
John Bolton Predicts Exactly When Trump Will Boot Hegseth From Pentagon
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Trump's former national security adviser shared a blunt reminder on when to "take the garbage out."
John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, instructed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to start thinking about his next job on Tuesday amid chaos at the Pentagon.
“I don’t see his tenure here lasting more than some months into the future,” said Bolton in an interview with CNN’s Kasie Hunt.
“Someone suggested to me that you take the garbage out in August and maybe that’s when there are a lot of changes in the administration.”
The comments from Bolton, a frequent Trump critic since the president pushed him out of his first administration, arrive as Hegseth deals with the fallout of a second Signal chat scandal.
The White House has reportedly started the process to replace Hegseth, who reportedly shared plans of an impending military attack on Houthi rebels in a group chat with his wife, his brother and his personal lawyer.