At airport today, JD Vance just told the reporters on the Fake News attacking Pete Hegseth:
“I have 100% confidence in Hegseth … the media wanted to tank it — they failed and he got confirmed… they decided to keep on that effort to destroy him as a man and secretary… He’s doing a great job.”
"I think he’s doing a great job… the best testament to his leadership of the military is for the first time in a very long time, we don't have terrible recruitment problems in the Army, Navy, and Air Force. I wish the press talked more about that and not anonymous sourcing from random staffers.”
▲外传白宫正在物色新的国防部长人选，取代赫格塞斯。
美国国防部长赫格塞斯（Pete Hegseth）近期爆出分享「美军空袭情报」给家人的消息。如今有官员透露，白宫正在物色新的国防部长人选，取代赫格塞斯。
NPR报导，赫格塞斯遭踢爆在加密通讯软体Signal上建立群组聊天室，邀请他的妻子与兄弟加入，分享美军3月对叶门胡塞武装份子的空袭细节，讯息内容与他稍早在另一个与川普政府高层官员的聊天群中分享的内容相同，且几乎是每分钟不断更新。
针对媒体爆料，赫格塞斯本周做出回应，称这是不满的员工在造谣，且针对多次机密泄露的调查都指向许多他很熟悉的人。已知相关调查造成3名国防部官员被解职，分别是赫格塞斯主要顾问之一卡德威（Dan Caldwell）、副幕僚长塞尔尼克（Darin Selnick）与副部长幕僚长卡洛尔（Colin Carroll），3人被控向媒体泄密。
不过针对撤换赫格塞斯一说，白宫发言人李威特（Karoline Leavitt）否认，并称川普坚定支持赫格塞斯。川普也在白宫接受媒体采访时公开力挺赫格塞斯，称外界对Signal聊天室事件的担忧是在浪费时间。CNN引述知情人士说法指出，川普支持赫格塞斯。此外，川普非常不愿意在此时开除内阁成员。