Alexander Vindman: rump will fire Hegseth

[struggle4progress]

... Secretary of defense Pete Hegseth is unlikely to last much longer under Trump as he is a “liability” and a constant “embarrassment,” says director of European affairs for the United States National Security Council in Donald Trump's first term, Alexander Vindman.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Worse, Pete's fun is upstaging his boss.

Any employee knows not to go there.

[Walleye]

2. We need to set up a head of lettuce next to Pete's picture

[Ocelot II]

3. He won't be fired as long as he remains slavishly loyal

and unless he does something so embarrassing and impossible to explain that Krasnov gets personally blamed.

[Midwestern Democrat]

4. When Hegseth was confirmed, I was pretty confident he wouldn't last past summer - it now appears he might not even last

that long.

[returnee]

5. How many Scaramucci's would that be? n/t