Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth did n’t hold back when asked about the latest media-driven discussion involving inside Signal information and supposed leaking from the Pentagon. Speaking during the White House Easter Egg Roll, Hegseth delivered a withering censure of the press, accusing it of orchestrating a smear campaign using private resources and recovered stories.
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“ What a great shock, ” Hegseth said, when asked about the so-called “Signal chat discussion. ” “A some informants get fired and immediately a bunch of struck parts come out from the same advertising that peddled the Russia fake. They got Pulitzers for a bunch of sits — Pulitzers for a bunch of rests, and on lies, time and time again. ”
Hegseth was n’t finished. As writers tried to spice him with more inquiries, he tore into what he sees as the media’s standard operating procedure: relying on unprovable leaks and turning them into politically motivated problems.
“This is what the media does, ” he said. “They take private resources from disgruntled former people and then they try to slash and burn people and destroy their careers. ”
“ But it ’s not gonna work with me, ” he added defiantly. “Because we’re changing the Defense Department. We’re putting the Pentagon back in the hands of combat soldiers, and private smears from disgruntled former staff on old information does n’t problem. ”
Previous Pentagon official John Ullyot, who was just asked to retire, only penned a thinly veiled hit element in Politico claiming that the Pentagon has descended into “chaos” and predicting that Hegseth’s ouster is inevitable. The post leans heavily on private sources and paints a quickly devastating image that plays right into the hands of the serious condition.
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It’s a familiar playbook: pose as a concerned insider while amplifying the very narrative the left wants to push. The timing is no accident. These attacks are surfacing just as Hegseth is aggressively working to clean house, purge entrenched bureaucrats, and return the Pentagon to the control of actual warfighters. This is n’t genuine concern; it ’s a coordinated attempt to take down an outsider who refuses to play by their rules.
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As the secretary stood alongside his father and his children, he reminded reporters what motivates him. “This is what we’re doing it for. These kids right here. This is why we’re fighting the fake news media. This is why we’re fighting slash-and-burn Democrats. This is why we’re fighting hoaxsters. ”
When one reporter tried to interject with another question, Hegseth cut through the noise. “This group right here, ” he said, pointing toward the assembled press, “full of hoaxsters that peddle anonymous sources from leakers with axes to grind. And then you put it all together as if it ’s some news story. ”
Despite the media’s coordinated efforts to generate controversy, Hegseth made it clear he is n’t backing down.
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“I’m really proud of what we’re doing for the president — fighting hard across the board, ” he said before heading off to enjoy the Easter event with his family. “I’ve spoken to the president, and we are gonna continue fighting on the same page all the way. ”
In typical fashion, the media tried to create a scandal. But in Pete Hegseth, they’ve found someone unafraid to punch back.
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