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Pete Hegseth Fires Subversive Leakers and the Deep State Is Having a “Total Meltdown”
American Tribune ^ | April 20, 2025 | Tom Arends

Posted on 04/20/2025 7:24:24 PM PDT by Red Badger

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:

VIDEO AT LINK...................


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: dancaldwell; hegseth; mullahloversonfr; petehegseth; putinista; tuckercarlson
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1 posted on 04/20/2025 7:24:24 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

I thought he was being sabotaged.


2 posted on 04/20/2025 7:27:49 PM PDT by Jonty30 (I can promise I can land any plane that is in the air, because gravity only moves in one direction.)
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To: Jonty30

I thought he was being General Flynn’d


3 posted on 04/20/2025 7:31:54 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
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To: Jonty30

They were trying their damndest to, too bad for them our guys came in with a plan and are executing it.


4 posted on 04/20/2025 7:33:44 PM PDT by Spacetrucker
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To: Red Badger

striking back 6 ways from Sundayhttps://www.aol.com/news/defense-chief-hegseth-shared-war-220857629.html


5 posted on 04/20/2025 7:35:07 PM PDT by sopo
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To: Red Badger

All they had to do is keep their mouth shut.


6 posted on 04/20/2025 7:39:34 PM PDT by alternatives?
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fired?

4 months later, and the prosecution is tepid at best


7 posted on 04/20/2025 7:42:55 PM PDT by Gene Eric
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To: Gene Eric

4 mos! WTH! He should have done before his confirmation! You people are disgusting trolls.


8 posted on 04/20/2025 7:45:21 PM PDT by antceecee ( )
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To: alternatives?

In DC, which leaks like a sieve anyways, being an ‘anonymous source’ to the WaPo, NYT or ABCNNBCBS is a abdge of honor................


9 posted on 04/20/2025 7:45:26 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Weren’t these people Hegseth himself had picked? If not, who did pick them, and why did Hegseth listen to that person?


10 posted on 04/20/2025 7:49:36 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin ( )
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To: antceecee

yeah, 4 months... only 20 remaining until the midterms

there’s no apparent tension on the judiciary, and the traitorous bureaucrats are walking away without consequences

but “you people” are trolls for stating the obvious

whatever


11 posted on 04/20/2025 8:08:39 PM PDT by Gene Eric
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To: Jonty30

It sounds like more need to be fired. Hegseth has moved up a notch with the firings.


12 posted on 04/20/2025 8:12:55 PM PDT by healy61
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To: Gene Eric

Keep on being a troll..it suits you.


13 posted on 04/20/2025 8:14:17 PM PDT by antceecee ( )
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To: Red Badger
"...It certainly reinforces the fear factor, awareness that no one’s job is safe..."

Good.

14 posted on 04/20/2025 8:18:48 PM PDT by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: Red Badger

given the many anonymous sources attributed in this article, sounds to me that there are whole lot more leakers that need to be fired ...


15 posted on 04/20/2025 8:34:45 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: rlmorel

Secretary Hegseth could curtail most future insubordination by erecting a multi-drop gallows atop the large pavilion that sits in the center of the Pentagon courtyard.

Even if not used it’s presence reminds everyone it could be.


16 posted on 04/20/2025 8:39:26 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (The Houthis get all the Press while the Blowfish go forgotten.)
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To: Red Badger

The long knives are out tonight Ukraine lovers or just plain moles of other varieties.


17 posted on 04/20/2025 8:39:42 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER REV; NIEMOLLER)
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To: Nextrush

The swamp is not going to drain itself. I expect this will get worse, and then worse again.

The battle is also here and on various other gathering places of MAGA where efforts to undermine, subverts, and demoralize continue daily.

One can recognize these even from long-standing handles by the degree of coordination and synergy shared with the swamp and its messaging.


18 posted on 04/20/2025 8:53:00 PM PDT by No.6
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To: Gene Eric

Today is exactly 3 months since Trump’s inauguration.


19 posted on 04/20/2025 8:53:51 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Golden Age of MAGA is upon us!)
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To: Red Badger

These people were probably already in place. Hegsthed has barely been in charge and they were realesed rather quickly.


20 posted on 04/20/2025 8:57:50 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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