Megyn Kelly Predicts Who Will Leave Trump’s Administration Next
Megyn Kelly and a guest discuss the departure of Tulsi Gabbard as DNI, debating whether she was fired or resigned voluntarily due to her husband's cancer diagnosis. They also cover Trump's controversial Truth Social post attacking Joe Kent's remarriage, Pete Hegseth's survival in the administration, and predict RFK Jr. as the next likely departure due to the erosion of the MAHA agenda.
Summary
The conversation opens with discussion of a CIA whistleblower report about the CIA retrieving 40 boxes of materials from the DNI's office — documents related to MLK, JFK, MK Ultra, and UAPs — that the agency did not want Tulsi Gabbard reviewing. Kelly clarifies that the claim of a CIA 'raid' on Gabbard's office, made by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna on cable news, was false and immediately retracted by both Gabbard's office and the CIA. The actual event involved the CIA reclaiming documents it considered its own, months prior.
On Gabbard's departure, Kelly says Reuters and Steve Bannon both reported she was fired, but a source close to Gabbard told Kelly she genuinely resigned due to her husband's cancer diagnosis. Kelly argues government service is grueling, poorly compensated, and thankless, making a voluntary exit plausible. She notes Gabbard had also been sidelined within Trump world, with Trump leaning more heavily on Marco Rubio for national security counsel.
The discussion then turns to Joe Kent, Trump's former counterterrorism chief, who resigned in March citing his inability to support the Iran war in good conscience. Trump responded with a Truth Social post attacking Kent's decision to remarry four years after his first wife was killed in a suicide bombing in Syria. Kelly condemns Trump's response as morally wrong and hypocritical given Trump's own marital history, and defends her comments which were clipped out of context by critics.
Pete Hegseth's survival in the administration despite multiple scandals — Signal Gate, a second Signal chat including his wife, a departing chief of staff, and an IG report — is explained simply: he does exactly what Trump wants. Kelly and her guest agree there is a clear double standard based on loyalty to Trump.
Looking ahead, Kelly predicts RFK Jr. will be the next to leave, citing the systematic dismantling of the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) agenda. She points to the decision to shield glyphosate from legal liability for national security reasons, the ousting of FDA Commissioner Marty McCary reportedly over pressure to approve flavored vapes, and the failed confirmation of Casey Means as Surgeon General. The conversation ends with discussion of glyphosate's connection to cancer rates in Iowa, and frustration that the MAHA agenda that helped elect Trump is being quietly abandoned.
Key Insights
- Kelly argues that the CIA retrieved 40 boxes of documents from the DNI's office months before Gabbard's resignation, reclaiming materials related to JFK, MLK, MK Ultra, and UAPs that it didn't want Gabbard reviewing — distinct from the false 'raid' claim made by Rep. Luna.
- Kelly claims a source close to Gabbard told her that Trump's team actually tried to convince Gabbard to stay, and that she left voluntarily because her husband was diagnosed with cancer — contradicting Reuters and Steve Bannon's reports that she was fired.
- Kelly argues Pete Hegseth is still in the administration despite multiple serious scandals solely because 'he does exactly what Trump wants,' illustrating a clear loyalty-based double standard in who survives Trump's cabinet.
- Kelly predicts RFK Jr. will be the next to leave the administration, pointing to the decision to shield glyphosate from legal liability under a national security justification and the ousting of FDA Commissioner Marty McCary reportedly over pressure to approve flavored vapes for children.
- Kelly condemns Trump's Truth Social post attacking Joe Kent's remarriage as 'disgusting' and 'morally wrong,' arguing Trump is in a 'glass house' given his own marital history and has no basis to criticize a man whose wife was killed in a war Trump's own first administration sent her to.
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