{"id":13110,"date":"2026-11-10T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=13110"},"modified":"2026-11-10T11:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:09:14","slug":"trump-gives-hegseth-an-a-after-defiant-impeachment-news-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/capitol-hill\/trump-gives-hegseth-an-a-after-defiant-impeachment-news-conference\/phouck\/2026\/11\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Gives Hegseth An ‘A+++’ After Defiant Impeachment News Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

President Donald Trump delivered an emphatic vote of confidence for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, awarding him an “A+++”<\/a> for his combative Pentagon press briefing rejecting eight articles of impeachment introduced by Representative Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a social media statement published shortly after Hegseth concluded his remarks, Trump praised the defense secretary’s defense while renewing personal attacks against the outgoing lawmaker driving the removal effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Pete Hegseth gets an ‘A’ PLUS, PLUS, PLUS for his defense against a disgruntled, angry, defeated, former Congressman, Thomas Massie, a TOTAL LOSER!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defiant Defense at the Pentagon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Speaking in his first formal Pentagon news conference in months, Hegseth dismissed the impeachment resolution as a political spectacle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“What one disgruntled and defeated congressman is attempting is not oversight, and it\u2019s not accountability,” Hegseth stated, characterizing the eight impeachment charges as policy disputes rather than constitutional violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hegseth defended the administration’s military operations across Iran, Yemen, and the Caribbean, maintaining that U.S. forces operated under lawful authority from the commander in chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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