Trump's response to the question of keeping Hegseth as Secretary of Defense

After the Republicans' defeat at the polls, the reactions centered around US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who supports the Iran war.

In his statement to ABC correspondent Jonathan Karl, Trump responded to calls to dismiss Hegseth by saying, "I have every intention of keeping him in office."

Pointing out that he received dissatisfaction comments about Hegseth, Trump said, "I'm getting calls about this. I don't know why."

On the other hand, Trump added that it may be easier for a new defense secretary nominee to be approved in the Senate before the Democratic Congress takes office in January.

US MID-METER ELECTIONS

The American people went to the polls on November 3 for all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate, as well as governorships and other local positions in their states.

According to the unofficial results, Democrats took the majority from Republicans in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

In the US electoral system, all members of the 435-seat House of Representatives go to the polls every two years, once in the general elections in which the US president is elected and the other in the midterm elections.

In the 100-member Senate wing of Congress, one-third of the senators are elected for a 6-year term and are renewed every two years.