Behind the scenes, pressure is growing in Trump’s cabinet: the defense minister is already supposed to take action against possible successors.
The US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is said to have pushed forward the dismissal of the highest-ranking general in the US Army out of “paranoia” that Army Secretary Dan Driscoll could challenge his position. Current and former government officials reported this to the New York Post. At the same time, a possible successor for Driscoll is already emerging should he himself be fired.
On Thursday, Hegseth surprisingly called for the resignation of Chief of Staff Randy George, Driscoll’s most important military adviser – in the middle of the Iran war. No official reasons were given. “The whole thing is driven by the insecurity and paranoia that Pete has developed since ‘Signalgate,'” an insider told the New York Post. This refers to the incident from March 2025, in which Hegseth accidentally included a journalist in a group chat with high-ranking security officials.