President Donald Trump has welcomed the defeat of a resolution calling for the dismissal of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The U.S. House of Representatives has rejected a resolution calling for the removal of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his conduct during his tenure and the way he has handled the ongoing war in Iran.
In the midterm elections held in the United States on the 3rd, Trump’s ruling Republican Party suffered a major setback. The opposition Democratic Party won in more places and secured a majority in both houses of the U.S. Congress. As a result, the Trump administration is facing difficulties in passing bills as it wishes.
It was said that the defeat in the midterm elections may have been caused by factors such as the war against Iran, the resulting rise in gas prices, and the growing hostility among the American public toward Israel.
In this situation, the resolution calling for the dismissal of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been defeated. This resolution was defeated by a vote margin of 211-204.
Trump welcomes it
Regarding the victory in this vote, U.S. President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social page that he welcomes the defeat of this resolution.
The impeachment resolution brought by Democrats against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has "failed miserably"!
Except for Thomas Massie of the Republican Party, all other Republican members have voted in support of Pete Hegseth. He said this proves that Pete Hegseth is an innocent “great American patriot.”
Pete Hegseth is a great American patriot. The military operations led by him in Venezuela and Iran have achieved tremendous success. He posted that these victories are unlike anything in American military history.
Trump has said that the Democrats have been abusing America and using power as a weapon, and that they must be stopped.
Moreover, the absence of 11 Democratic Party members who were not in Washington also worked in favor of the Republican Party in blocking this resolution from being put to a full vote in the House.
If this resolution had succeeded, Hegseth would have become the first Defense Secretary in U.S. history to be impeached.
It is noteworthy that previously, in 1876, War Secretary William Belknap faced a similar action.
