The Keith Edwards Show - JD Vance Abandons Hegseth as he’s Caught with Syringe

Episode Date: October 12, 2025

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Pete Hackseth was called a liar by J.D. Vance earlier today about an announcement he made that is true, even though J.D. Vance doesn't want him to be. I'm wondering if, I'm wondering if Pete Hackseth might have just accidentally blurted this out. There's also reporting now that Pete Hegseth is getting injections and his own staff is spilling the tea on that. And we also have reporting here that while all this shit is happening, the people who are suffering the most in this government shutdown are. the people who work for our government, people who have stopped getting paychecks. That's the military. Now, the Trump administration is trying to blame this on Chuck Schumer. But this is not because of Chuck Schumer. It's because of Donald Trump's actions and the Republicans being unable or unwilling to compromise on the budget. And now the military is starting to suffer. But real quick, before we get to that, if you can hit like on this video, more people will see it. And if you're not subscribed, please consider subscribing. We're almost at a million subscribers and your subscription, your subscribing could help us get there. Now let's get into this.

As I take a step aside here, there is quite a bit of military members and their families in line because of this government shutdown. We're in day nine of it and they're here for a food pantry. There's all sorts of food that is available. And I spoke with some military member spouses and I spoke with some department heads here at the ASYMCA on why this is so important. What's the difference in the amount of people that you've seen from today to previously? So when we first started coming, there definitely wasn't this amount of people. It was a lot, but it wasn't this amount to where it wrapped around the building. But lately it has been a lot like we were here last week and we were in line for like two hours.

And in a normal week, we usually run out of food about 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Last week we ran out of food about 10.30. Yeah. And so the rapid response team of the White House for the Trump administration said this is all because of Chuck Schumer and Democrats. Well, if that were true, then I suppose that there'd be nothing that could be done until after we get a new budget, right?

Well, here's Donald Trump saying, we have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegsef will use them to pay our troops. I will not allow the Democrats to hold our military and the entire security of our nation hostage. Well, it's interesting. So it turns out Donald Trump could have just paid them all along. So it's another lie from this administration.

And one of the things that's happening in this administration is that they're calling each other liars. J.D. Vance earlier today was on TV, and he spilled the beans on the fact that I think Pete Hegseth probably said something out of turn. Here's what he said about a Qatarie Air Force training base on U.S. soil in Idaho. No one other than President Trump could have achieved the peace that what we believe will be a lasting peace in Gaza. and Qatar played a substantial role from the beginning, working with our folks to ensure that came about. So I want to thank you for that historic piece. I look forward to joining the president as that gets,

it's already been delivered, but as that's formally signed as well. And I'm also proud that today we're announcing, we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Katari-Imiri Air Force facility at the Mountain Home Air Base in Idaho. The location will be host a contingent, Qatar F-15s and pilots to enhance our combined training, increase lethality, interoperability. It's just another example of our partnership. And I hope you...

Now, that's insane. That's insane. And MAGA got really upset about that. Everyone should be upset about this. Because the only reason why this is happening is because Qatar gave Donald Trump a $400 million plane. That's the only reason why this is happening. Donald Trump is the easiest person ever to bribe. All I got to do is give him some gold-plated crap, and he will do whatever you ask him to do.

It's actually kind of shocking. Maybe we should just give him like a gold-plated trophy and ask him to get the military out of the streets. Does anyone have thought about that? Should we just give him a present? Should Antifa just give Donald Trump a $20 million present? And perhaps we could just, I don't know, have the country we used to have? Food for thought. Now, as I said, J.D. Vance said this when asked about the Qatar facility. What is what is the function of this Qatar facility? People are wondering, is this an airbase?

What is Qatar going to be developing in Idaho? Yeah, I saw some reporting about this. Maria. I actually talked to the Secretary of War, Pete Hexeth, this morning. This is largely a fake story. We continue to have with countries that we work with. We have relationships where, you know, sometimes their pilots work on. on our bases, sometimes that we train together, sometimes we work together in other ways. They're reporting that somehow there is going to be a Qatari base on United States soil. That's just not true. We are continuing to work with a number of our Arabs.

It's not true. It's literally what he said. I mean, we just listened to his direct quote. Pete Higsetth announces that Qatar and authoritarian regime will be authorized to build an Air Force training base on U.S. soil in Idaho. That is what he said. It's not a fake story. The AP is even reporting on it. Things to know about the Qatar trading facility plan for Idaho Air Force Base. So it's not fake. Now, I'm going to give you a little bit more information about this. What we expect is it to be a squadron operations and hangars because that's a Qatari version of the jet that they bought through foreign military sales. And it goes on to say, this base is roughly 50 miles southeast of boys, which is the state's capital and primary population. It sits on a high desert tundra plateau tucked between two mountain ranges. The spot is ideal for federal pilot training because there is a lot of space around the base.

Now, the reason why this is happening is because Donald Trump said it should. The U.S. sells defense equipment services to other country as a foreign policy tool, federal law called the Arms Export Control Act details when those sales can take place. But generally speaking, it is when the president determines that doing so will boost the security of the U.S. or promote peace around the world. So that is the reason why this is happening, because Donald Trump said it should. Point blank.

And we all know Donald Trump said it should because Donald Trump got bribed. Now, Pete Hucksteth is also in news for other reasons because... He's not just waging war on Chicago and Portland. He's also waging war on his wrinkles. I cannot believe this is a story, but this is a story. He's already installed a makeup studio, complete with lights and a director's chair at the Pentagon,

and now the Daily Mail can reveal that he's, Hegeseth has kicked his beauty routine up a notch by getting Botox. The defense secretary 45 underwent a round of cosmetic injections last month and has been seen with noticeably smoother skin and visibly diminished wrinkles. An insider speaking on condition of anonymity. I love that. Someone went on the record for this on background, said, The father of four, quote, it's all an ego play for Pete.

He's always been full of himself, but his ego is off the charts. Quote, he's obsessed with his body, and now he wants to create the entire military in his image. The same person goes on to say, now that he's Secretary of War, his sense of self-importance, has gone to his head along with his vanity. And even though he strutted about the stage like a peacock, when he gave his insulting lecture to the military brass, he still doesn't garner respect. Oh, I love to hear that. He made a minor speech to important people, and he was still upstaged by Trump.

Ouch. Ouch. I got to say, it is really interesting that the folks who are, I don't know, is it masculine? I don't really care if someone wants to do something to improve or change how they look. Who cares? But I kind of feel like if you are trying to, his whole speech is about masculinity and toughness. And it kind of just feels against all that. Like Donald Trump is constantly in the most orange, orange, makeup, bronzer. Pete Hick-Seth apparently cares more about his appearance than anything else. And on top of it, he can't even do a pull-up. It was President Trump who inspired us?

I'm telling you right now. If you don't know, you're not, that is not a pull-up. That is using your legs, the force of your legs to go above the bar. I don't even think his chin went above the bar with all of that. So these are the people who are trying to tell us what. masculinity is. And it's all a ruse. It's all ruse. They're all hypocritical. I just want to end with this, because Laura Lumer had some feelings about the Qatar base. And she said, what is America First about allowing Qatar to have a military base on U.S. soil? This is an abomination. So much for make America

safe again. And then someone reminded Laura Lumer, America First is whatever President Trump says it is. I suppose masculinity is also what they say it is, too, on that side. But I feel like we got to keep exposing this stuff because I do think the more you show the hypocrisy, the more it kind of breaks the spell. So let's keep doing that. Please do hit like on this video, subscribe and I'll see you next time.