Pete Hegseth facing new revolt from senators after Ukraine weapons screw-up
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing yet another growing revolt from senators on both sides of the aisle that is being exacerbated by his apparent unilateral decision to delay a shipment scheduled weapons to Ukraine.
During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Politico's Paul McCleary expanded upon his Wednesday report where he noted growing distrust by European allies of Donald Trump's defense chief by noting that same distrust is growing among Republican lawmakers.
After sharing a clip of Trump saying he had no idea about the weapons shipment snafu, "Way Too Early" host Ali Vitali asked McCleary what is the state of Hegseth's standing with Congress.
With Vitali noting that Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) stated on Wednesday that Hegseth, a former Fox News personality, is "out of his depth," she pressed her guest, " Is that the kind of buyer's remorse that you're hearing from Republicans?"
"There's a lot of frustration on Capitol Hill among Democrats, for sure, and increasingly among Republicans who are just not getting briefed by the Pentagon," McCleary reported. "Normally, there's a pretty steady drumbeat of Pentagon officials, uniformed civilians going up to Capitol Hill, briefing senators –– that's not really happening under this administration."
"They bill themselves as the most transparent Pentagon in history but, I mean, one, they're not talking to the press and they're also not briefing the Hill," he added. "And it's been ... six months and that's really having an effect and senators are really starting to push back."
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