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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances, multiple sources told CBS News.

The price tag for the project was several thousand dollars, according to two of the sources, at a time when the administration is searching for cost-cutting measures.

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[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 3 points 4 hours ago

Hopefully they will get someone who can line out old drunkys sideburns.

[–] YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Manly men dont wear makeup. That’s such weak sauce. Just sayin

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

God fucking damnit I really thought this was an Onion article.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Yeah. Our new reality. I hate it.

[–] Aphelion@lemm.ee 11 points 7 hours ago

No amount of foundation can cover up his slurred speech and stumbling gate.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 27 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh, it's Not the Onion.

How do I crosspost

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Onion chose literally the most inopportune time to revive itself, their poor writers have been working constant overtime to stay ahead of reality lol. Trump already outdid his first 4 year term in only a couple of months.

[–] ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 5 points 8 hours ago

They never went away. Half the shit they posted during term one, ended up coming true a few months later. Like the injecting bleach story.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 52 points 11 hours ago (3 children)
[–] Photuris@lemmy.ml 40 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

We don’t want pentagon officials to be handsome for television.

We want them to be competent.

[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 14 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Kind of surprised it wasn't JD to be honest

[–] raltoid@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

He doesn't leave the house without his waterproof makeup.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 22 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

He had a furniture showroom installed.

[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

Imagine the right wing uproar if a Biden had a brothel put in the Whitehouse

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

JD probably has one at the White House. Or do you think he's putting on his eyeliner by himself?

Or maybe not, don't think Trump would share his makeup room.

For people that keep pushing against drag queens that much, they sure like their make up. Bunch of hypocrites.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 hours ago

JD probably has one at ~~the White House~~ Number One Observatory Circle

No way he waits until he gets to work to apply his guyliner

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

He probably thinks this comment is about him.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 hours ago

Dammit, beat me to it 😄

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 34 points 11 hours ago

Jesus fucking christ. These are the competent geniuses that railed against wearing masks in the middle of a global pandemic. Now they're supposedly running the defense department.

Good job republiQans, you fucking twits.

[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 15 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

What’s the bet they would be offended by a man wearing nail polish.

[–] Bender12@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

So much manly warfighting.

[–] benignintervention@lemmy.world 17 points 11 hours ago (2 children)
[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 1 points 6 hours ago

Well he has to pick up the slack now that Canada is not buying USA liquor.

[–] cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Whiskey is the key to a natural glow

[–] benignintervention@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

A deep swig of Jackie Ds to soften those features

[–] einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

made that point 1h ago in c/ncd and now stumble over this here lmao

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

Maybe DOGE can cut make up rooms?

[–] Kurious84@eviltoast.org 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

He can tattoo the makeup like Vance

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Can't tell if true or not...

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

What a bitch.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 hours ago

I'm sorry but proper makeup and grooming being a symbol of effective warfighting hasn't been a thing since Thermopylae.

[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

He’s so merit! We need more. They’re for us. Herp derp

[–] KulunkelBoom@lemm.ee 0 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

The makeup necessary for his upcoming white house (oval office) drag performance where he drains a half gallon of scotch, emails putin the back door to the F-35, and fucks a couple of ten year olds on the situation table... all the while taking selfies of him and his 'buds'.