Hegseth Needs to Go Amid "Total Chaos", "Meltdown"

The Pentagon is in extreme turmoil under the "leadership" of Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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It’s Long Past Time for Pete Hegseth to Go

• Senior aides leaving or getting sidelined by leak investigations.

• Yet ANOTHER Signal chat where Hegseth is divulging intel secrets, this time to family.

• DOGE causing upheaval and prompting the resignations of nearly the entire Defense Digital Service

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used his personal phone to send information about U.S. military operations in Yemen to a 13-person Signal group chat, including his wife and his brother, two sources with knowledge of the matter confirmed to NBC News. He did so after an aide had warned him to be careful not to share sensitive information on an unsecure communications system before the Yemen operation, the sources said. - NBC News

Need we go on?

It’s been less than 90 days since Pete Hegseth was confirmed to lead the Pentagon, and the Defense Department is apparently in a state of “chaos”, according to insiders.

In our most recent episode of The Dangerous Ones, intelligence analyst Malcolm Nance didn’t mince words: he thinks Trump is careening quickly toward a military campaign to take out Iran’s nuclear program.

Call us crazy but given the security situation in the world right now, it seems like a bad idea for the Pentagon to be managed by drunk buffoons who couldn’t manage their way out of a paper bag.

YOUR CALL-TO-ACTION TODAY: Everyone, please take action today and call your congressional delegation. Tell them that you have no confidence in Pete Hegseth to lead the Defense Department, and that you expect them to investigate what’s happening at the Pentagon and demand his resignation.

Please - before this guy starts World War 3.

Turmoil Details & Background

(Sources: Politico 04/18/25, CBS News 04/19/25, MaddowBlog 04/21/25, CNN 04/21/25, Business Insider 04/17/25)

• Leadership Instability and Infighting:
  DOD turmoil is compounded by infighting among top aides. Reports highlight deep personality clashes, rivalries, and a breakdown of trust within Secretary Hegseth’s inner circle. This has led to a “complete meltdown in the building,” according to multiple defense officials, and left Hegseth without his chief of staff, deputy chief of staff, or senior adviser.

• Leak Investigations and Firings:
  The immediate catalyst is a sweeping investigation into unauthorized leaks of sensitive military information. Several top officials—including senior adviser Dan Caldwell, deputy chief of staff Darin Selnick, and Colin Carroll, chief of staff to the Deputy Defense Secretary—were placed on leave and then terminated as part of this probe. Joe Kasper, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's chief of staff, was reassigned after requesting the investigation. The leaks under investigation reportedly involved operational plans for the Panama Canal, deployment details for the Red Sea, and information about a classified Pentagon briefing for Elon Musk.

• Controversies Over Handling of Sensitive Information:
  Secretary Hegseth himself is AGAIN under scrutiny for allegedly sharing sensitive military details in unsecured Signal chat groups, including with non-government individuals. This follows a previous incident, now dubbed “Signalgate,” which is under investigation by the DoD Inspector General.

• Mass Resignations and Workforce Discontent:
  The unrest has spread beyond the front office. Nearly the entire Defense Digital Service, responsible for rapid tech innovation at the Pentagon, has resigned or announced plans to do so, citing marginalization and a sense of irrelevance after a departmental reorganization. Broader workforce cuts, travel freezes, and administrative burdens have left civilian employees demoralized and anxious about job security.

• Operational and Strategic Distraction:
  The turmoil comes at a critical time, with the Pentagon managing major operations in the Middle East, moving assets in response to potential escalation between Israel and Iran, and deploying resources to the southern U.S. border. The instability at the top raises concerns about the department’s ability to manage these challenges effectively.

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