Dario is being ruled out due to ideological standing

Makes perfect sense

Yep.

Everyone is over thinking it.

There would have been a conversation between Hegseth and Trump that went something like:

This guy thinks he can tell us what we can and can’t do.

Get rid of him.

It’s that simple.

He is a horrible public presenter. He presents himself as someone who is nervous, validation seeking, yet it is stupid of you to not trust him.

He lacks confidence yet feels incredibly arrogant.

He would succeed in academia as the principal of some prestige university with this exterior, not as CEO of an AI company.