A priceless pre-second world war globe coveted by the US defence secretary Pete Hegseth for his office in the Pentagon was damaged by his staff in a botched attempt to relocate it, army officials have admitted.

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[–] 159 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Look, I'm the last person to judge them breaking something. I am clumsy and careless and break shit all the time.

But it's just so perfectly emblematic of Republicans. They look at this old globe of the world how it was 80 years ago and think it's so nice and they should have it for themselves... and then they break it out of carelessness.

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  • [–] 96 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    There's actually a department in charge of moving historical stuff like this, precisely so it doesn't get broken, but no, he just sent his thugs over to grab it ...

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  • [–] 77 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    A bit too on the nose there

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  • [–] 44 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    What's the word for when metaphors become reality?

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  • [–] 87 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

    What it's supposed to look like:

    What it now looks like:

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  • [–] 14 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    The camera angles there make it look like it got a foot shorter too lol!

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  • [–] 37 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    It's not just a camera angle, the globe isn't sitting in the cradle like it should be.

    The metal band that runs the circumference of the sphere is supposed to fill the grooves in the base and rest on the nub by the floor. In the new picture you can see the band sitting lower and sitting in the groove and running in front of the nub on the base. I'd almost put money on the band getting bent and working out of its intended track causing the wood nub to get mashed into the plaster-like surface (guessing by the debris on the floor) of the globe.

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  • [–] 41 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

    “An accident occurred while staff were transporting a replica of the Eisenhower globe as part of its relocation,” the official’s statement said.

    “Accidents happen, we are grateful no one was harmed, and the globe is being repaired. It is unsurprising that the Washington Post is once again dedicating time to another inconsequential non-story.”

    (Emphasis mine). Wow, just wow. It'd be an accident and non-story if they broke the copy machine or dropped a TV, but the whole point of historical artifacts is that they can't just be replaced. I'd say it makes my blood boil, but let's be real, it was already boiling, this is just fuel to the fire.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    while staff were transporting a replica of the Eisenhower globe

    So like, is it a replica of an Eisenhower globe or is it an Eisenhower globe? I feel like that is a pretty significant asterisk here, and kind of significantly changes the narrative. Someone's lying, and as a matter of principle I'm inclined to believe it's Hegseth, but I'd like to know what's actually broken. I don't give a shit if Hegseth breaks his own toys, and if he broke a replica that can be replaced. But he seems to be the only one claiming this is a "replica", as far as anyone else seems to know, including plaques installed at the globe's original location this appears to be an actual globe used by Eisenhower, not a replica.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 weeks ago*

    It is either a replica or it is the Eisenhower globe, not an Eisenhower globe. The article reports that it is the priceless globe that Eisenhower used to in planning D-Day that was dropped onto its base and shattered. Kegsbreath's spokesman is trying to claim that it was only a replica. Typical bullshit lie to try and hide their incompetence.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago*

    That's a good point! I saw the bit about a moving company being qualified to move the globe and totally missed the (alleged) replica part. I agree though, the current administration doesn't strike me as the type to "settle" for a replica, not when they could say the word and have the original 1 of 1 thing.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Right up there with the orange painted cretin throwing White House sterling silverware in the trash

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    I hadn't heard that one, but not surprising at this point.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Like something straight out of The Great Dictator. But that's just life in the Clown's Age.

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    This perfectly describes the current government, everything they touch they break or everything they touch falls apart kinda sounds better.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Nothing is sacred and nothing is safe from the looting.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    So he broke it and blamed the intern.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    He probably tried to crack it open to see if there were any historic bottles of booze inside

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    probably could smell the whiskey and old cigars.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    What is it with this guy and big balls?

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  • [–] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Interesting this leaked now. It happened months ago.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 weeks ago

    Why would he even want that? It's not like he even knows how to use it.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 weeks ago

    "An accident occurred while staff were transporting a replica of the Eisenhower globe as part of its relocation,” the official’s statement said.

    “Accidents happen, we are grateful no one was harmed, and the globe is being repaired. It is unsurprising that the Washington Post is once again dedicating time to another inconsequential non-story

    If it were simply a replica, they wouldn't be spending all the time and effort to repair it

    Scary how blatant the propaganda is now

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago

    The writers are just phoning it in now.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago

    Release the Epstein files FFS

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    My bet on this is Hegseth commandeered it from the Smithsonian and broke it when he drunkenly showed it off.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago

    "....while drunk and raving about a crusade"

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago

    They can't even move a stationary globe while not being fired upon. I wonder how they'll do in war? /s

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago

    Exactly zero people hired by the Trump administration can do their job right for better or worse.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    He was probably trying to flatten it as he knows the world isn’t really a globe.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    A shit show, in slow motion. What a buffoon.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    These stupid monkeys wreck everything.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Way too many of you are assuming it's actually broken and not stolen.

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  • Perhaps Pete could put some makeup on it ...

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago

    Dude wishes he had a modicum of Ike’s rizz

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  • [+] -16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    "priceless and historic" ......is it? Like I get how some things can be but this is a globe. This isnt some relic or even an art piece

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  • [–] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    "relic" is open to interpretation. this was a near century old antique with provenance that no other item can claim. the craftsmanship, however, is not up for discussion. from that perspective, it was in fact an art piece that was appreciated by its craftsman, its original owner, and everyone who looked at it for the last 80 years.

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