Exactly, so the white house trying to throw this admiral under the bus is completely idiotic, but this is whiskey pete we're talking about. Noticed Trump made it clear too that this is on Hesgeth. It's a nest of nazi rapey snakes.Hegseth (and Press Sec Levitt) also said the Admiral was acting under his direct authority.
He was also watching it in real-time in the Situation Room, so if he had an issue with the Admiral's orders, he could have stepped in and stopped him. Spoiler alert - He didn't.
