The White House says President Donald Trump remains “strongly behind” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as he battles what press secretary Karoline Leavitt calls a “smear campaign” fueled she says by Hegseth’s push to bring “monumental change” to the Pentagon.
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White House says Trump ‘stands strongly behind’ Hegseth as he battles a ‘smear campaign’

The White House says President Donald Trump remains “strongly behind” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as he battles what press secretary Karoline Leavitt calls a “smear campaign” fueled she says by Hegseth’s push to bring “monumental change” to the Pentagon.
 
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