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PENTAGON BLOWS UP WHITE HOUSE COVER STORY: HEGSETH KILL ORDER WAS “PRESIDENTIALLY DIRECTED”
5️⃣ PENTAGON DIVORCES TRUMP AND HEGSETH
While Pete Hegseth sat in today’s cabinet meeting playing the loyal soldier, Pentagon spokesperson Kingsley Wilson was at the podium torching the White House’s scapegoat strategy. Asked about Admiral Frank Bradley’s role in the second strike that killed two survivors clinging to wreckage, Wilson didn’t mince words: the strikes were “presidentially directed,” the chain of command functioned as it should, and “the Secretary and the President are the ones directing these strikes.” As for Bradley’s follow-on strike? “The Secretary 100% agrees with.” The…
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