and dictate how you should run your country ?
Do I detect a hint of sinophobia here?
@@jasonlow8715 Dude China claims that all of the waters belonging to SEA is theirs, so why would South East Asians want to side with China?
@@jasonlow8715
-invasion of inner mongolia
-great leap forward
-invasion of tibet
-invasion of east turkestan
-asean sea incursions
-invasion of bhutan
ccp wanted to be imperialist like usa but too poor. you should thank nixon for pushing un to accept ccp and replace roc
THIS MAN IS NOT QUALIFY FOR A JOB ! WELL SAID !
And I thought Beer Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing was a joke. Pete Hegseth somehow managed to lower the bar even more. America is a laughingstock under Trump.
I am Australian. Laughing stock of the world starting with your president-elect, your political and your judicial systems. It's a joke.
Abysmal, you can't apply for a job at McDonald's if you have problem with alcohol. But apparently leading the entire military is A-OK?
How funny - for the past four years we have had a president who can't speak, stand, engage, or otherwise prove that he is anything other than a weekend at Birney's cadaver! It is hilarious that you think that the incompetent Biden picks are the gold star value of the nation. You can't stand the idea of making America great again. The world (except our enemies) can finally exhale and breathe a sigh of relief. The grown-ups are back in the room.
A walking corpse called Biden, Jihadi sympathizers and Transgenders are ruling the country for last 4 years and the US is a laughingstock across the world.
It's their intentions you have to be mindful of
I’m not surprised by the low quality of the American education system. He is one example of that...
Thus guy gets an F for geography. This is the typical grade for the majority of Americans.
I don't think he even recognized any countries in Asean
If politicians are so qualfied for their jobs then why are they in trillions of $$ of debt
Ironically military spending in far off lands like ASEAN countries is part of the problem.
Sovereign debt doesn't work the same way as private debt
That's really embarrassing. He doesn't even know his geo-politics!
I dont think he know what ASEAN is, lol. Japan Kirea Australia😅😅😅
It is not a bad thing for the time being for USA to leave Asean alone. The less they know and be bothered about Asean, the merrier for us in Asean.
No no.... USA militer bases. In Singapore and Filipina. 😆🤣. US . Militer partner. In Asean "" Indonesian , Singapore Thailand Filipina.
I'm jealous about the American democracy, you won't see this happen in China. 🤣🤣🤣
American democracy just like a circus where clowns are having a go at each other
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Are you jealous, pity though chyna has no election
🤣🤣🤣
In chyna we see only penguins clapping like zombies 🧟
@Hkchinese888 apparently they do. Its is done from bottom up. The people vote for their local officials who in turn vote the next level etc etc. Hence the one party system.
At first I thought you were being sarcastic, but you really meant it lolll. This is hilarious!
There are millions of veterans in this country and a whole cast of generals. All of whom could have probably done a better job than this
Need to replace asap lol
This is the best thing to happen. Ignorance and self-centeredness are revealed and not masked by the false notion of "expertise".
Just like that one dude who thought that Tiktok CEO was working for PRC even though he is Singaporean 😂
Josh Hawley? Yeah that went horribly baseless.
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@@DavidFoo-kh4rioh yeah I forgot, but both are doing the same but Hawley is more on press spokesperson than Cotton during hearing. Thanks for correcting.
Just another muppet
Tammy worth Ducks! Honestly, US need a secretary of defense for the US and not the world.
I agree with you so the US should stop interfering in other countries politics with the excuse of US national security 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@stanlee4765at this point I’d be surprised if they can tie their own shoe laces in the US..
What are you talking about?
Of course the Secretary of Defense needs to know about the World outside of the US. Even in small, neutral states, defense minister is a very international job.
U fool, US is de military superpowerwho has military allies all, of the world.. if u wanna be secdef, u'd better know stuff at least about your allies overseas..
Dont mind if he's a tv guy, so long he has enough knowledge of US's military involvement overseas
that's funny. when was the last time the US engaged in military action in the North American continent to defend its borders? 99.9% of the time American military action is thousands of miles away from its shores in OTHER countries.