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The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.

This comes as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth continues to find himself mired in controversy. NPR has also confirmed with the same official that Hegseth shared details ahead of last month's Yemen strikes with his wife and brother in a Signal chat on his personal phone, minutes after being updated by a senior U.S. military official. The news of the second Signal group chat about the mission was first reported by The New York Times.

In March, Hegseth shared details about action against Houthi targets in Yemen in a Signal chat with top White House officials that accidentally included a journalist.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Because before he was kicking out people who, while he might have 'picked them', weren't really 'his people' and they stood up to him. Now he has sycophants who suck his orange hole and his only reason to get of them would be when there's too much pressure and he's forced to admit he was wrong for picking them.

Two VERY different sets of circumstances.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

suck his orange hole

😳

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'll admit when he was reelected I assumed it would've just been more like 2016 where we got a rotating cabinet and nothing really accomplished side from taking credit on stuff the Dems set up. He's far more focused now. Granted I'm not American so likely there's domestic stuff and signs I missed. He only had a few spats with my PM but this time around he's had a whole war. And we haven't hit the 100 day mark.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

yeah, i had a sense it would get like this, "they learned their lessons; there's no more adults in the room; they are vengeful" but I won't pretend I truly appreciated the full scope of the damage that would be attempted, no less accomplished. And as you said, not even 100 days. I have a lot of friends and colleagues who's jobs have been impacted. Which also means I have some depressing insights into the impacts at some of the agency's that will inevitably impact the services they provide. It ain't gonna be pretty if there isn't a "fix it" phase that follows the current "break things" phase.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nobody saw Elon coming in to exfiltrate data and rampage agencies the way he did. The tariff shit and destruction of the economy otherwise is pretty in line with expectations.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

For sure I can agree didn't see musk coming. But I for sure saw them doing all the project 2025 things they said they weren't going to do. You know how I knew they were lying? 🤦