So says reporting. Why the "no shit" headline comment, this link.
Either Susie and Ron had a come-to-Jesus talk and understanding, or this is to sidetrack DeSantis from competition with JD in 2028, as per Rubio getting his SoS nomination.
Or, there might be other reasons, or the reporting could be incorrect.
UPDATE: This is a maybe story, not a done deal swap. MSN reports Hegseth is alive and well with some GOP senators convinced he'd be good at DOD.
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Guardian weighs in today, Dec. 4 -
Despite the rumours, [of DeSantis being swapped in for him] Hegseth, 44, told reporters on Wednesday morning that Trump encouraged him to “keep fighting”.
“I spoke to the president-elect this morning. He said, keep going, keep fighting,” he said. “Why would I back down? I’ve always been a fighter.”
Later on Wednesday, Hegseth sat down with Megyn Kelly for an interview on her SiriusXM show and lambasted the criticism he’s received.
“We’re going to fight like hell. There’s no reason to back down. Why would we back down?” Hegseth said.
Asked if he’s being “Kavanaughed”, a reference to the 2018 supreme court nomination of and backlash to Brett Kavanaugh, Hegseth emphasized that people are making things up about him.
But, he said: “Kavanaugh stood up and he fought and he won and hopefully Republicans have learned that lesson.”
Trump raised his fist, blood running down his face, saying, "Fight, fight, fight!"
Or was that another time and place? In any event the Republican Senators know who DeSantis is and has been, so floating this switch might be sending them a poison pill to keep them on the Hegseth team. Guardian also noted -
“I’m doing this for the warfighters, not the warmongers. The Left is afraid of disrupters and change agents. They are afraid of [Donald Trump] – and me. So they smear w/ fake, anonymous sources & BS stories. They don’t want truth. Our warriors never back down, & neither will I,” Hegseth wrote on X on Wednesday morning.
I'll drink to that.