Pentagon Pete Quietly Sidelined After Trump Blowup

Evelyn Hockstein / REUTERS President Donald Trump has quietly begun to pin his hopes for resolving the Iran conflict on his treasury secretary rather than Pete Hegseth as the defense secretary is increasingly sidelined. That’s according to inside sources quoted Saturday by the Daily Mail, which described a subtle shift within the 80-year-old president’s inner circle when it comes to Situation Room briefings on the war, now in its seventh month. While Hegseth is still routinely asked for…