John Ullyot, who resigned last week as chief Pentagon spokesperson, predicted that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth will also be out of a job soon.

Ullyot called it a “strange and baffling purge” that has led to “a near collapse inside the Pentagon’s top ranks.”

And he warned that even more “bombshell” stories about Hegseth and the Defence Department are about to drop.

https://archive.ph/QMYVm

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    14 hours ago

    ( Ullyot )“President Donald Trump has a strong record of holding his top officials to account,” he wrote. “Given that, it’s hard to see Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth remaining in his role for much longer.”

    That line was near the end of the article and puts the whole thing into absolute hogwash territory

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      11 hours ago

      I’m pretty sure this is just how people try to manipulate Trump. He responds to flattery, and this almost makes it sound like Trump would be weak to do nothing.