Hilariously, by Hegseth’s Own Admission He Should Be Fired. Will Trump Do It?

The internet is a wonderful thing. It has a memory that makes the most wise and profound elephant seem like an amnesiac. The internet never forgets. Add that fact to the fact that Donald Trump only hires “TV lawyers” or people “straight out of Central Casting” to be in his cabinet, and you have an unbeatable path back down memory lane to get to pieces of film that people now wish that they hadn’t made. Pete Hegseth is going to have one hell of a time living this one down. And Mad King Donald will not be pleased, either.

We agree, Pete. So howze about you resign on the spot? And criminal prosecution sounds like a swell idea, why don’t you turn yourself in as well? And here’s another clip of film that has not aged well.

I love the righteous indignation. They’re all so fired up with the morality of the entire thing — until a Republican does something which is ten times or more worse and then….crickets. You don’t hear a sound, anywhere. Newsweek reports that a plurality of Republicans want Hegseth to resign. That’s all well and good. Maybe it would have been much easier if they simply never folded and confirmed a man that they knew to be utterly incompetent in the first place? Just saying.

Criticism erupted in the aftermath of reporting of the communications in a Signal group chat—which included Vice President JD Vance, Hegseth, national security adviser Mike Waltz and other top administration officials—regarding imminent military strikes in Yemen, including attack plans. Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was inadvertently added to the chat and saw the whole discussion play out, later reporting on the incident via the magazine.

The journalist reported that the text exchange included U.S. military plans involving airstrikes against the Houthis, Iran-backed rebels in Yemen who’ve been launching attacks against commercial vessels in the Red Sea amid a clash over control of shipping routes.

The handling of private military discussions among top officials in President Donald Trump‘s Cabinet has triggered significant U.S. security concerns, including from some Republican lawmakers.

New polling released by J.L. Partners in conjunction with The Daily Mail on Friday showed that a plurality of Republicans believe Hegseth should resign in the wake of the scandal. Thirty-eight percent of GOP respondents said he should resign while just 33 percent said he should stay.

Among independents, a majority said the Trump administration official should step aside, with 54 percent backing his resignation and just 20 percent saying he should remain. The independent results largely aligned with the overall results—with Republicans and Democrats included—which showed 54 percent backing Hegseth’s resignation and 22 percent saying he should stay as the Pentagon chief.

The poll was carried out from March 25 to 27 among 1,001 registered voters. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.

That was almost a month ago. If the poll had been taken in the past couple of days, the figure would probably be much higher. Let’s see if Trump tells Hegseth to resign. Granted, it’s very unlikely. But I call your attention to the Matt Gaetz debacle.

Trump was all for Gaetz until he found out about the widespread opposition to him and then decided to tell Gaetz to withdraw his nomination. It could happen. Not saying it will, but that there is some precedent. Trump also asked Anthony Scaramucci to resign.