Ron DeSantis Odds to Be Nominated Defense Secretary - Now Favorite
Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has shot up to a 40 percent chance of being nominated as President-Elect Donald Trump's Defesne Secretary as Pete Hegseth's days look numbered.
Hegseth's chances had plummeted to 19 percent heading into the early morning hours of Wednesday at Polymarket.
The Wall Street Journal's Alex Leary writes:
Picking DeSantis, a 2024 GOP primary rival for the presidency, would amount to a stunning turn for Trump. But he would also find in the governor a well-known conservative with a service record who shares Trump’s—and Hegseth’s—view on culling what they see as “woke” policies in the military.
Trump allies increasingly think Hegseth may not survive further scrutiny, according to people close to the president-elect’s team, which considers the next 48 hours to be crucial to his fate.
More damning news began breaking on Tuesday former Fox News colleagues told NBC News they were concerned over Hegseth's alleged drinking while on the job. Hegseth served as an on-air host prior to being selected by Trump.
Sources told NBC News Hegseth drank in ways that concerned his colleagues. Ten current and former employees of the network spoke to NBC News.
Two of those people said that on more than a dozen occasions during Hegseth’s time as a co-host of “Fox & Friends Weekend,” which began in 2017, they smelled alcohol on him before he went on air. Those same two people, plus another, said that during his time there he appeared on television after they’d heard him talk about being hungover as he was getting ready or on set.
One of the sources said they smelled alcohol on him as recently as last month and heard him complain about being hungover this fall.
Hegseth has denied much of the allegations lodged against him though it seems like new claims are surfacing almost daily.
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