Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who announced he wouldn’t seek reelection following his decision to vote down President Donald Trump ’s sweeping domestic policy bill earlier this month, on Wednesday slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as “out of his depth” in his role at the Pentagon.

United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth released a video on X announcing a new directive to increase the country’s arsenal of unmanned aerial systems. Metallica 's song "Enter Sandman" was used in the video,

Senator Thom Tillis seemingly implied to CNN's Jake Tapper that he would not vote to confirm Pete Hegseth if a vote were to be held now.