‘Pete Hegseth is Doing Very Well’: Trump Shows Support for His Embattled Secretary of Defense Nominee
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In a Friday morning social media post, President-elect Donald Trump expressed support for Pete Hegseth, his embattled nomination for Secretary of Defense.
Hegseth is the former Fox & Friends Weekend co-host who hosted Fox Nation’s Patriot Awards. After getting nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to run the Defense Department, however, Hegseth’s working relationship with Fox News immediately ended, and several damaging stories about a sexual assault investigation, extramarital affairs, and work-related drinking have come to light, raising serious questions if he has the votes to get confirmed.
As Mediaite’s Diana Falzone reported, Hegseth received Trump’s blessing to change the narrative around his nomination with a press tour of conservative media outlets, which Team Trump believed was working. On Friday morning’s Fox & Friends — following Thursday’s Patriot Awards at which Trump received an award and spoke — Kilmeade shared a sentiment similar to that of someone with Team Trump but did not cite the name of his source.
Trump has publicly stayed out of the fray until Friday morning when he shared his support in a Truth Social post. Trump wrote:
Pete Hegseth is doing very well. His support is strong and deep, much more so than the Fake News would have you believe. He was a great student – Princeton/Harvard educated – with a Military state of mind. He will be a fantastic, high energy, Secretary of Defense Defense, one who leads with charisma and skill. Pete is a WINNER, and there is nothing that can be done to change that!!!
Several Senate Republicans remain uncommitted to voting to confirm Hegseth, though his recent media tour and now this supportive message from the president-elect could sway those holdouts.
