Pete Hegseth, the U.S. Now, with a House impeachment vote expected this week, he could soon share something in common with an actual secretary of war.
Defence Secretary, calls himself the Secretary of War, part of his effort to rebrand a military he said was too weak and “woke” when he took office last year.
He also drew a comparison to President Donald Trump, who was impeached twice, saying: “It didn’t work against President Trump, and it won’t work with me. President Trump should replace Secretary Hegseth now while he can still get a replacement confirmed in the Senate,” Mr. Mr. Hegseth has mounted a social media campaign, saying in a defiant video message last week that he would not back down. Asked if he had enough Republican support to defeat the impeachment push, Mr. “They will hold hearings and trials. Hegseth sought to prosecute Mr. Kelly after he and five other Democrats in Congress with backgrounds in the military and intelligence urged U.S. troops to refuse illegal orders. Mr. Hegseth accused them of sedition, something Mr.
William Belknap, who held that title in 1876, became the first, and to date only, civilian leader of the U.S. military to be impeached by Congress. Hegseth said on Monday (November 9, 2026): “We’re not worried about that. He announced a Tuesday (November 10, 2026) press conference, his first at the Pentagon since May.
Massie said. Trump at the time said in a social media post was “punishable by DEATH!”
Last year, Mr.
Voter anger over the war helped Democrats win control of Congress in last week’s midterm elections, intensifying Republican divisions over a conflict that Vice-President J.D. Vance has publicly questioned and Mr.
Hegseth has defended as “courageous and historic.”
The House impeached him anyway, but the Senate later acquitted him after falling short of the required two-thirds majority.
Accused of taking huge kickbacks, Belknap handed President Ulysses Grant his resignation ahead of his scheduled impeachment vote and, according to a Senate history, “burst into tears.
