Army Secretary Dan Driscoll quit after months of clashes with Pete Hegseth. Will Trump nominate a replacement before Sept 14?
53% of users predicted YES — the community missed this one. 19 predictions cast.
President Trump did not nominate a permanent replacement for Army Secretary Dan Driscoll before Sept. 14, 2026. Driscoll resigned in late August after months of friction with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and rather than naming a permanent successor, Trump designated Adam Telle, the Army's assistant secretary for civil works, as acting Army secretary.
Telle, a former longtime Senate staffer who had overseen the Army Corps of Engineers since August 2025 and worked in the White House legislative affairs office during Trump's first term, took over Army operations on an acting basis while a permanent pick remained unresolved. At the time of Driscoll's departure, names including Sean Parnell and Brian Mast were floated as possible nominees, and reporting indicated at least four candidates were under consideration, but no formal nomination was sent to the Senate by the deadline.
The delay reflected the unsettled nature of Driscoll's exit, which followed reported clashes with Hegseth over Army policy and personnel decisions.
The Predict Six community was split close to even, at 53% yes, and the outcome came in on the no side, a modest miss as the administration opted for an acting appointment instead of a swift permanent nomination.