JD Vance Asked Point Blank About Pete Hegseth After Some Staffers Said He Isn't Fit For The Job

Speaking to reporters in Agra, India, Vice President JD Vance was asked if he still has confidence in Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

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00:00I have a question on Secretary Pete Hegseth. There's been staffers who have come out

00:03saying that he's not fit for the job. Do you still have confidence in the secretary?

00:07Look, I have 100% confidence in the secretary. I know the president does and really the entire

00:12team does. It's one of the most bizarre things about the Hegseth nomination. From the very

00:17beginning, the media seemed to want to tank it. And when they failed and they got confirmed,

00:21they decided they wanted to keep on that effort to destroy Pete Hegseth as a man,

00:25as a secretary of defense. I think he's doing a great job. I think that he's brought a certain

00:30spirit back to the Department of Defense. And if you look at our military recruitment numbers,

00:34that's, in my view, the best testament to his leadership of the military is that for the

00:39first time in a very long time, we don't have terrible recruitment problems in the Army,

00:44the Navy, and the Air Force. That's a great testament to his leadership. And I wish, frankly,

00:48the press talked more about that and not about anonymous sourcing from random staffers.

00:53Are there any updates on trade talks?