Fake media, as usual, is spreading baseless and completely unfounded false rumors. I am completely satisfied with Pete Hegseth’s performance. Everything has been great, including our operation against Venezuela that reached results in less than a day and allowed us to put one of the worst criminals in the world, Nicolás Maduro, in the hands of justice.

Also, the issue of Iran is going very well; a country that has been severely weakened to ensure it never gets access to nuclear weapons. Pete is highly respected among the armed forces and has carried out major reforms; including removing DEI policies and bringing force recruitment statistics to the highest level in history.

This rumor has been published by The Washington Post, one of the worst active media outlets, despite the fact that we had told them that their report was completely false. In fact, I truly believe that this kind of fake “news reporting” on their part constitutes betrayal.

President Donald J. Trump