Hegseth Fires Top US General That Angered Trump on Iran

Friday, August 22, 2025

The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has fired a general whose agency's initial intelligence assessment of damage to Iranian nuclear sites from US strikes angered Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the decision and a White House official.

Lt Gen Jeffrey Kruse will no longer serve as head of the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly.

Posted by Corky at 09:42 PM | 9 COMMENTS | permalink

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If Trump says something is 'Obliterated!'... then Facts aren't really necessary.

After his own DOJ refused to help him overthrow the US Gov, he's being sure that all his people now are for him, not for the Law or for America... or facts.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-22 09:48 PM

Imagine doing 35 in the military rising to the too and getting fired for speaking the obvious truth to a fat child molester.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-22 09:54 PM

So, yet another example of the Trump admin ~shooting the messenger?~

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-22 10:01 PM

Imagine doing 35 in the military rising to the too and getting fired for speaking the obvious truth to a fat child molester.

It's probably better than continuing to work for said fat child molester.

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-08-22 10:16 PM

That's a good point.

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-22 10:21 PM

@#4

Yeah.

Maybe at this point it may be worthwhile to look at those who are trying to distance thmselves from the Trump admin, rather than those who seem to be sucking the teat of the Trump admin?

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-22 10:23 PM

He was fired for doing his job, nothing more. Not a political decision on his part, I'd wager.

#7 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-22 10:24 PM

I was wondering when the Trumpf junta was finally going to fire D/DIA Lt Gen Jeffrey Kruse: static.srpcdigital.com

#8 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-22 10:28 PM

Has the drunk rapist roofied any female troops since becoming defense secretary?

#9 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-08-24 05:12 PM

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