{"id":348205,"date":"2026-08-22T08:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T08:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/348205\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T08:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T08:05:11","slug":"dan-driscoll-avgar-efter-brak-med-hegseth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/348205\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Driscoll avg\u00e5r efter br\u00e5k med Hegseth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uppdaterad 22 aug 2026 kl 09.57Publicerad 22 aug 2026 kl 02.57<\/p>\n<p>Ny vecka \u2013 nya upps\u00e4gningsbrev p\u00e5 Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>Denna g\u00e5ng \u00e4r det arm\u00e9minister Dan Driscoll, en n\u00e4ra v\u00e4n till JD Vance, som avg\u00e5r.<\/p>\n<p>Detta efter flera stora br\u00e5k med krigsminister Pete Hegseth, enligt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/us\/politics\/2026\/08\/21\/us-army-secretary-step-down-hegseth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Telegraph.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Senaste klippen om Trump-administrationen.<img   alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hegseth har problem i Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>Foto: ALLISON ROBBERT  &#8211; POOL VIA CNP \/ STELLA PICTURES<\/p>\n<p>\u00d6ppna bild i helsk\u00e4rm<img loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Denna g\u00e5ng \u00e4r det arm\u00e9minister Dan Driscoll, en n\u00e4ra v\u00e4n till JD Vance, som avg\u00e5r.<\/p>\n<p>Foto: Michael Brochstein \/ SIPA\/IBL<\/p>\n<p>\u00d6ppna bild i helsk\u00e4rm<img loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Driscolls resor till Ukraina ska ha irriterat Hegseth oerh\u00f6rt.<\/p>\n<p>Foto: AP \/ AP TT NYHETSBYR\u00c5N<\/p>\n<p>\u00d6ppna bild i helsk\u00e4rm<img loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Foto: JACQUELYN MARTIN  \/AP\/TT \/ AP TT NYHETSBYR\u00c5N<\/p>\n<p>\u00d6ppna bild i helsk\u00e4rm<img loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"\"\/>\u00d6ppna bild i helsk\u00e4rm<img loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Foto: GRAEME SLOAN \/ EPA<\/p>\n<p>\u00d6ppna bild i helsk\u00e4rm<img loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"\"\/>\u00d6ppna bild i helsk\u00e4rm<\/p>\n<p>Drygt sex m\u00e5nader efter att krigsminister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressen.se\/tagg\/person\/pete-hegseth\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> f\u00f6rkunnat att \u201dhela Irans milit\u00e4r var utpl\u00e5nad\u201d p\u00e5g\u00e5r fortfarande kriget.<\/p>\n<p>Samtidigt har Hegseth problem i Pentagon. I april <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressen.se\/nyheter\/varlden\/hegseths-paranoia-radd-for-att-bli-ersatt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rapporterade<\/a> New York Post att Hegseths \u201dparanoia\u201d pl\u00e5gar honom, och att det skulle vara anledningen till att arm\u00e9chefen Randy George sparkades.<\/p>\n<p>George var arm\u00e9ministern Dan Driscolls n\u00e4rmaste medarbetare. Driscoll, som \u00e4r god v\u00e4n till JD Vance, har setts som ett stj\u00e4rnskott inom Pentagon och har m\u00e5lats upp som en favorit att ta \u00f6ver om Hegseth f\u00e5r sparken.<\/p>\n<p>Men nu avg\u00e5r \u00e4ven han, uppger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/us\/politics\/2026\/08\/21\/us-army-secretary-step-down-hegseth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Telegraph.<\/a> Han v\u00e4ntas l\u00e4mna sin post vid \u00e5rsskiftet.<\/p>\n<p>Trumps smeknamn: \u201dDr\u00f6narkillen\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Driscoll har under sin tid som arm\u00e9minister drivit p\u00e5 f\u00f6r stora f\u00f6r\u00e4ndringar g\u00e4llande USA:s strategi kring dr\u00f6nare. Han har bes\u00f6kt Ukraina flera g\u00e5nger och talat gott om Volodymyr Zelenskyjs satsningar och innovationer p\u00e5 omr\u00e5det.<\/p>\n<p>Tidigare i \u00e5r skapade han en dr\u00f6narbataljon stationerad i Europa f\u00f6r att studera stridserfarenheter fr\u00e5n Ukraina och anpassa sig till ny teknik p\u00e5 slagf\u00e4ltet.<\/p>\n<p>P\u00e5 torsdagen meddelade general Christopher LaNeve, Hegseths n\u00e4rmaste man, att bataljonen l\u00e4ggs ner.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00e5 sent som i juli hyllade Trump \u201ddr\u00f6narkillen\u201d, presidentens smeknamn f\u00f6r Driscoll.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Han har ett vackert leende, men han \u00e4r faktiskt en h\u00e5rding. Sv\u00e5rt att tro va? Det \u00e4r faktiskt de b\u00e4sta killarna, sa Trump d\u00e5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dHegseth har fryst ut honom\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New York Post rapporterade om slitningarna mellan Hegseth och Driscoll tidigare i v\u00e5ras.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 I praktiken har Hegseth fryst ut honom och f\u00f6rs\u00f6kt s\u00e4tta honom p\u00e5 sidlinjen. Hegseth vill sparka honom, men Vance skyddar honom, uppgav en k\u00e4lla f\u00f6r tidningen d\u00e5.<\/p>\n<p>Driscolls resor till Ukraina ska ha irriterat Hegseth oerh\u00f6rt.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Pete blev v\u00e4ldigt paranoid \u00f6ver att Driscoll pratade bakom hans rygg med andra inom milit\u00e4ren, s\u00e4ger k\u00e4llan.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth har ocks\u00e5 sparkat minst fem generaler och chefer som arbetat f\u00f6r Driscoll sedan \u00e5rets b\u00f6rjan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tidigare i somras avgick flottminister John Phelan \u2013 ocks\u00e5 det efter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/23\/john-phelan-trump-navy-secretary-firing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rapporter<\/a> om br\u00e5k med Hegseth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Uppdaterad 22 aug 2026 kl 09.57Publicerad 22 aug 2026 kl 02.57 Ny vecka \u2013 nya upps\u00e4gningsbrev p\u00e5 Pentagon.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[50,22,23,385,26,27,17,21,29935,24,25,28,29,11842,15,16,4344,1583,18,34,31,33,32,30,19,20,263,74,51,52,53,54],"class_list":["post-348205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-varlden","tag-arme-forsvar","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-donald-trump","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-headlines","tag-huvudnyheter","tag-krig-konflikt","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-militar","tag-news","tag-nyheter","tag-pentagon","tag-pete-hegseth","tag-rubriker","tag-se","tag-svenska","tag-sverige","tag-sweden","tag-swedish","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-ukraina","tag-usa","tag-varlden","tag-world","tag-world-news","tag-worldnews"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@se\/117138130696915408","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}