Hegseth, Trump’s pick for defense secretary, could be replaced amid concerns about the former Fox News host’s past, sources claim
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary Pete Hegseth could be replaced amid concerns about the former Fox News host’s past, according to reports.
There are six senators who were “potentially opposed to his nomination,” the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Trump has not publicly pulled back support and neither have any Republican senators, but “Trump allies increasingly think Hegseth might not survive further scrutiny,” sources said, per the Wall Street Journal.
The Left ‘are afraid of (Donald Trump) — and me,’ Pete Hegseth says
Hegseth, however, said he is not backing down in a post on X.
“I’m doing this for the war fighters, not the warmongers,” he wrote, sharing a photo of himself, alongside other soldiers, when he was part of the Army National Guard.
“The Left is afraid of disrupters and change agents. They are afraid of (Donald Trump) — and me.”
He’s a “well-known conservative with a service record who shares Trump’s — and Hegseth’s — view on culling what they see as ‘woke’ policies in the military,” the Wall Street Journal reported. One source said that Trump brought up DeSantis “in casual conversations with guests at Mar-a-Lago.”
Other picks who are reportedly being considered to run the Pentagon, sources told the publication, are Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development Elbridge Colby and Senator Joni Ernst, who served in the military for 23 years.
He is set to have a “closed-door meeting” with the Republican Study Committee on Wednesday, per CNN.
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