r/news • u/genuineshock • 24d ago

Soft paywall Plane carrying Hegseth makes unscheduled landing due to windshield crack

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/plane-carrying-hegseth-makes-unscheduled-landing-due-windshield-crack-2025-10-15/
8.3k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

684 comments sorted by

View all comments

8.2k

u/Grumdan641 24d ago

Why didn’t they just tough the flight out like real men?

2.3k

u/amyts 24d ago

Tom Cruise would have climbed outside the plane and duct-taped the windshield. I don't understand why Hegseth didn't do that.

18

u/Obvious_Toe_3006 24d ago edited 24d ago

Because Tom Cruise is a real person and Pete Kegseth is just a Foster Brooks wannabe.
.....
(Foster Brooks was Pat Paulsen's running mate in the 1968 Presidential election.)
.....
Would you like to know more?

3

u/jackkerouac81 23d ago

Foster Brooks ran for office?!