{"id":2426023,"date":"2025-04-22T05:52:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T09:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-jr-exiles-former-dod-spokesman-john-ullyot-from-maga-movement\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T05:56:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T09:56:46","slug":"trump-jr-exiles-former-dod-spokesman-john-ullyot-from-maga-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-jr-exiles-former-dod-spokesman-john-ullyot-from-maga-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Jr. &#8216;exiles&#8217; former DOD spokesman John Ullyot from MAGA movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-jr-exiles-former-dod-spokesman-john-ullyot-from-maga-movement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2426023&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Donald Trump Jr. recently announced the expulsion of former Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot from the MAGA movement. In a post on social media, Trump Jr. accused Ullyot of not supporting the &#8220;America First&#8221; agenda and alleged that he had worked against his father&#8217;s presidency.This announcement comes in the wake of Ullyot&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washpost-the-transgender-industry-is-recklessly-endangering-kids\/\" title=\"WashPost: The Transgender Industry Is Recklessly Endangering Kids\">critical op-ed<\/a> in *Politico*, in which he criticized Secretary of Defense Pete hegseth and described the Pentagon as being in disarray. Ullyot emphasized the need for accountability within the Defense Department and called for Trump&#8217;s leadership to make necessary changes, drawing attention to recent chaos and drama overshadowing military focus.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Donald Trump Jr. &lsquo;exiles&rsquo; former Pentagon spokesman Ullyot from MAGA movement<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2099921\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump Jr.<\/a> has exiled former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pentagon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pentagon<\/a> spokesman John Ullyot from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MAGA<\/a> movement.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s son made the announcement in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/donaldjtrumpjr\/status\/1914295428029337649?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a> on X, claiming that Ullyot was &ldquo;not America First&rdquo; and worked for years to sabotage President Trump&rsquo;s agenda.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3386646\/pope-francis-successor-speculation\/\">Papal punditry kicks in over who will succeed Pope Francis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3387012\/trump-surpasses-90-day-mark-paperwork\/\">Trump surpasses 90-day mark with a mountain of paperwork<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3386780\/supreme-court-parents-opt-students-out-lgbt-content\/\">Supreme Court weighs right for parents to opt students out of LGBT content<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This guy is not America First. I&rsquo;ve been hearing for years that he works his ass off to subvert my father&rsquo;s agenda. That ends today. He&rsquo;s officially exiled from our movement. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C2JnnIPt0y\">https:\/\/t.co\/C2JnnIPt0y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1914295428029337649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;This guy is not America First,&rdquo; Trump Jr. posted. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been hearing for years that he works his a** off to subvert my father&rsquo;s agenda. That ends today. He&rsquo;s officially exiled from our movement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ullyot wrote a scathing op-ed in <em>Politico<\/em> on Sunday that heavily criticized Secretary of Defense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pete Hegseth<\/a>, claiming that the Defense Department is &ldquo;in disarray under Hegseth&rsquo;s leadership.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The last month has been a full-blown meltdown at the Pentagon &mdash; and it&rsquo;s becoming a real problem for the administration,&rdquo; Ullyot <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2025\/04\/20\/pentagon-chaos-ullyot-hegseth-00205594\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He also called the recent publicity from the Signal chat leaks &ldquo;the month from hell&rdquo; at the Defense Department.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ullyot praised Trump&rsquo;s previous work, stating that the president &ldquo;produced more <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">national-security wins<\/a> than any president in a generation or more.&rdquo; He was also complimentary of the president&rsquo;s second term, saying that, so far, in the president&rsquo;s second term, he &ldquo;continued that great record on national security, in particular refocusing the Defense Department on its core mission of preparing to fight and win wars.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3385688\/hegseth-posted-yemen-strike-details-second-signal-chat-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3385688\/hegseth-posted-yemen-strike-details-second-signal-chat-report\/\"><strong>HEGSETH POSTED YEMEN STRIKE DETAILS IN SECOND SIGNAL CHAT: REPORT<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yet, he continued to blast Hegseth and his leadership, saying that after a &ldquo;terrible month,&rdquo; the Pentagon was not focused &ldquo;on warfighting but on endless drama.&rdquo; Ullyot called for Trump to hold Hegseth accountable and replace him because of his poor performance, citing Trump&rsquo;s previous actions of replacing Cabinet members during his first term.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Given his record of holding prior Cabinet leaders accountable, many in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidenbucks-plan-uses-native-american-kids-in-voting-scheme\/\" title=\"&#039;Bidenbucks&#039; Plan Uses Native American Kids In Voting Scheme\">secretary&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s own inner circle will applaud quietly if Trump chooses to do the same in short order at the top of the Defense Department,&rdquo; Ullyot wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2099921\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2099921\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump Jr. has expelled former Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot from the MAGA movement, stating Ullyot is &#8220;not America First&#8221; 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