
Donald Trump has defended Pete Hegseth against rumors of a possible sacking from the Pentagon, calling his work fantastic and criticizing "woke" generals, saying there were too many of them during World War II.
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The article reports Donald Trump's statements in defense of Pete Hegseth, head of the Pentagon, regarding rumors of a possible dismissal.
Pete Hegseth did a fantastic job. We had more generals than we had in World War II. We had so many generals.
They were all four-star generals. I've never seen anything like it." Donald Trump said this about the rumors of a sacking of the Pentagon chief. "Many of them were woke.
I don't like woke generals," he added.

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