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Trump Denies Report of Clash With Hegseth Over Weapons

Trump Denies Report of Clash With Hegseth Over Weapons
'Extremely Happy With Him': Trump On "Treasonous" Report Of Clash With Hegseth · NDTV

A big newspaper called The Washington Post wrote a story about President Donald Trump and his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth.

The story said the president was upset because the military was running low on some very important weapons.

It said he asked Mr. Hegseth about the weapons during a meeting at Camp David.

President Trump says that story is not true.

He wrote on a social media site called Truth Social that he is extremely happy with Mr. Hegseth.

He also said the newspaper's reporting is treasonous, which means he thinks it is very harmful.

The White House and the Pentagon both said the meeting described in the story never happened.

Mr. Trump said the military has been doing great things under Mr. Hegseth, including missions in Venezuela and Iran.

He also praised changes like getting rid of DEI programs and getting more people to join the military.

So the president and his team strongly disagree with what the newspaper reported.

Key facts

President
Donald Trump
Defense Secretary
Pete Hegseth
Reporting outlet
The Washington Post
Trump's response
"Completely FALSE"
Reported dispute
Shortages of long-range missiles and air-defence interceptors
White House statement
Confrontation "literally never happened"
Trump's platform
Truth Social
Context
Iran conflict and Venezuela operation

Quotes

Donald Trump

President of the United States

“"I am extremely happy with the job that Pete Hegseth is doing," he wrote.”
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“"I really believe their fake 'reporting' is treasonous!"”
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Sources

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