{"id":658061,"date":"2026-08-26T12:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=658061"},"modified":"2026-08-26T12:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:29:11","slug":"tell-the-general-im-sorry-trump-allegedly-distances-self-from-hegseths-firing-of-army-chief-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=658061","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tell the general I\u2019m sorry\u2019: Trump allegedly distances self from Hegseth\u2019s firing of Army chief"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A story of discord between the White House and the Pentagon featured an alleged apology from the president to an ousted general via a known oppositional senator on her way out of Congress.<\/p>\n

Since President Donald Trump\u2019s return to the Oval Office, Democrat obstruction has only been reviled by that of RINOs undercutting his agenda. Now, as military operations dragged on in the Middle East, The New York Times presented a \u201crudderless\u201d Army under War Secretary Pete Hegseth while quoting Trump as apologizing through Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst (R) for the ousting of U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George in April.<\/p>\n

In a report<\/a> citing \u201ccurrent and former officials speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters,\u201d the Times said that Ernst called the president after the ouster to vouch for the fellow Iowan, including citing the voting record of his parents as Trump supporters.<\/p>\n

It was on that call that the commander-in-chief was alleged to have pointed a finger at Hegseth for pushing George into an abrupt retirement, supposedly requesting of the senator, \u201cTell the general I\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with mention of the ousters of Gen. David Hodne and Maj. Gen. William Green, the Times also addressed the expected departure of U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, alluding to a personal motivation from the War Secretary.<\/p>\n

\u201cUntil recently, Mr. Driscoll was widely seen as a potential candidate to replace Mr. Hegseth if he decided to step down or fell out of favor with President Trump,\u201d read the newspaper which also said, \u201cThe Army has not had a chief of staff, the service\u2019s top officer, since Mr. Hegseth fired Gen. Randy George without explanation in April, and there are no signs that he is close to filling the position,\u201d insisting between \u201cfirings and feuds \u2026 Hegseth has left the Army essentially rudderless as it struggles to deal with the threat posed by cheap, deadly drones and missiles that have pounded U.S. bases in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n

Worth remembering, Ernst, who opted against seeking re-election and previously faced backlash for supporting gender ideologues<\/a> in the military, only came around to vote in favor of Hegseth\u2019s nomination after feeling pressure<\/a> from the president\u2019s camp. Before that, The Federalist co-founder Sean Davis described her opposition, writing, \u201cJoni Ernst is waging an \u2018aggressive\u2019 personal jihad against Pete Hegseth, including constant phone calls to Trump demanding that he dump Hegseth.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSources also told @FDRLST that Lindsey Graham was dispatched to TrumpWorld this weekend to knife Hegseth and suggest that Ernst replace him as Trump\u2019s nominee for Defense Secretary,\u201d added the CEO.<\/p>\n

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Joni Ernst is waging an \u201caggressive\u201d personal jihad against Pete Hegseth, including constant phone calls to Trump demanding that he dump Hegseth. Sources also told @FDRLST<\/a> that Lindsey Graham was dispatched to TrumpWorld this weekend to knife Hegseth and suggest that Ernst\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/ODO5mR2NUB<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sean Davis (@seanmdav) December 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While the Times noted there was no given explanation for George\u2019s ouster, investigative journalist Catherine Herridge reported<\/a> at the time how the general had a history of \u201cignoring\u201d cases of soldiers injured by the mandate to be injected with the mRNA COVID shots.<\/p>\n

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A story of discord between the White House and the Pentagon featured an alleged apology from the president to an ousted general via a known oppositional senator on her way out of Congress. Since President Donald Trump\u2019s return to the Oval Office, Democrat obstruction has only been reviled by that of RINOs undercutting his agenda.… Continue reading \u2018Tell the general I\u2019m sorry\u2019: Trump allegedly distances self from Hegseth\u2019s firing of Army chief<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":658045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-658061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=658061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/658045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=658061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=658061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=658061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}