CNN Analyst Highlights Low Approval Ratings for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
CNN analyst Harry Enten said Pete Hegseth’s net approval is -22, lower than any other Trump cabinet member and worse than Donald Rumsfeld’s before he resigned.
- CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten reported Sunday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth holds the lowest approval rating in President Donald Trump's cabinet, sitting at negative 22 points.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi were forced out after ratings hit negative 16 and negative 20, respectively, while Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld resigned after falling to negative 7 in 2006.
- Polling data from Quinnipiac and Fox News shows Vice President Vance at negative 17, Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. at negative 9, and Secretary Marco Rubio at negative 8—all significantly higher than Hegseth.
- Enten questioned whether President Donald Trump would continue backing Hegseth, asking, "How long is Donald Trump going to stick by Pete Hegseth?" amid historical patterns of Cabinet removals.
- Foreign policy challenges, particularly Iran, place political pressure on the administration; while Secretary Marco Rubio faces similar scrutiny, Hegseth's approval gap leaves his position uniquely vulnerable heading into midterm elections.
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Pete Hegseth provides plenty of vertebrae with a short hand movement. The US Secretary of Defense wipes his nose at an appointment and then drives through his hair with the same hand. For the net a found eating.
You're fired: CNN reveals the magic number that gets Trump aides the boot
When President Donald Trump's previous Cabinet officials reached -15 points in popularity, they were shoved out shortly after, explained CNN data analyst Harry Enten. Speaking about the failing approval ratings among Trump's Cabinet officials, Enten recalled that former Secretary Kristi Noem and former Attorney General Pam Bondi dropped to -16 points and -22 points, respectively, at the time that they were forced to resign.Currently, Vice Presid…
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