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White House rejects Pete Hegseth chief of staff pick who trashed Trump & Vance as stupid and dumb
New York Post ^ | May 9, 2025, 11:10 a.m. ET | Steven Nelson

Posted on 05/09/2025 10:46:49 AM PDT by EliRoom8

WASHINGTON — The drama surrounding Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon has a new lead player: a top aide known to his detractors as “Rasputin Ricky.”

Ricky Buria, the defense secretary’s de facto chief of staff, is a rare Biden administration holdover and an internal critic of Vice President JD Vance’s “wackamamie crazy” and “isolationist” views — who has also slammed President Trump’s use of the military for immigration enforcement as “dumb.”

Buria, 43, is also considered “incredibly intelligent and hardworking,” has fashioned himself as a China hawk and is seen by Hegseth as an effective administrator who keeps the office running smoothly — but the White House has blocked him from a permanent chief of staff appointment due to concern about his alignment with the commander-in-chief.

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: foxnewsweekendhost; petehegseth; rickyburia; whiskeypete
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Sorry about the URL link; not my forte.

But this guy sounds like a major back-stabber. The one who babysits Hegseth's phone and is a strong Democrat.

1 posted on 05/09/2025 10:46:49 AM PDT by EliRoom8
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Why do officials in the Trump administration insist on bringing in people known to be hostile to Trump? We already have an entrenched bureaucracy filled with anti-Trumpers - why is Hegseth trying to add one more in a high-profile position? Seems like a major error in judgement.


2 posted on 05/09/2025 10:50:43 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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Weeding out these people is like getting rid of termites.


3 posted on 05/09/2025 10:52:29 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: EliRoom8

Gee, Pete. Get your act together!


4 posted on 05/09/2025 10:54:51 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

We don’t know why hegseth wants him in there nor why the White House said no

We act like the NYP is an intel briefing

We’re getting much less info since Trump cut off so many security permits

It could be that hegseth is a huge dope

It could be the opposite. We don’t know


5 posted on 05/09/2025 10:56:29 AM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: MayflowerMadam

“Gee, Pete. Get your act together!”

Pete, like many others in this administration, aren’t ready for the big leagues. That or they are intentionally sabatoging Trump.


6 posted on 05/09/2025 10:58:40 AM PDT by chuckb87
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To: EliRoom8

Pick someone else. Flush this guy down the toilet.


7 posted on 05/09/2025 11:03:24 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: EliRoom8

If he can’t control his personal feelings on any disagreements he may have on policy with the President and Vice President, then, regardless of his abilities in other areas, he shouldn’t be there - period. The inability to keep one’s personal disagreements private is disqualifying for such an important position.

It’s one thing to respectfully express disagreement with a policy when it’s solicited in the course of duty. It’s another to openly express those disagreements in a mocking, overly emotional way in a semi-public setting. It shows a real lack of emotional control on his part and makes his continued presence in his current position a security risk.


8 posted on 05/09/2025 11:06:32 AM PDT by mbrfl
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To: EliRoom8

Surprisingly disappointed in Hegseth


9 posted on 05/09/2025 11:09:02 AM PDT by albie (U)
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To: EliRoom8

WTF is Pete THINKING?????? BEYOND PSTUPID!


10 posted on 05/09/2025 11:09:27 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience..)
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To: dfwgator

You can never get all of them.


11 posted on 05/09/2025 11:09:32 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Donald John Trump. First man to be Elected to the Presidency THREE times since FDR.)
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“bringing in”???

Right there in sentence #2 is this: “a rare Biden administration holdover”

But why would they keep such a back-stabber on the team?


12 posted on 05/09/2025 11:09:35 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: mbrfl
If he can’t control his personal feelings on any disagreements he may have on policy with the President and Vice President, then, regardless of his abilities in other areas, he shouldn’t be there - period. The inability to keep one’s personal disagreements private is disqualifying for such an important position.

Yup. Marco Rubio likely doesn't agree with Trump on EVERYthing he has been asked to do, but he he has been a good soldier.

In the event you are asked to do something against your moral conscience even after stating your objection, depending on the situation, you can decline to enforce, maintain silence, or in some cases resign.
13 posted on 05/09/2025 11:10:50 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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who last month fired, with Buria’s encouragement, three top aides including well-known non-interventionist Dan Caldwell, who had served as a senior adviser to the defense secretary.


14 posted on 05/09/2025 11:10:52 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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To: EliRoom8
It's the New Yawk Compost.

I question if this is really Peter's guy as reported.

15 posted on 05/09/2025 11:11:11 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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So the guy has outed himself as a potential leaker. No thanks.


16 posted on 05/09/2025 11:12:47 AM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
Why do officials in the Trump administration insist on bringing in people known to be hostile to Trump? We already have an entrenched bureaucracy filled with anti-Trumpers - why is Hegseth trying to add one more in a high-profile position? Seems like a major error in judgement.

I really like Pete, but if he doesn't get his act together, he'll be back hawking pain pills at FNC {or msnbc, cnn or any other cable channel that will pay him}.

Doing pushups with the troops won't save him if he keeps crapping the bed.

17 posted on 05/09/2025 11:14:52 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE THE MOOSELIMB TERRORIST SAVAGES)
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‘Not ready’ - it may be why he’s depending on someone who is experienced. However that person is all wrong.


18 posted on 05/09/2025 11:14:57 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

he’s a Biden holdover ... the title sucks ...


19 posted on 05/09/2025 11:15:35 AM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

>>In the event you are asked to do something against your moral conscience even after stating your objection, depending on the situation, you can decline to enforce, maintain silence, or in some cases resign.

Very true.


20 posted on 05/09/2025 11:17:50 AM PDT by mbrfl
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