Ex-Pentagon Spokesperson Drops ‘Bombshell’ Warning About Pete Hegseth | EUROtoday

John Ullyot, who resigned final week as chief Pentagon spokesperson, predicted that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth can even be out of a job quickly.

And he warned that much more “bombshell” tales 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 variety of roles inside President Donald Trump’s orbit through the years, wrote in an op-ed 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.”

Hegseth has been underneath hearth after a collection of reviews that he repeatedly shared extremely delicate data exterior of official channels, particularly by way of the Signal messaging app.

Last month, it was revealed that nationwide safety advisor Michael Waltz inadvertently added a journalist to a Signal group chat with different high officers, together with Hegseth, who shared particulars about army strikes in Yemen, amongst different issues.

On Sunday, The New York Times reported that Hegseth had a second, extra private Signal chat, the place he shared delicate data together with his spouse, brother and others.

He additionally reportedly allowed his spouse to take a seat in on delicate conferences with international officers, and reportedly supposed to temporary Elon Musk on army plans ought to a conflict get away with China, which Trump cancelled when he came upon.

Also in current days, three senior leaders have been pressured out on the Defense Department amid an investigation into leaks.

Ullyot known as 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 previous weeks “total chaos” and the “month from hell.”

“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.”

And he warned there’s extra to come back.

“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 complete op-ed right here.