Bolton: Hegseth ‘Should Resign for His Own Safety’s Sake’

Breitbart ^ | 04/29/2025 | Pam Key

[ChicagoConservative27]

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton said Wednesday on CNN’s “The Source” that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should “resign for for his own safety’s sake.”

Co-host Pamela Brown said, “I want to ask you, before we go about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, you know that there are now at least two instances of him using the commercial app Signal to discuss sensitive military info. Trump tells The Atlantic that he believes Hegseth will get it together. Do you believe Hegseth should still be on the job?

Bolton said, “No. I think he should resign for for his own safety’s sake if nothing else. This is a critical time for the American military. We understand the Trump administration will rightly propose enormous budget increases for defense. We need it. We need a secretary who can get the job done, not somebody who spends his time on Signal chat groups.”

Brown said, “Just as someone who is a national security expert, the fact that it was happening on his personal cell phone, how much does that concern you, knowing that foreign adversaries often target top level national security officials to get into their phones and put in spyware?”

[ChicagoConservative27]

Is that a threat you numb nuts?

[rlmorel]

HEGSETH ISN'T A WORTHLESS PUSSY LIKE YOU, BOLTON.

[nevadapatriot]

Walrus needs to shut his pie hole

[Billthedrill]

18 U.S.C. § 115 - Threatening a Public Official. It’s illegal, remember?

[Ann Archy]

Sounds like a THREAT to me!!!

[Spacetrucker]

Thank you for doing the work I was about to do. That was, without a doubt, a very thinly veiled threat.

[StormEye]

Bolton's feelings are hurt because he was
never considered for the Sec. of Defense position.
He'll never stop whining.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Bolton, the same mustache idiot who would send us all to war tomorrow if he could

[grumpygresh]

Secret Service visit for bolt head.

[Dr. Sivana]

Whenever I get at all concerned about Hegseth’s performance, John Bolton says something that reaffirms my faith in him.

[jacknhoo]

Bolton lost his security clearance and security detail - sour grapes.

[Jeff Chandler]

Bolton should do us all a favor and stop cutting his own hair.

[SmokingJoe]

Same Bolton who's US Secret Service detail was just withdrawn?
Guess who needs to worry about his own security?
Bolton.
Hegseth?
His security's just fine.
Real question is exactly how much is Bolton making from huge defence contracts from US weapons to Ukraine?
You can alway tell the corrupt ones from how loud they squeal about stopping stupid foreign forever wars like Ukraine.

[Leaning Right]

Bolton sure carries a grudge. He’s still upset because Trump 1.0 wouldn’t let him start any new wars.

[SPDSHDW]

Can we send him to Iran? I hear they want him.

[Seruzawa]

The Great Hero, John Bolton, who sat out the Vietnam War in the National Guard, is now a real Warhawk, isn’t he? Another great “kill em all” hero who has no desire to move to the Front himself.

Where’s the Secret Service? This is a direct threat to the President of the United States.

[Seruzawa]

Sorry, not to a President. But still a federal offense?

[chajin]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should “resign for his own safety’s sake so we can go back to destroying the military like we were doing.”

[pierrem15]

LOL It's the same media circle jerk as always: make up allegations, lie, and then pretend they're true to try to force a Republican or Republican appointee to resign.

No one pays any attention anymore.

[dljordan]

“Is that a threat you numb nuts?”

Sure sounds like it.