Trump doesn’t give a f*** what Tillis or Ernst think about Hegseth
Welcome to Wednesday’s Washington Secrets, where we have already eaten our bodyweight in popcorn during Rand Paul’s smackdown with Anthony Fauci (or the probe into the first Trump administration’s handling of the COVID pandemic, if you really must). Recommended Stories Trump doesn’t give a f*** what Tillis or Ernst think about Hegseth Who is in line to take Lindsey Graham’s role as ‘Trump whisperer’ for Zelensky and Netanyahu? AdvertisementYet this week, Hegseth came under fire for the way he has forced out senior Pentagon figures.
- ▪Welcome to Wednesday’s Washington Secrets, where we have already eaten our bodyweight in popcorn during Rand Paul’s smackdown with Anthony Fauci (or the probe into the first Trump administration’s handling of the COVID pandemic, if you real
- ▪Recommended Stories Trump doesn’t give a f*** what Tillis or Ernst think about Hegseth Who is in line to take Lindsey Graham’s role as ‘Trump whisperer’ for Zelensky and Netanyahu?
- ▪AdvertisementYet this week, Hegseth came under fire for the way he has forced out senior Pentagon figures.
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Welcome to Wednesday’s Washington Secrets, where we have already eaten our bodyweight in popcorn during Rand Paul’s smackdown with Anthony Fauci (or the probe into the first Trump administration’s handling of the COVID pandemic, if you really must). In the meantime, we wonder whether Pete Hegseth is safe at the Pentagon, and whether Trump voters are completely on board with his claims about Chinese interference in American elections …The rumble of criticism directed at Donald Trump’s Secretary of War has not quieted ever since he swapped a Fox News studio for the top job at the Pentagon.
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