BREAKING: Pete Hegseth gets rocked by CAREER DESTROYING news as "top military commanders" leak to the press that he has lost their "trust and respect" thanks to his "grandstanding" and ranting about "f*cking haircuts." And it gets so much worse for Hegseth... “It was a massive waste of time. … If he ever had us, he lost us,” one current Army general told The Washington Times, referring to the Defense Secretary's big flashy speech to a gathering of generals and admirals last month. During the pointless presentation, Hegseth slammed "fat generals" and ranted about wokeness and diversity initiatives. “Mainly what I see from him are not serious things. It’s, 'Why did this service member tweet this?’ Or internal politics and drama. That’s mostly what I see," said one current senior officer. Many of the military officials expected that Hegseth's big speech, which required them to travel in from all around the world, would be related to some substantive change in military doctrine or strategy. “Not about f*cking haircuts,” a current Army general said. The Times is a right-wing outlet, which explains why the generally Republican-leaning military figures chose to leak to them, but it also indicates that even conservative media is starting to turn against this failed administration. Hegseth's Pentagon "pledge" that most major outlets refused to sign — resulting in their expulsion from their Pentagon offices — has supercharged the press's animosity towards him. The sources for this story were granted anonymity for fear of reprisal or firing from the infamously vindictive Trump administration. According to this reporting, "numerous high-ranking officers" pointed to Hegseth's pathetic speech as a "turning point" in how they perceived his "leadership style, attitude and overall competency." Some described it as "embarrassing" and "below our institution." Some of the sources have a perception that Hegseth "operates with a junior officer’s mentality" that causes him to micromanage policies and focus on petty things like facial hair standards. This perception is hardly surprising given the fact that Hegseth was given his job not because he's competent and experienced, but he because he was a Fox News personality that Trump liked seeing on TV. According to "high-level sources," Hegseth is "doing deep damage to the military" when it comes to public relations as well as "structurally behind the scene" but the full picture may not be apparent for years. “Across the services, we are bleeding talent, talented generals and flag officers, for what appears to be the opposite of a meritocracy,” one current senior officer told The Washington Times. “There are people being held back from promotions, or being fired, or removed for sometimes unknown reasons, often for favoritism, or just simple relationships.” “It seems like it’s all about one guy here,” one officer said of Hegseth. “Leadershipwise in the building, I can tell you the level of chaos is unprecedented. Even the teams that I was on, people were fired overnight for no given reason,” stated one former Defense Department official. “New people were brought to the team with no clear role. There was just a lot of backbiting and mistrust and general unprofessionalism going on," they added. And quite frankly, that’s carried through, and I think you saw that in the large number of civilians who left the department.” The sources also revealed that Hegseth runs a very tight circle and trusts very few people, meaning that he is depriving himself of the "wealth of experience and expertise" that the Pentagon possesses. “My understanding is now he has very much insulated himself with Sean Parnell, his wife, his brother, those couple of advisers, and isn’t really utilizing the Pentagon as previous defense secretaries have to fully vet decisions before they go through,” one former Defense official said. Hegseth is sinking and it's now clear that he is taking the entire United States military with him. The longer he stays in power, the less safe our country becomes. It's time for him to resign in disgrace. Please retweet and ❤️ if you felt more safe under Democrats!
