Top Pentagon Spokesperson Quits, Then Drops 'Bombshell' Warning About Pete Hegseth
· Yahoo NewsJohn Ullyot, who resigned last week as chief Pentagon spokesperson, predicted that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will also be out of a job soon.
And he warned that even more “bombshell” stories about Hegseth and the Defense Department are about to drop.
“It’s been a month of total chaos at the Pentagon,” Ullyot, who has served in a number of roles within President Donald Trump’s orbit over the years, wrote in an opinion piece for Politico. “From leaks of sensitive operational plans to mass firings, the dysfunction is now a major distraction for the president — who deserves better from his senior leadership.”
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Hegseth has been under fire after a series of reports that he repeatedly shared highly sensitive information outside official channels, especially via the Signal messaging app.
Last month, it was revealed that national security adviser Michael Waltz inadvertently added a journalist to a Signal group chat with other top officials, including Hegseth, who shared details about military strikes in Yemen, among other things.
On Sunday, The New York Times reported that Hegseth had a second, more personal Signal chat in which he shared sensitive information with his wife, brother and others.
He also reportedly allowed his wife to sit in on sensitive meetings with foreign officials, and reportedly intended to brief Elon Musk on military plans should a war break out with China. Trump canceled the briefing when he found out.
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Also in recent days, three senior leaders were forced out at the Defense Department amid an investigation into leaks.
Ullyot called it a “strange and baffling purge” that has led to “a near collapse inside the Pentagon’s top ranks.”
“The building is in disarray under Hegseth’s leadership,” Ullyot wrote, calling the past weeks “total chaos” and the “month from hell.” He called himself a “strong backer” of Hegseth, but said the Pentagon is in a “full-blown meltdown.”
“President Donald Trump has a strong record of holding his top officials to account,” he wrote. “Given that, it’s hard to see Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth remaining in his role for much longer.”
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And he warned there’s more to come.
“There are very likely more shoes to drop in short order, with even bigger bombshell stories coming this week, key Pentagon reporters have been telling sources privately,” he wrote.
Read the full opinion piece at Politico.