# Pete Hegseth Receives Vote of Confidence Amid Resignation Calls

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2119591755049844932
- Source account: [@EricLDaugh](https://x.com/EricLDaugh)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:47
- Published: 2026-11-09
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/w9dCTQo9W1GC/en/pete-hegseth-receives-vote-of-confidence-amid-resignation-calls

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/w9dCTQo9W1GC/en/pete-hegseth-receives-vote-of-confidence-amid-resignation-calls) Saw Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the hall.

[0:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/w9dCTQo9W1GC/en/pete-hegseth-receives-vote-of-confidence-amid-resignation-calls?t=2) He was meeting with you just before now. Right. His name has come up a few times- It has ... as someone, people have called for his resignation. They do. Do you have confidence in him?

[0:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/w9dCTQo9W1GC/en/pete-hegseth-receives-vote-of-confidence-amid-resignation-calls?t=9) people have called for his resignation. They do. Do you have confidence in him?

[0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/w9dCTQo9W1GC/en/pete-hegseth-receives-vote-of-confidence-amid-resignation-calls?t=11) I do. Look, we've won two wars. We've won Venezuela and taken out billions and billions and billions of dollars already, and we will be taking out many billions of dollars and get along very well.

[0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/w9dCTQo9W1GC/en/pete-hegseth-receives-vote-of-confidence-amid-resignation-calls?t=26) And, uh, you could call it a territory. You could call it whatever you want.

[0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/w9dCTQo9W1GC/en/pete-hegseth-receives-vote-of-confidence-amid-resignation-calls?t=30) We won that war in less than one hour. And you credit Hegseth.

[0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/w9dCTQo9W1GC/en/pete-hegseth-receives-vote-of-confidence-amid-resignation-calls?t=33) And nobody was killed. You credit Pete Hegseth for that?

[0:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/w9dCTQo9W1GC/en/pete-hegseth-receives-vote-of-confidence-amid-resignation-calls?t=36) No, but he was a part of it. We don't back down, and that's especially important. This past week, Hegseth released a long video message We don't back down, and that's especially important. This past week, Hegseth released a long video message defending his own tenure and the prosecution of the Iran war