{"id":81144,"date":"2026-11-10T06:56:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T11:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/trump-defends-pentagon-chief-as-massie-targets-him-hegseth-should-be-praised-not-impeached\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T06:56:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T11:56:47","slug":"trump-defends-pentagon-chief-as-massie-targets-him-hegseth-should-be-praised-not-impeached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/trump-defends-pentagon-chief-as-massie-targets-him-hegseth-should-be-praised-not-impeached\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump defends Pentagon chief as Massie targets him: ‘Hegseth should be praised, not impeached’"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump is defending War Secretary Pete Hegseth<\/a> as outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., targets the Pentagon chief for impeachment.<\/p>\n

The president issued a Truth Social post on Monday slamming the congressman as “a total loser” while asserting that the war secretary “should be praised, not impeached.”<\/p>\n

“Defeated Republican Congressman Thomas Massie, a total loser, is trying to Impeach perhaps the most popular and successful military official in the Country, Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth,” Trump<\/a> declared Monday on Truth Social.<\/p>\n

HEGSETH IMPEACHMENT VOTE LOOMS AS HOUSE REPUBLICANS PRIVATELY WARN IT COULD PASS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“With recruitment at an ALL-TIME HIGH, from an all-time low under Sleepy Joe Biden, and TWO VICTORIES, Venezuela and Iran, Pete Hegseth should be praised, not Impeached. Congress, stand up for Pete!!!” he added<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Massie did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s comment request on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Hegseth shared a screenshot of the president’s post and thanked him.<\/p>\n

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: HOW MIDTERMS MAY CHANGE THE HOUSE IMPEACHMENT EQUATION FOR HEGSETH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Thank you Mr. President. Like you, we will never back down,” Hegseth wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Massie, who has served in the House of Representatives<\/a> since late 2012, lost the GOP primary earlier this year in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District to Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL who went on to win the seat during the general election.<\/p>\n

“My effort to impeach Secretary Hegseth is a much gentler version of what’s coming when the Democrats assume control of the House and Senate next year,” Massie said, according to a press release<\/a>. “They will hold hearings and trials. President Trump should replace Secretary Hegseth now while he can still get a replacement confirmed in the Senate.”<\/p>\n

WHY THE HOUSE LET OUT EARLY IS A MATTER OF DEBATE AFTER JOHNSON SAYS CHAMBER HAS ‘DONE ITS WORK’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Hegseth said Monday there will be a press conference at the Pentagon<\/a> on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump is defending War Secretary Pete Hegseth as outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., targets the Pentagon chief for impeachment. The president issued a Truth Social post on Monday slamming the congressman as “a total loser” while asserting that the war secretary “should be praised, not impeached.” “Defeated Republican Congressman Thomas Massie, a total … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}