‘He’ll be a popular Senator!’: Trump to dump Hegseth after midterm wipeout? Backup plan 'revealed'

Pete Hegseth faces mounting pressure after Donald Trump’s Republicans suffered a stunning midterm election defeat, with reports suggesting the Secretary of War could become the GOP’s fall guy over the Iran war. As Democrats prepare to take control of Congress, impeachment threats from Republican Congressman Thomas Massie add to Hegseth’s political troubles, while a possible Senate seat in Tennessee emerges as an alternative exit route. Will Hegseth be forced out of the Pentagon and become Senator Hegseth instead? Trump responds to the replacement rumours, Marsha Blackburn’s Senate vacancy and the growing political storm in Washington!