MAGA Ultraloyalist Torches ‘Despicable’ Pentagon Pete

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a briefing on the Iran war, amid a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 24, 2026.</p><p>REUTERS/Kevin Lamarquehttps://thedailybeast-thedailybeast-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/BLZYFX6NWFF3VMNOY27O3ZJTLM.JPG?auth=b49dc204ed38f3c1e31f91ea0f2bff1793127ea9b12ca304946db96441db8972&smart=true&width=3297&height=1855" />
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One of President Trump’s biggest loyalists in cable news is trashing Pete Hegseth as “insecure” and “fake.”

Newsmax host Greg Kelly, 57, raged against the 45-year-old defense secretary on Friday after Navy Secretary John Phelan was https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-replaces-pentagon-petes-navy-boss-in-middle-of-war/" rel="">ousted in the middle of the war with Iran.

“What a DESPICABLE guy Hegseth is,” Kelly wrote in https://x.com/gregkellyusa/status/2047710667260498155" rel="">a scathing X post. “Frustrated that he can’t remove his Real Nemesis, the Army Secretary, He Fires the NAVY Secretary, has him ‘walked out of the building’ by security.”

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