‘Stone cold loser’: Trump lashes out at Thomas Massie over Hegseth impeachment bid, vows to ‘stand by’ Defence Secretary

President Donald Trump is ready to “stand by” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as Republican Rep. Thomas Massie from Kentucky reintroduced an impeachment resolution on Monday, November 9, which will force the House to take up the issue within two legislative days.

The president, during the White House press briefing, railed against the Republican representative, calling him a “stone cold loser” and assured Hegseth’s place in the administration in case of any impeachment.

“Massie is a loser,” Trump said. “He shouldn’t be taking up the time of Congress or the Senate or anything that he’s doing.”


Following it, in a Truth Social post, he again attacked Massie, calling him a “total loser” who is trying to impeach Hegseth, “perhaps the most popular and successful military official in the Country.”

The congressman, 55, was defeated by a Trump-backed challenger in a primary earlier this year, said Hegseth’s tenure was with “high crimes and misdemeanors.”

Hegseth, who now joins a list of several Republicans to openly express frustration with the Defense Secretary, said he “knowingly executed and implemented unlawful orders” and “remains a threat to the Constitution,” the Associated Press quoted.

Like in the White House press briefing and the social media post, the President termed Hegseth victors of two wars who “should be praised, not impeached,” namely the ongoing Iran war, which Trump claimed has obliterated the country, and the US military operation in January that resulted in the capture of former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.

“Really, what has Hegseth done?” Trump said in the White House briefing. “He won the war. He was in charge. He won the war in Venezuela.”

At the same news conference, Trump also attacked CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, calling her a ‘loser’ and announcing that the US naval blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz would continue, and that the US was “locked and loaded, ready to go” against Iran.


“We don’t think there’ll be any reason to use it.” As per him, the conflict was “effectively over” and that he would be “keeping it the status quo” for now.

In January next year, the Democrats will control both chambers of Congress and will be able to take up the impeachment matter if articles are still pending.

Massie initially pursued the impeachment in September, but it could not go through. Hegseth has rejected the accusations thrown at him and last week called the impeachment effort a sham by “a disgruntled defeated congressman along with all his Democrat allies.”