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Hegseth was tapped last week to become Trump’s defense secretary but now those in the president-elect’s inner circle are “quietly preparing a list of alternative” candidates, Vanity Fair reported.
“It’s becoming a real possibility,” a source told the outlet’s special correspondent Gabriel Sherman.
The source said that the Trump team was taken by surprise after a serious sexual assault allegation against Hegseth came to light, which led Trump’s incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles to question the former Fox News host on a call last week. Hegseth was never charged with a crime and denies the allegations.
“People are upset about the distraction. The general feeling is Pete hasn’t been honest,” a second source told Vanity Fair.
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A “prominent Republican” close to the Trump transition team told the outlet that some are also unhappy with the president-elect’s choice due to Hegseth’s lack of qualifications to lead the nation’s defense.
“There are Republicans with a background in the Defense Department who are privately saying, ‘I’m not working for this guy,’” the source said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-transition-team-quietly-looking-124003030.html

Ocelot II
(122,967 posts)I think Mike Flynn is still available.
Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)Prairie Gates
(4,085 posts)I think they have Don Jr. in charge of the selections and vetting. The only thing you can be assured of with Don Jr. is that it can will always get worse.
Jk23
(455 posts)Cha
(307,273 posts)Irish_Dem
(63,910 posts)They knew exactly what he was from the beginning and Trump likes rapists.
They are just getting feedback the Rs won't work for this guy.
Johonny
(22,750 posts)SleeplessinSoCal
(9,868 posts)It sure won't matter to the party of lies voter. Hell, they don't care about government at all.
GusBob
(7,727 posts)He always had the juicy VF gossip on Trump
Nothing much ever came of it tho
The fact that Hesgeth very likely drugged and raped a woman is not going to amount to much in Trumpworld. They are committed to undoing any progress on "Believe women," and Hesgeth is a vehicle for that project.
uponit7771
(92,389 posts)allegorical oracle
(4,045 posts)irony never ceases. Pete was "tapped" by a man who lied more than 3,000 times while in the WH -- and that liar has returned to tell thousands more lies.