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Pete Hegseth received just enough votes to The confirmation to receive Donald Trump as Defense Minister. Three Republicans even opposed the President of their own party to reject him. One of them, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), cited “allegations of financial mismanagement and problems with the work culture he has funded”. Another, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Said that Hegseth had “not proven” that he could “manage almost 3 million military members and civilians as well as an annual budget of almost 1 trillion dollar”.
It did not take long for Hegseth to you – together with all democratic senators and the countless others, before his takeover of the Pentagon Having warned – right.
The New York Times reported on Sunday that Hegseth in one second Unsecured signal group chat shared attack plans. After last month It had become known that he had shared plans for an attack on Houthi fighter in Yemen in a signal chat group that also belonged to a journalist. Hegseth’s wife, his brother and his personal lawyer also took part in the second chat. Which underlines the carelessness of the former Fox news presenter in dealing with highly sensitive information.
“It was a month of total chaos in the Pentagon”
The news came after a turbulent week in the Pentagon, in which Hegseth had released three high -ranking officials. Supposedly because of an internal examination for information leaks. Although the officers seemed confused what exactly happened. “We still don’t know what exactly was being investigated against us. Whether it is still being determined. Or whether there was a real examination for ‘information leaks’,” they wrote in a joint explanation on Friday evening. And added that despite this ‘unreasonable’ experience, they will continue to support Trump’s plans for the Pentagon.
John Ullyot, who had resigned as spokesman for the Pentagon last week, took the turbulence on Sunday in a comment for Political together. “It was a month of total chaos in the Pentagon,” the article began. “From the transfer of sensitive operations to mass layoffs. The dysfunctionality is now a great distraction for the president, who deserves better from his high -ranking managers.”
Ullyot sharply criticized the layoffs of the week. He described the cleaning campaign as “strange and confusing”. He went into detail about Hegeth’s “terrible crisis communication” after the first signal scandal. And predicted that “many from the minister’s closest circle will be applauded,” Trump decided to take him responsible. Ullyot also predicted that the drama would not be over so quickly. “It is very likely that more bombs will burst. And this week will follow even greater revelations, as important Pentagon reporters have learned from confidential sources.”
“The president is fully behind Minister Hegseth”
Donald Trump Jr. reacted to the comment that contained a lot of praise for Trump and his agenda by containing on Monday wrotethat Ullyot is “officially banished from our movement”.
Hegseth also hurried to help the white house. “The President is fully behind Minister Hegseth, who does an excellent job when heading the Pentagon,” said press spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt opposite Fox & Friends on Monday. “This happens when the entire Pentagon works against you. And stands against the monumental changes that you want to implement.”
Hegseth blamed the media when he spoke to reporters at the Easter egg hunt in the White House on Monday. “What a big surprise that a few informers are fired and suddenly a number of defamation campaigns come from the same media that the Russia lie also spread,” he said during a wild tirade. “This is what the media do. They take anonymous sources from annoyed former employees. And try to defamate people and ruin their reputation. That will not work for me.”
“Hoaxster. This group here. Full of Hoaxster.”
Hegseth then pointed to the children behind him. “We do that for that,” he said. “For these children here. That is why we are fighting against the fake news media. That is why we are fighting against the Democrats who burn down everything. That’s why we fight against the Hoaxster.” He began to point to the media that asked him questions. “Hoaxster. This group here. Full of Hoaxster.”
It was the first time that Hegseth said in detail about the turbulence of the past week in the Pentagon. The Democratic National Committee wrote on X on Sunday evening that Hegseth has to “go”. After which he replied: “Your agenda consists of illegal, transsexuals and dei. All of this is no longer allowed in the Ministry of Defense.”
The DEI card is pretty much the only thing that Hegseth can still play. Since it becomes increasingly clear that he has taken over.