"So Soon, Old Pete?! Gee We Hardly... Knew Ya'." Actually -- We Took The Measure Of This Man -- Long Ago. And, He Was Found... Wanting.

Yep -- he didn't last even four months. He was never a serious candidate for any job, of national prominence -- in truth.

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. He's a serial abuser, drunk and miscreant -- all not-so. . . "allegedly". Here's the NPR exclusive, sourced to three people inside Tangerine 2.0's circle -- and a bit:

. . .The White House has begun the process of looking for a new leader at the Pentagon to replace Pete Hegseth, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly. This comes as Hegseth is again mired in controversy over sharing military operational details in a group chat.

The defense secretary is under fire after revelations that he shared classified information in a group chat with his wife, brother and lawyer, according to the official.

The source said Hegseth used the Signal messaging app on his personal smartphone, detailing minute-by-minute classified information about airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen. It happened at about the same time in March that Hegseth shared similar details with top White House officials in a different Signal chat group that accidentally included a journalist. That leak, hours before air strikes hit, could have endangered U.S. pilots if that information about the timing of strikes was intercepted by U.S. adversaries. Already the Houthis have twice shot down American predator drones.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt denied that there's an effort to replace Hegseth, posting on X that President Trump "stands strongly" behind him. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump backed Hegseth and said concerns over the Signal chats are a "waste of time."

New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, said in a statement that Hegseth should accept responsibility.

"But we must not forget that ultimate responsibility here lies with President Trump for selecting a former weekend TV host, without any experience successfully leading a large and complex organization, to run our government's biggest department and make life and death decisions for our military and country," she said. . . .

What a chaotic, dangerous clown show -- and a malignantly-lethal one -- at that.

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