Trump Weighs Firing Hegseth After GOP Midterm Losses: CBS News
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump weighed the future of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following Republican losses, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis floated as a potential replacement, CBS News reported Wednesday.
- Control of the U.S. Senate and House slipped from the Republican Party on Tuesday night. Democrats, who led prior impeachment efforts against Hegseth, may intensify those efforts with their new majorities.
- White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly stated Wednesday that the president 'has full confidence in Secretary Hegseth,' while Trump denied plans to replace him, telling reporters, 'No, I think he's doing a very good job.'
- Vice President JD Vance publicly broke from the administration's defense of the Iran war on Wednesday, blaming the conflict for the GOP's defeat and stating the war was 'the reason we lost.'
- Axios reported in April that Trump had been told DeSantis was interested in various administration positions, including defense secretary. Sources suggest DeSantis could undergo Senate confirmation during the lame-duck period.
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A Turkish head. U.S. President Donald Trump is looking for someone to blame for his party's electoral rundown and one of the most notorious names is that of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. This is pointed out by sources close to the president's orbit to several U.S. media outlets, who claim to have witnessed how the president is seeking advice not only on what steps to take after the elections, but specifically on what to do with the defense sec…
The president can sacrifice his war minister after the voters' verdict, writes GP's Britt-Marie Mattsson.
The leader of the Pentagon is criticized for his management of the war in Iran, which has led many Republican voters to vote Democratic. Can Donald Trump sacrifice it?
Looks Like Pete Hegseth Is Cooked, One Way Or Another
God’s ugliest little boyYou know that thing Donald Trump does when he starts to lose confidence in somebody, where he begins calling everybody he’s ever met, from crime friends to former Miss Teen USA contestants, to ask whether he should fire them? Starts polling the nurses’ station at the hospital when he goes for his dementia test? He’s doing it with Pete Hegseth.And you know that thing Trump does when people find out he is making all these p…
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Trump Consults Advisers About Replacing Hegseth After Midterm Defeat, but Publicly Defends Defense Secretary
President Donald Trump has reportedly questioned advisers about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's future following Republican election losses, although the White House insists the president retains ... The post Trump Consults Advisers About Replacing Hegseth After Midterm Defeat, but Publicly Defends Defense Secretary first appeared on [your]NEWS.
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