Sec. Hegseth is becoming a problem the Trump Administration can no longer afford.The Army chief resigned amid direct clashes with him, Democrats are warning of "hollowed out" military leadership, and internal dissent is RIFE at the Pentagon.
A documented pattern of dysfunction at the worst possible moment, with the Iran war ongoing.
The fmr. Fox News host has been accused by his OWN department of focusing on "culture war issues" and personal ambitions over actual defense leadership.
And the controversies have been overshadowing his own administration's strategy...
Sec. Bessent launched what was billed as "economic D-day" against Iran, a major escalation designed to crush Tehran under commercial pressure.
But Hegseth immediately pulled focus back to himself by finding more controversy, undercutting the admin's own messaging at a moment requiring discipline...
The people leaving the Pentagon are NOT low-level staffers, either.
The Army chief is gone.
Internal non-concurrences from senior commanders are now on the record.
And America is still actively at war.
Wars are hard enough with a *functional* defense secretary...
Mike
