Hegseth Aide Resigns: “I Promised to Serve for a Year

While the lefty mainstream media is treating the latest resignation of a Trump administration official as some ‘sign’ that there’s brewing trouble in paradise, in reality it’s much less dramatic than that. A senior aide to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday that he is leaving the Trump administration after approximately a year at the Pentagon. Ron Moeller, deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategic readiness, said in a post on X that he had always intended to serve in the position for about one year. Moeller was sworn into the role last August and indicated that his departure was consistent with that original timeline.In announcing his resignation, Moeller also pledged not to publicly discuss sensitive details about his time inside the administration, signaling that he does not intend to become a critic of Hegseth or the Pentagon after leaving government. “Today I submitted my formal resignation as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Readiness,” he wrote. “When I took on this task for @POTUS, @SecWar, & @USW_PR_HONTata, I promised a year; another year away from my wife whom I miss dearly. The resignation takes effect in 2 weeks,” he added.