Republican senators say reports that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth froze weapons shipments to Ukraine without getting approval from President Trump raise serious questions about the level of coordination between the White House and Pentagon and warrants a closer review of the matter by Congress.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is taking the fall for a pause on weapons deliveries to Ukraine that left President Donald Trump looking particularly clueless earlier this month. Hegseth is said to have authorized the move to halt deliveries of crucial air-defense components without notifying the president or the White House of the decision,

When President Donald Trump searched for his top Cabinet secretaries, a flair for running a smooth governing machine was nowhere on the job description. So rising frustration among White House aides about chaos coming from the offices of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi seems a bit rich.

Republican senators have signaled a willingness to hold hearings over defense secretary Pete Hegseth pausing weapons shipments to Ukraine without the approval of president Donald Trump. Republicans expressed concerns to The Hill both on and off the record,

In the video, which has been making the rounds across social media, Hegseth stands on the lawn of the Pentagon while a small drone hovers above him, holding a memo for the secretary to sign.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth did not inform the White House of his decision to halt arms supplies to Ukraine before it happened. Source: CNN, citing its sources, as reported by European Pravda Details: Five sources familiar with the situation surrounding the supply of American weapons to Ukraine said that Hegseth did not inform the White

Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 26, 2025. (Andrew Harnik / ) Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary,

As CNN reports, Hegseth’s rogue move led to chaos in the White House, with the Trump administration frantically trying to figure out why the weapons shipments had been stopped—then having to justify the action to both Congress and the Ukrainian government.