The New York Post reported a startling possible explanation for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's spree of firing top Pentagon leadership this week: he's trying to get his potential replacements fired before he himself can be.
Specifically, said the report, Hegseth fears the possibility President Donald Trump could replace him with Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll — and has accordingly been firing people around Driscoll, with possible designs on removing Driscoll himself.