Michael J. Montgomery, a former US diplomat, suggested the names of two potential candidates who may likely be cut from Donald Trump’s cabinet next. He claimed that if the ceasefire fails or the situation escalates further, Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth could be shown the exit door, adding that there are higher chances of female officials being removed than male. These comments come in light of the United States’ two-week ceasefire deal with Iran in exchange for the temporary reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Michael J Montgomery speculates that Pete Hegseth could be fired next
According to The Mirror, Montgomery suggested that Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, and Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, could be the next to be ousted from Trump’s inner circle. He explained, “If this goes bad as I suspect it will, Tulsi Gabbard will be next out the door because Trump is much more prone to firing women than men.” The situation Montgomery seems to refer to is the ceasefire deal between Iran and the US, which has temporarily reopened the Strait and halted attacks.
Sharing reasons on why Hegseth might decide to walk away, he added, “Hegseth is likely to follow shortly thereafter—especially if the career military people don’t implement each and every Trump order no matter how illegal or deranged.”
He thinks the exits could likely happen, saying that Trump avoids taking responsibility if the situation doesn’t go as planned and may cast blame on senior officials. “Trump takes the blame for nothing himself and those two are the logical fall people in the event of poor intelligence or poor execution undermining his war on Iran,” he further elaborated.
In a recent call with AFP, Trump revealed that he considers the two-week ceasefire deal a “complete victory” for the US. He also thinks that the 10-point proposal, which Iran submitted, seems to be a “workable” starting point for negotiations.
Despite the mutually agreed-upon deal, the president also issued a fresh set of warnings to Iran recently that the US ships will remain in and around their nation if at all they fail to comply with the deal.
Originally reported by Shazmeen Navrange on Mandatory.
