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In the middle of the reports of chaos and intestine struggles at the Pentagon, And the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth apparently flees sensitive information to anyone with the signal application on his phone, there are growing signs that HegSeth could soon hit the bricks.
NPR reported that Trump was looking for a new defense secretary:
The White House began to search for a new defense secretary, according to an American official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
This occurs while the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, continues to find himself mired in the controversy. NPR also confirmed with the same civil servant as Hegseth shared details before the Yemen strikes last month with his wife and brother in a signal cat on his personal phone, a few minutes after being updated by a senior American military.
This is a very Trump decision. The administration will say that he supports Hegseth until Trump publishes on social networks that Hegseth has been replaced by someone else.
A report may not be convincing that Hegseth is going out, but then Politico Talked to the representative of the Armed Services Committee of the Don Bacon Chamber (R-NE) who said:
I’m not in the White House, and I’m not going to say to the White House how to manage this … but I find it unacceptable, and I would not tolerate it if I was in charge.
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It seems that there is an in progress collapse, “said Bacon.” There is a lot – a lot – of smoke coming out of the Pentagon, and I could believe that there is fire somewhere.
I would not expect many, if necessary, republicans of the congress have the spine to ask Trump to shoot Hegseth, because it would make Trump misar, and the republican members of the Congress are terrified by Trump who holds up against them.
Put all the parts together, and it points to one direction: as soon as possible, Pete Hegseth will be shown at the door.
What do you think? Is Pete Hegseth out? Share your reflections in the comments below.