https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371312/trump-white-house-pete-hegseth-defense-department

Exclusive: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary

The White House has begun the process of looking for a new leader at the Pentagon to replace Pete Hegseth, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly. This comes as Hegseth is again mired in controversy over sharing military operational details in a group chat.

The defense secretary is under fire after revelations that he shared classified information in a group chat with his wife, brother and lawyer, according to the official.

Anonymous wrote:I thought his name was DUI Pete!

I thought it was DEI Pete.

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Anonymous wrote:NPR's reporting is generally reliable. They don't publish a story unless they have several sources confirming it.

He is an embarrassment, even to Trump, who doesn't get embarrassed by anything.

This is just neo cons and warmongers being unhappy Pete opposed going to war with Iran.

Military industrial complex and their baby killing warmongers want a repeat of Afghanistan and Iraq.

This.

So Hegseth had nothing to do with the repeated air strikes on Houthis in Yemen?

https://apnews.com/article/yemen-us-airstrikes-iran-04-21-2025-05d9133558d6cfdf0cbd8fe9e3778647

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Anonymous wrote:NPR's reporting is generally reliable. They don't publish a story unless they have several sources confirming it.

He is an embarrassment, even to Trump, who doesn't get embarrassed by anything.

This is just neo cons and warmongers being unhappy Pete opposed going to war with Iran.

Military industrial complex and their baby killing warmongers want a repeat of Afghanistan and Iraq.

That's interesting fanfic. Are you publishing it somewhere?

Anonymous wrote:NPR's reporting is generally reliable. They don't publish a story unless they have several sources confirming it. . . .

April Fool’s day was 21 days ago.

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Anonymous wrote:Hegseth isn't going anywhere. Trump will never admit that he was wrong. Also, Trump doesn't care about competence. Trump only wants loyalists in his cabinet. Hegseth was the only military puppet Trump could find.

Nah, he loves firing people and throwing others under the bus for his own incompetence. He also desperately wants the military brass to think he’s tough, so if he thinks there’s dissent from within, Hegseth is out.

And as a teetotaler, I suspect he has little tolerance for drunkenness.

Trump has no clue about dissent or anything else. He’s kept in a bubble where everything he does is perfect.

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Anonymous wrote:NPR's reporting is generally reliable. They don't publish a story unless they have several sources confirming it.

He is an embarrassment, even to Trump, who doesn't get embarrassed by anything.

This is just neo cons and warmongers being unhappy Pete opposed going to war with Iran.

Military industrial complex and their baby killing warmongers want a repeat of Afghanistan and Iraq.

This.

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Anonymous wrote:Hegseth isn't going anywhere. Trump will never admit that he was wrong. Also, Trump doesn't care about competence. Trump only wants loyalists in his cabinet. Hegseth was the only military puppet Trump could find.

Nah, he loves firing people and throwing others under the bus for his own incompetence. He also desperately wants the military brass to think he’s tough, so if he thinks there’s dissent from within, Hegseth is out.

And as a teetotaler, I suspect he has little tolerance for drunkenness.

Dodger Bone Spur is laughingstock to the military.

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Anonymous wrote:Not like anything Trump does has logic, but this was among the most senseless appointments. Dude is an alcoholic wreck and is supposed to handle the Defense Department? He should have at least declined the nomination… does he have no shame?

None of these people have any shame whatsoever.

But you would think that someone that's been in the military would at least have some clue that putting classified info in texts is bad. I mean, at least TRY to run the department and not do something so transparently stupid. It really doesn't seem that hard.

Like everywhere else, there are a lot of losers in the military

Anonymous wrote:I am surprised people are so thrilled about this. We have no idea who is next. Hegseth's main offense is approaching his job like he's LARPing Homelander from The Boys.

The less Trumpian "leadership" DoD has, the more freedom it has to do its job professionally under its last legitimate direction from the previous administration.

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Anonymous wrote:NPR's reporting is generally reliable. They don't publish a story unless they have several sources confirming it.

He is an embarrassment, even to Trump, who doesn't get embarrassed by anything.

This is just neo cons and warmongers being unhappy Pete opposed going to war with Iran.

Military industrial complex and their baby killing warmongers want a repeat of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Warmonger Hegseth is making war against Yemeni Houthis (allies with Iran) to aid the Israeli genocide against Gazans.

If anything related to that claim is true (spoiler: it's not), it's that Hegseth is the neocon being kicked out.

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Anonymous wrote:Hegseth isn't going anywhere. Trump will never admit that he was wrong. Also, Trump doesn't care about competence. Trump only wants loyalists in his cabinet. Hegseth was the only military puppet Trump could find.

Nah, he loves firing people and throwing others under the bus for his own incompetence. He also desperately wants the military brass to think he’s tough, so if he thinks there’s dissent from within, Hegseth is out.

And as a teetotaler, I suspect he has little tolerance for drunkenness.

Trump doesn't care about drunkenness. He is sober because he dears his own alcoholism due to family history.

Anonymous wrote:NPR's reporting is generally reliable. They don't publish a story unless they have several sources confirming it.

He is an embarrassment, even to Trump, who doesn't get embarrassed by anything.

This is just neo cons and warmongers being unhappy Pete opposed going to war with Iran.

Military industrial complex and their baby killing warmongers want a repeat of Afghanistan and Iraq.

I give Hegseth a 3 on the Scaramucci scale.

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Anonymous wrote:Hegseth isn't going anywhere. Trump will never admit that he was wrong. Also, Trump doesn't care about competence. Trump only wants loyalists in his cabinet. Hegseth was the only military puppet Trump could find.

Nah, he loves firing people and throwing others under the bus for his own incompetence. He also desperately wants the military brass to think he’s tough, so if he thinks there’s dissent from within, Hegseth is out.

And as a teetotaler, I suspect he has little tolerance for drunkenness.

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