Top Generals Raise Alarm Over Trump and Hegseth

The Pentagon is in open turmoil. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has fired or forced out more than two dozen senior officers across nearly every service branch, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Navy's top admiral, and the Army Chief of Staff. Now, top military officials past and present are leaking to major outlets that Hegseth's culture war fixation is actively damaging the military's ability to modernize and fight. The Washington Post reports that documents associated with the Secretary of Defense order books — the classified war plans — were deleted from an internal Pentagon web portal after the Post revealed that top commanders had formally filed "do not concur" objections to Hegseth's strategy.

The Revolt Inside the Pentagon

The most striking development came when Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned after meeting with President Trump. According to sources, Driscoll told Trump it was a choice between him and Hegseth — that Hegseth was destroying the military, that they were out of ammunition, that he had fired the top military leaders. Trump reportedly responded by wanting to talk about the "golden ballroom" and how much Xi Jinping and Putin would love it. Driscoll left.