The media is relentlessly anti-Trump and has nothing good to say about any member of the administration, but beyond Trump, the member of the administration that they have focused the most fire on has been Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The media campaign to oust Hegseth is unsubtle.
Seems Like a Good Time for Trump to Fire Pete Hegseth – Slate
Trump 2.0 doesn’t like drama. So why’s he swallowing so many bad headlines about Hegseth? – Politico
What’s unique about the campaign against Hegseth is how much ‘buy-in’ it appears to have from some key players who operate within MAGA circles, notably Tucker Carlson and others, backing the cabal of Koch people who have otherwise seized control over much of the DOD and the intelligence community, who view Hegseth as an enemy of their agenda.
These same people conspired to oust NSA Director Mike Waltz and are now trying to prevent him from taking his new position.
This collaboration between the ‘libertarian’ caucus and the media focused on Hegseth’s purge of Koch assets like Dan Caldwell from the Department of Defense for allegedly leaking to the media.
President Trump made it clear that no Koch assets were to serve, despite that a cabal with deep roots in the movement has embedded them across the national defense and security establishment. Some with ties not just to Koch, but to Soros (who are allies and together founded the Quincy Institute to aid our enemies and undermine our national security).
Dan Caldwell, a Koch asset, has become a cause not just for the media, but for the cabal’s allies. Witness this opening paragraph at Politico.
After MAGA heavyweights from Tucker Carlson to Megyn Kelly began interviewing the ousted employees proclaiming their innocence, some White House officials and people close to Vice President JD Vance privately asked for proof of Hegseth’s accusations, according to four people familiar with what happened.
You know that whoever is siding with the media’s campaign against Trump are the bad guys.
The media has nothing good to say about any of Trump’s people. The fact that it’s going to bat for Caldwell and the others makes it all too obvious whose side they’re on. And whose side Tucker, Megyn Kelly and some of the other influencers are on.
And it’s not Trump’s side.
Why are they trying to oust Hegseth? Because he wasn’t supposed to be there. They didn’t plan on him.
Hegseth’s almost Trumpian staying power is rooted in the president’s long-held admiration for him. Down at Mar-a-Lago during the transition last winter, Trump officials had a shortlist of names of potential Defense secretaries for the president. But when Trump scanned through his options, he had a question they didn’t anticipate.
“Where’s Pete?” he asked, according to a senior administration official who worked on the transition, recounting a now joked-about story.
His advisers looked around confused. Pete, who?
“Pete Hegseth,” Trump said, referring to the Fox News star he’d admired over the years. “I want Pete.”
This campaign is about overriding Trump and replacing his pick, the man he was not supposed to choose, witb their ‘man’, a member of the cabal, wedded to foreign interests and anti-American agendas.
Every time you see someone attack Hegseth, you know you’re seeing a member of the cabal in action. A enemy or a traitor.