Please don't include the fact that this single-sourced anonymous reporting comes on the heels of
Hegseth finding leakers and shit-canning them. They aren't whistleblowers, they didn't engage the appropriate channels- whoever the single anonymous source is leaked to the press, hoping some smooth-brained sycophants with TDS would take the bait. And here we are.
FWIW, the President described the newest sky-is-falling leaks and OUTRAGE as "a waste of time"
and personally let Hegseth knows he stands behind him.
President Trump is the captain of a ship with a hostile crew; that's the story. But the breathless headlines are fun - it lets us know exactly who's who, and I'm here for it.