Weekend Report: Desperate Trump boxed in by Iran, reshuffling Cabinet

The reckless dictator now sees Iran shooting down U.S. military aircraft. As he’s scrambling, heads are rolling. Will Hegseth be on the chopping block soon?

Days after Donald Trump once again claimed that the U.S. has already won the war in Iran—in a primetime address to the nation that was five weeks late and drove the markets into chaos rather than calm them—Iran has shot down two U.S. planes, and one crew member is missing. Two Blackhawk helicopters were also hit. Of course, Trump said in the speech that the war was won but also said if Iran doesn’t agree to a deal, he’d blow them “back to the Stone Ages” and threatened what amounts to war crimes, including attacking power plants. Not exactly offering an olive branch.

This week, after Pam Bondi was axed as attorney general—though reportedly pleaded with Trump not to fire—and after the removal of Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary, Trump may be on an all-out purge. We could see other prominent members of the administration gone. One reason is that Trump sees he’s losing on major initiatives and operations and can’t bring himself to blame the one person responsible: Donald J. Trump. The other reason is that the White House has realized it could lose the Senate to Democrats—pretty amazing that we’re here!—and thus lose the ability to put in place its chosen Cabinet members.

And could Pete Hegseth be among those Trump will ax next? As the war in Iran continues to be a disaster, Trump is reportedly finally being informed by White House staff to realize how badly it’s going, which could make come to realize he made a massive mistake. But again, he can never blame himself, so he may turn to the person who has led this dangerous operation and told Trump it would be a piece of cake. Losing Hegseth would not be the worst outcome of the war.

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