Holocaust Museum’s Board

He is not that man he was seven years ago, she said.

Pete is a new person.

Hes got the vision, Kilmeade said.

Pete Hegseth

Pete HegsethJohn Lamparski/Getty Images

They know that he knows his stuff.

Hes a Harvard guy.

Hes a Princeton guy.

Donald Trump and ABC News' Terry Moran

He wrote a whole book about transforming the military, the wokeness.

No one has been contacted about that.

I think that screams that it is a witch hunt.

The Journal also reported that Trump was considering Florida Gov.

Ron DeSantis as a potential replacement, along with Ernst and formerPentagonofficial Elbridge Colby.

On X, Hegseth wrote, The left is afraid of disrupters and change agents.

They are afraid of Donald Trump and me.

So they smear w/fake, anonymous sources and BS stories.

They dont want truth.

Hegseth told CBS News that he spoke to Trump this morning and he said, Keep going.

I have never had a drinking problem.

I was, I may have been drinking, but I was cognizant enough to remember every single detail.

And Im not here to say that my conduct was good.