'Despicable': Newsmax host tears into Pete Hegseth over latest stunt

Newsmax host Greg Kelly unloaded on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after he unexpectedly fired Navy Secretary John Phelan.

Earlier this week, Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin suggested Hegseth ousted Phelan after the Navy secretary insisted on complying with a judge who said that punishing Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) over a video calling on service members to disobey illegal orders would be unconstitutional.

"Hegseth wanted Kelly, a retired Navy captain and former astronaut, brought back onto active duty and stripped of his rank," Griffin reported.

On Friday, Kelly called Hegseth "despicable" over the firing.

"Frustrated that he can't remove his Real Nemesis, the Army Secretary, He Fires the NAVY Secretary, has him 'walked out of the building' by security," the Newsmax host wrote on X. "But this was NOT an Urgent matter. Could have given the SECNAV a month, maybe 2 weeks notice. You know, The DECENT thing to do."

"Instead this Insecure FAKE, who Lied and Conned his way thru Life (see Mom) and the Trump admin (see 'confidential settlement' ie Blackmail of accuser #1) Blows up Someone Else's life bc he can't Handle his own," Kelly added. "Not CUTE anymore."

According to reports, Hegseth paid $50,000 to a woman who accused him of misconduct at a California hotel in 2017.