Thumbs Up! Country’s Top-Ranking Warmonger & Quack Have ‘Leisurely’ Mid-Week Bro Date

In yet another reminder that the Trump administration is just a bunch of sycophants who have no idea what they’re doing, on Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Commissioner Dr. Mehmet Oz tweeted an exclusive look into his middle-of-the-week bro date with Secretary of War Defense Pete Hegseth. Lucky for us, these MAGA bros kept their shirts on for the photos. 

Gosh I think Oz has cracked the code for Americans getting more physical activity in tree easy steps.

1. Invite Pete Hegseth to your beach house

2. Have your personal chef whip up a Mediterranean feast

3. Do tree pull-ups

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— Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social) February 19, 2026 at 10:24 AM

“Secretary [Hegseth] visited us for a beachside brunch,” Oz tweeted, alongside a few photos of them enjoying a lovely seaside afternoon at what seems to be Oz’s multimillion-dollar mansion in Palm Beach, Florida. In one, they’re grinning and sticking their hands in an ice bath; another shows off their spread of sauces and chickpeas; and in another, they’re pictured hanging side-by-side on a low-lying tree branch. Hegseth is sporting flip flops and a baseball hat while Oz is wearing some frat-boy shorts and boat shoes. “He can turn a leisurely afternoon into a MAHA extravaganza with tree pull-ups, a cold plunge, and a Mediterranean feast!” Fun! Americans are facing an affordability crisis, and nearly a quarter of the country avoided taking any of their paid time off in 2025, so I’m glad these cabinet secretaries are enjoying a Wednesday afternoon brunch. 

And I’m sure Hegseth is hungry after drooling and panting at the thought of potentially using his “warfighters” to launch a real big-boy war. The U.S. seems increasingly poised to launch military strikes on Iran, per threats made by Trump and his rapid build-up of forces in the Middle East. Speaking at Thursday’s first “Board of Peace” meeting in Washington, D.C., Trump warned Iran that unless it can settle a deal over its nuclear program, “really bad things” could happen. Neat. 

The unemployed behavior caught the attention of various Americans and lawmakers, as the mid-week session of ice baths and brunch seemed more-than-tasteless. “I’d tell you to get to work because it’s Wednesday but neither of you should have your jobs,” Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) tweeted. “Dr. Oz and Pete Hegseth just had a play date,” MeidasNews’ Ron Filipkowski wrote on BlueSky. “Shouldn’t he be doing war stuff?” former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), who also served in the U.S. Air Force, piled on in another tweet. 

But we need no reminders of how much Hegseth and Oz both suck. Oz is a former television star who once founded an app to surveil abortion seekers and who has needlessly described his penis in detail. Since becoming the leader of CMS, he’s used his position to create medical terms that don’t exist, and called life-saving, gender-affirming care a “prehistoric relic.” While Hegseth was formerly a shit-at-his-job former Fox News anchor before being confirmed as the head of the Department of Defense, a position he’s used to make the U.S. army as anti-women as ipossible; created needless military operations with incredibly questionable names; and obscured public view into the Pentagon’s operations. 

The getaway has, ergo, created an awful Catch-22 situation where I certainly don’t want them working hard, nor do I want them doing anything that resembles any drop of “leisure.” Either way, boy, do they love not doing their jobs! 

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