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Navy secretary showed up at White House because he didn’t believe Trump fired him: report

Apr 23, 2026Left

Late Wednesday evening, the Secretary of the Navy was booted as part of an ongoing purge of the military by President Donald Trump and his administration. According to one detail in the CNN report, Navy Secretary John Phelan didn't believe Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth when he said he was being fired. Sources told CNN that all of it came to a head during…

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Stunned Navy secretary went to Trump disbelieving he'd actually been fired: report

The former Trump-appointed Navy Secretary who suddenly departed amid a naval blockade in Iran didn't believe Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth when he was told to leave, a senior White House correspondent reported.Hegseth "did the firing," CNN White House correspondent Kristin Holmes reported on Thursday, by asking former Navy Secretary John Phelan "to resign or…

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