Pete Hegseth Fires Subversive Leakers and the Deep State Is Having a “Total Meltdown”

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Democrats doing what Democrats do. Using their plants to sabotage Trump. Wouldn't it be great if they focused on things like THEIR JOB?

I think that anyone caught sabotaging the government should go to Leavenworth prison to break rocks for the next 20 years.

 

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The days where we could trust the MSM are long gone. Our evil media is the most un-American group in our country.

The biased circles of political hack information on social media are worse.

 

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The biased circles of political hack information on social media are worse.

Let's hear it for Truth Social.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Let's hear it for Truth Social.

Not even once.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Not even once.

OK, it is a filthy rag.

 

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[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Hegseth is making MAGA look unhinged, which considering their players, is fully expected.

 

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Pete just fired her! GOD ....... BLess him

Bye bye Sue

Susan Rice Just Got Fired By Pete Hegseth and She's Not Taking It Well | WLT Report

It's been a very bad day for Susan Rice... She just got fired by Pete Hegseth who thanked her for her service but said "we're going in a different direction." Hilarious!

wltreport.com

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Surprised she lasted this long among the MAGA savages.

 

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[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Your Pete is an idiot and security risk.

Our Pete is a homosexual and outstanding government official.

Who do you want in government.

 

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Pete Hegseth Fires Subversive Leakers and the Deep State Is Having a “Total Meltdown”​

Pete Hegseth Fires Subversive Leakers And The Deep State Is Having A "Total Meltdown" - The American Tribune.com

The deep state is in a state of chaos after Pete Hegseth fired three Department of Defense aides who were allegedly involved in the leaking of classified

theamericantribune.com

20 Apr 2025 ~~ By Tom Arends

The deep state is in a state of chaos after Pete Hegseth fired three Department of Defense aides who were allegedly involved in the leaking of classified government information earlier this year, along with the departure of Hegseth’s chief of staff from his role following an extended period of turmoil within the agency.
For context, on April 18, 2025, Hegseth terminated three Defense aides — a senior adviser named Dan Caldwell, Deputy Chief of Staff Darin Selnick, and Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary of Defense Colin Carroll —and removed Chief of Staff Joe Kasper from his position. All of these firings reportedly stemmed from a series of leaks that have beset the Pentagon in 2025, including the accidental inviting of Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal group chat where top-secret plans were being discussed.
In an interview with Politico, a senior Pentagon official said that Chief of Staff Kasper and the three aides who were fired had all clashed, making the group difficult for Hegseth to work with. The official told a reporter, “Joe didn’t like those guys. They all have different styles. They just didn’t get along. It was a personality clash.”
According to another Defense official, the agency is in a chaotic state after the firings, with the official telling the press, “There is a complete meltdown in the building, and this is really reflecting on the secretary’s leadership,” the other senior defense official said. “Pete Hegseth has surrounded himself with some people who don’t have his interests at heart.”
In addition, more Defense officials weighed in on the situation, with one former Trump Administration employee telling the press that the Department of Defense is scrambling to cover their bases. He said, “The front office has some really first-rate uniformed military staff, but there’s only so much they can pick up in an organization that big. That kind of dysfunction compounds.”
While the three Defense aides who were fired from their roles will not remain at the Department of Defense, former Chief of Staff Joe Kasper is reportedly transitioning into a new position within the agency. Hinting that the upheaval within the agency may not be over, one senior Defense official told the press, “There will probably be more chaos,” adding, “It certainly reinforces the fear factor, awareness that no one’s job is safe.”
These firings followed a string of other terminations of high-ranking military leaders, including Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. C.Q. Brown and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti. According to press accounts, bureaucratic Democrats have attempted to use the firings as grounds for distrusting Secretary Hegseth. All the while, Hegseth has stood his ground.
Watch Hegseth describe his plans for his tenure as Secretary of Defense:

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They were trying their damndest to, too bad for them our guys came in with a plan and are executing it.
Pete is doing a great job. Sure there are still those within the Departments and agencies throughout the bureaucracy that need to be weeded out and then there's those that have just been hired that can't keep their mouths shut.

Is trump firing anyone in the military who isn’t loyal?

Hegseth directs 20% cut to top military leadership positions

In a memo dated Monday, Hegseth said the cuts will remove “redundant force structure to optimize and streamline leadership.”

www.militarytimes.com

This is scary stuff. If trump had the military in 2020 he wouldn’t have lost

 

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I don't think Trump has the military even with Hegseth trying to purge the officer ranks.

 

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Is trump firing anyone in the military who isn’t loyal?

Hegseth directs 20% cut to top military leadership positions

In a memo dated Monday, Hegseth said the cuts will remove “redundant force structure to optimize and streamline leadership.”

www.militarytimes.com

This is scary stuff. If trump had the military in 2020 he wouldn’t have lost

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Any soldier that fails to honor and keep his/her oath should be removed from the military. That goes for using political bias when taking orders from the CIC as well.
Politics have no place in the military... Each time it raises it's ugly head it detracts and weakens the military.

 

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The oath we all took was to defend and protect the Constitution.

We were instructed to not obey unlawful orders.

 

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Any soldier that fails to honor and keep his/her oath should be removed from the military. That goes for using political bias when taking orders from the CIC as well.
Politics have no place in the military... Each time it raises it's ugly head it detracts and weakens the military.

Trump is taking over the military. Pete just let go 20% of top brass. Want to bet those top brass who were let go would not go along with another coup? Trump will have military men in place that will go along.

 

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Trump is taking over the military. Pete just let go 20% of top brass. Want to bet those top brass who were let go would not go along with another coup? Trump will have military men in place that will go along.

Not enough of them. The generals and flag rank officers will take them out if necessary.

 

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Not enough of them. The generals and flag rank officers will take them out if necessary.

Second, will Trump erode the norm of a nonpartisan military and deploy active-duty troops for domestic policing purposes? The United States has a widely held belief that the military is nonpartisan and serves all citizens regardless of political affiliation. This norm safeguards American democracy by ensuring that the military won’t intervene for specific political outcomes. The Posse Comitatus Act, a post–Civil War law, codifies this norm and is designed to stop presidents from using the military to impose domestic control except for extreme emergencies. Yet during Trump’s first term, his administration had discussions about bringing in “regular, active-duty troops” to violently quell Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. Reportedly, opposition from Trump’s senior aides caused him to back down from pursuing this measure.
On the campaign trail, Trump has continued to toy with the idea of deploying troops against American citizens. Trump has threatened to bring in the military to police large American cities, saying in 2022, “In places where there is a true breakdown of the rule of law, such as the most dangerous neighborhoods in Chicago, the next president should use every power at his disposal to restore order — and, if necessary, that includes sending in the National Guard or the troops.” When asked in an interview with Time in April whether he would “override” the Posse Comitatus Act and use the military in his mass deportation plan, Trump replied, “Well, these aren’t civilians . . . I can see myself using the National Guard and, if necessary, I’d have to go a step further.” Notably, he has talked about using troops to subdue critics and opponents—“We have some sick people, radical left lunatics . . . and it should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military, because they can’t let that happen.” Crossing this guardrail would be another sharp warning about a turn toward authoritarianism in the country.

Will Trump Govern as a Strongman?

Four crucial signals can inform us about whether America’s authoritarian descent is real.

carnegieendowment.org

 

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Second, will Trump erode the norm of a nonpartisan military and deploy active-duty troops for domestic policing purposes? The United States has a widely held belief that the military is nonpartisan and serves all citizens regardless of political affiliation. This norm safeguards American democracy by ensuring that the military won’t intervene for specific political outcomes. The Posse Comitatus Act, a post–Civil War law, codifies this norm and is designed to stop presidents from using the military to impose domestic control except for extreme emergencies. Yet during Trump’s first term, his administration had discussions about bringing in “regular, active-duty troops” to violently quell Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. Reportedly, opposition from Trump’s senior aides caused him to back down from pursuing this measure.
On the campaign trail, Trump has continued to toy with the idea of deploying troops against American citizens. Trump has threatened to bring in the military to police large American cities, saying in 2022, “In places where there is a true breakdown of the rule of law, such as the most dangerous neighborhoods in Chicago, the next president should use every power at his disposal to restore order — and, if necessary, that includes sending in the National Guard or the troops.” When asked in an interview with Time in April whether he would “override” the Posse Comitatus Act and use the military in his mass deportation plan, Trump replied, “Well, these aren’t civilians . . . I can see myself using the National Guard and, if necessary, I’d have to go a step further.” Notably, he has talked about using troops to subdue critics and opponents—“We have some sick people, radical left lunatics . . . and it should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military, because they can’t let that happen.” Crossing this guardrail would be another sharp warning about a turn toward authoritarianism in the country.

Will Trump Govern as a Strongman?

Four crucial signals can inform us about whether America’s authoritarian descent is real.

carnegieendowment.org

The general would remand him into military custody at Belvoir before that would happen.

 

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The general would remand him into military custody at Belvoir before that would happen.

You're not understanding. Trump is replacing anyone good who would do that. Who's "the general"? Do you know him personally?