Oops! Fox News Accidentally Introduces Pete Hegseth As ‘Former’ Secretary | EUROtoday

Maybe Pete Hegseth ought to add Brian Kilmeade to a few of his group chats.

Seeking to quiet rumors he’s not lengthy for the job, the embattled protection secretary on Tuesday joined “Fox & Friends,” the place co-host Kilmeade proceeded to introduce him because the “former” secretary.

In his rush to right himself, Kilmeade then launched Hegseth because the “current secretary of state” ― a job as a substitute occupied by one Marco Rubio.

“Here to set the record straight himself, uh, the former secretary ― current secretary of state, Pete Hegseth,” Kilmeade stated.

Hegseth, a former Fox co-host, supplied a tight-lipped smile in response and gamely bobbed his head:

Rumors about Hegseth’s future in President Donald Trump’s administration have been swirling after The New York Times reported the protection secretary shared particulars of an impending navy assault on Yemen in a bunch chat along with his spouse, brother, private lawyer and a couple of dozen different folks in his private circle.

It’s the second time Hegseth’s been implicated in a bunch chat fiasco in lower than a month. In March, Americans discovered of an analogous group chat after Trump officers mistakenly added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic to a struggle strike group chat, to the editor’s excessive disbelief.

Instead of proudly owning the errors, Hegseth blamed “deep state forces” for the dysfunction in his “Fox & Friends” interview.

Last week, chief Pentagon spokesperson John Ullyot resigned, warning in an opinion piece for Politico of extra bombshell tales to come back.

“It’s been a month of total chaos at the Pentagon,” Ullyot wrote. “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.”