President Trump had the perfect response to a reporter asking if he still has confidence in Pete Hegseth after the latest Signal chat leak.
Fake News NPR ran a hit piece on Hegseth and said the White House is looking to replace him as Defense Secretary.
“It’s just fake news,” President Trump said to reporter at the Easter Egg Roll. “You know, he was put there to get rid of a lot of bad people, and that’s what he’s doing. You don’t always have friends when you do that.”
“He is doing a great job … Ask the Houthis how he’s doing,” Trump said referring the US strikes on Houthi terrorists in Yemen.
WATCH:
.@POTUS on @SecDef: “He is doing a great job … Ask the Houthis how he’s doing.” pic.twitter.com/O0vp2sX69x
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 21, 2025
As previously reported, three Hegseth aides placed on leave amid a probe into leaks have been officially fired.
On Friday it was reported that Pete Hegseth’s Chief of Staff, Joe Kasper, was leaving his role amid a shakeup at the Pentagon after a probe into leaks.
Last week an advisor to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was put on leave for leaking.
Dan Caldwell, who was also a part of the Mike Waltz Houthi Signal chat group, was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday for “an unauthorized disclosure,” according to Reuters.
Deputy Chief of Staff Darin Selnick and Colin Carroll, chief of staff to Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Feinberg, were also placed on leave and escorted out of the Pentagon last week.
According to Politico, Caldwell, Selnick and Carroll were officially terminated on Friday. Two of the fired aides – Carroll and Selnick – plan to sue for wrongful termination, the magazine reported.
Following the terminations, contents of another Signal group chat with Pete Hegseth were leaked to The Wall Street Journal.
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth created a Signal chat with his wife, his personal lawyer and others, and posted sensitive military information into it, people familiar with the matter said Sunday, a revelation that has added to the increasing scrutiny of the novice leader,” The Wall Street Journal reported.
“Hegseth was already facing questions for writing flight plans and other details about a military operation ahead of U.S. strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen into a Signal chat with senior Trump administration officials. Hegseth posted nearly the same information into another chat featuring his wife and other aides that don’t require real-time knowledge of the mission, a person familiar with the chat said,” The Wall Street Journal reported.
Pete Hegseth went off on the fake news media after the latest leak.
“What a big surprise that a few leakers get fired and suddenly a bunch of hit pieces come out from the same media that peddled the Russia hoax, won’t give back their Pulitzers, they got Pulitzers for a bunch of lies,” Pete Hegseth said from the White House on Monday.
“This is what the media does,” Hegseth said. “They take anonymous sources from disgruntled former employees and then they try to slash and burn people and ruin their reputations.” Hegseth added that he and Trump were “on the same page all the way.”
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.@SecDef Hegseth on “Signal chat controversy”: “What a big surprise that a few leakers get fired and suddenly a bunch of hit pieces come out from the same media that peddled the Russia hoax, won’t give back their Pulitzers, they got Pulitzers for a bunch of lies … This is what… pic.twitter.com/qYH8O98EtX
— CSPAN (@cspan) April 21, 2025
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