Maggie Haberman, politico and once labeled Trump-Whisperer, reports that Trump has doubled down on his support for Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense after the idea of Gov. Ron DeSantis as a replacement fell flat.
“…Trump could not find a single person in his orbit, or even really outside of it, who liked this idea of making Ron DeSantis — the governor of Florida — the Defense secretary choice,” Haberman said.
Haberman on Friday told CNN viewers that Trump had indeed wavered on Hegseth due to all the bad press surrounding his alleged drinking habits and alleged sexual assault.
“And it was not, you know, ‘We’re going to drop Hegseth, and we’re going to look for a bunch of other people.’ It was Hegseth or DeSantis at that point. And so, Trump was persuaded also after a call from Pete Hegseth to let Hegseth go out and see if he could fight his way past some of these stories.”
