Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida will join President-elect Trump at the annual Army-Navy college football game, two sources tell Fox News, as Pete Hegseth’s Defense Secretary nomination faces headwinds
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida will join President-elect Trump next weekend at the annual Army-Navy college football game, two sources familiar tell Fox News.
The teaming up of DeSantis and Trump – for the second time this month – comes as multiple sources have confirmed that the president-elect is considering nominating the governor as defense secretary as a possible replacement for Pete Hegseth, Trump’s embattled current pick to steer the Pentagon.
But the move also comes as Trump on Friday took to social media to write that « Hegseth is doing very well. His support is strong and deep, much more so than the Fake News would have you believe. »
DeSantis, a popular conservative governor and a Navy veteran who served in the Iraq War, waged a bitter battle last year and early this year with Trump during a very combative and divisive GOP presidential nomination race.
