As Trump's defense secretary, Hegseth has come under fire for various reasons, including once saying that women should not be in combat roles and for his part in accidentally sharing what may have been classified military intelligence via a Signal group chat with the editor-in-chief of the political magazine The Atlantic.

President Donald Trump didn’t quite give embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth his full vote of confidence during an interview on Tuesday. When asked by ABC’s Terry Moran if he had 100% confidence in Hegseth despite the Signal messaging scandal and other embarrassing reports,