Thom Tillis Calls Out Hegseth

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GOP senator blasts Hegseth for 'careless decision' on troop posture
thehill.com

... Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) offered harsh criticism for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday over reported changes at the Pentagon, including a shift in U.S. military posture around the globe and the exits of multiple senior military officers in recent months.

"The careless decision to reduce our force posture in Europe, along with moves by Pete Hegseth and his political henchmen to force out some of our finest general officers is amateur hour at best and deadly at worst," Tillis wrote on the social platform X. ...

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#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-17 01:59 PM | Reply

Tillis is more critical than he has been in the past, but stil too careful about rocking the USS GOP Senate Capon Caucus, when what that rusty barge cries out for is a hard scuttling scuttling.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-17 03:45 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"Hegseth is trying to sideline General Chris Donahue, one of our nation's finest warfighters"

This is what I voted for.
--Boaz

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-17 04:09 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

I get the argument Tillis advances about how he's somehow been somehow effective in achieving ... well, you can read his side of it at time.com which is actually a pretty interesting take. Mine, however, differs. Given that Tillis is not running again and this is his last year in the Senate, why not apply some serious accelerant to that wee tinder fire you keep barely alive in a corner? Light it up, get things going, make a good goddamn difference. Is that too much to ask?*

*(Rhetorical question)

#4 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-17 04:27 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I wonder what the betting websites are seeing of the question --- who gets canned first?

Sec Defense Hegseth or FBI Dir Patel?

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-17 08:00 PM | Reply

Pickled Pete wants to surround himself with yes men and imbeciles so he can feel at home

#6 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-05-18 11:22 AM | Reply