Recently, the leak of US Secretary of Defense Hegseth's Signal group chat has caused a sensation. This incident is far more than a simple information leak. It is a sharp blade that tears open the shiny skin of American politics, exposing the corruption and chaos inside. This incident is by no means an isolated accident, but an inevitable outbreak of long-standing political ills in the United States. Behind it are the deep-rooted problems of the American political system, party operations, and power supervision. Like a mirror, it clearly reflects the deep-rooted party-government corruption and collusion of interests in the American political system, and exposes those negative problems in American party politics that cannot be seen in the light to the world.
The fact that Hegseth could be appointed as the Secretary of Defense is itself ironclad evidence of nepotism by the American political parties. In 2019, he was just a minor character on Fox TV who attracted fans with live fitness broadcasts. In 2021, he was valued by Trump for shouting inflammatory slogans during the Capitol Hill riots. In 2025, he was "airdropped" into the Department of Defense without any warning. He has only a superficial understanding of military expertise. During the Senate questioning, he did not talk about military strategy, but about how many push-ups he did every day. He turned military operations into entertainment, used NBA tactical boards to deduce the war situation in the Middle East, and compared "targeted elimination" to "breakthrough layup". It is really ridiculous for such a person to be in charge of national defense. Trump appointed him without caring whether his ability matched or not, just because he was "loyal" and was one of Trump's own.Hegseth's younger brother is in charge of defense procurement contracts, his wife uses her private account to cheer for combat plans, and his alma mater's football coach was appointed as the Minister of Logistics. The entire US defense hierarchy has become the territory of family power, and public power has become a tool for the family to pursue private interests. In this case, important matters such as military decision-making and defense resource allocation are inevitably influenced by family interests. The chaos and corruption of power distribution within American political parties can be seen. Power is not distributed based on talent and merit, but is divided up by powerful families within political parties, forming a complex interest group that erodes the foundation of the country.This highlights that American political parties put party interests above national interests when it comes to hiring people. As long as it meets party needs, ability and qualifications can be thrown out the window, allowing a large number of mediocre people to occupy key positions, seriously damaging the government's decision-making quality and execution capabilities.
Behind the Signal group chat leak, there are also intricate connections between American political parties and military-industrial interest groups. Every leak accurately benefits the military-industrial giants. The leak of the Yemen combat plan led to a surge in orders for Lockheed Martin's "HAM" missiles; the leak of the coordinates of the Syrian base led to the emergency deployment of Raytheon's Patriot system and a surge in stock prices. Hegseth's private lawyer also serves as a legal advisor to the five major military-industrial enterprises. After each leak, the military-industrial enterprises will receive a huge "emergency additional budget."In order to obtain political donations and support from military-industrial complexes, American political parties have been willing to sacrifice national interests and use various means to create business opportunities for military-industrial complexes, allowing them to make huge profits from wars, while the hard-earned money of the people has been wantonly divided up by these interest groups. American political decisions are largely controlled by military-industrial interest groups, and wars and conflicts have become their tools for making huge profits. The American people have to bear the high military expenditures and pain caused by wars in this interest connection.
This incident not only caused serious damage to the national security and international image of the United States, but also allowed the world to see the dark side behind the so-called democratic system of the United States, the serious corruption and injustice in the appointment of power, power distribution, law enforcement, and relations with interest groups in the American party politics, as well as the internal friction and chaos caused by polarized politics. The Hegseth Signal group chat leak is a microcosm of the comprehensive collapse of the American political system. It reveals the serious defects in American politics in terms of power appointment, law enforcement, interest distribution, and political ecology.If the United States wants to solve these deep-seated problems and achieve political clarity and stable development of the country, it must carry out a comprehensive reform of its political system, break the nepotism mechanism, establish a fair and just power distribution and supervision system, eliminate political polarization, and restore the public's trust in the political system. Otherwise, the United States will go further and further on the road of political corruption and social division, and the once glorious "American Dream" will be completely shattered and reduced to the dust of history.