Trump doesn’t give a f*** what Tillis or Ernst think about Hegseth

Published July 29, 2026 11:45am ET | Updated July 30, 2026 9:54am ET



Welcome to Wednesday’s Washington Secrets, where we have already eaten our bodyweight in popcorn during Rand Paul’s smackdown with Anthony Fauci (or the probe into the first Trump administration’s handling of the COVID pandemic, if you really must). In the meantime, we wonder whether Pete Hegseth is safe at the Pentagon, and whether Trump voters are completely on board with his claims about Chinese interference in American elections …

The rumble of criticism directed at Donald Trump’s secretary of war has not quieted ever since he swapped a Fox News studio for the top job at the Pentagon.

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