Photo Illustration by Victoria Sunday/The Daily Beast/Getty Images Since the early days of the current administration and certainly the earliest days of his current gig, political pundits—and Democrats galore—have been anticipating the end of Pete Hegseth’s tenure as Secretary of Defense. There’s been good reason to think Hegseth would be a blip on the Red Dawn radar. He was arguably the least qualified Def Sec nominee in history, making George H.W. Bush’s ill-fated pick John Tower—who was rejected in 1989 over ethics concerns and drinking allegations—look like a teetotaler. If any ordinary recruit had Hegseth’s blemished record, they’d be sent back to mommy—or at least to a Fox Nation gig. He squeaked through his confirmation hearings on a 51–50 vote, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaker. Then came the “I told you so’s”; mishaps and mischief that seemed certain to force his ouster. In February, Hegseth got over his skis by unilaterally declaring that Ukraine’s NATO membership was an “unrealistic” outcome of any negotiated settlement with Russia. Then came an inspector general’s “Signalgate” rebuke for sharing sensitive intelligence on an unsecured messaging app, congressional hand-wringing over lethal operations in the Caribbean , and a steady parade of resignations inside the Pentagon. Read more at The Daily Beast.