{"id":36554,"date":"2026-08-20T15:50:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/?p=36554"},"modified":"2026-08-20T17:59:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T21:59:46","slug":"the-fierce-look-820","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/2026\/08\/the-fierce-look-820\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fierce Look"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-caption-text {font-family: sans-serif !important; font-size:75% !important;\"} <\/style>\r\n<p>Today&#8217;s observation\/comment is how repugnant I find the current masculine &#8220;fierce look.&#8221; Specifically the look captured below, courtesy of New York Times, of our Warrior Secretary Pete Hegseth.  (Never mind the vague look of his wack spouse.) <\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36537 size-large\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-19-182851-640x289.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-19-182851-640x289.png 640w, https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-19-182851-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-19-182851-768x346.png 768w, https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-19-182851.png 1286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Must one squint like an eagle to be taken seriously?\u00a0 No, the reason for his feigned ferocity is much simpler &#8212; it is exactly the same glare that Donald Trump trademarked, the scowl that says &#8220;F&starf;CK YOU&#8221; before you have a chance to speak.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div id=\"attachment_36538\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36538\" class=\"wp-image-36538 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-19-184317-300x298.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-19-184317-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-19-184317-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-19-184317.png 511w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donny as he sees himself<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Trump&#8217;s sycophants know how to kowtow and they do their best to imitate the master.\u00a0 They are the playground weaklings.\u00a0 He is the playground-bully-weakling.<\/p>\r\n<p>Someone should remind Taco Donny:\u00a0 Scowls don&#8217;t kill.*<\/p>\r\n<p>_____________________<\/p>\r\n<h5>* That&#8217;s where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/military-defense-spending-budget-series\">$1.5 trillion defense budgets<\/a> come in handy.<\/h5>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s observation\/comment is how repugnant I find the current masculine &#8220;fierce look.&#8221; Specifically the look captured below, courtesy of New York Times, of our Warrior Secretary Pete Hegseth. (Never mind the vague look of his wack spouse.) Must one squint &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/2026\/08\/the-fierce-look-820\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary","category-putts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36554"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36559,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36554\/revisions\/36559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}