Who is US Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth? Why is Mr. Trump defending him to the end despite many accusations?

On December 6, US President-elect Donald Trump continued to support Mr. Pete Hegseth to be the head of the Pentagon despite many unfavorable information.

US Defense Secretary candidate Pete Hegseth. (Source: abcnews)

Mr. Pete Hegseth - a former military officer, Major of the Army National Guard Reserve, currently a host on the Fox News channel, was accused of sexual harassment and excessive drinking.

"Pete is doing a great job," the president-elect wrote on the social network Truth Social in his first public comments on the matter since Mr. Hegseth began meetings to lobby for the US Senate. Mr. Trump also called Mr. Hegseth a "WINNER," adding that "nothing can change that!!!"

Mr. Trump seems determined to consolidate Republican support for this 44-year-old veteran - the man he chose to lead an important Department with 3 million people, a budget of more than 800 billion USD and simultaneously handle two conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine.

Nominations for senior presidential positions require approval by a majority of the Senate.

According to NBC News , perhaps six Republican senators are opposing Mr. Hegseth — enough to derail Mr. Trump's nomination in the Senate, where Republicans hold a slim majority, 53 seats compared to 47 seats belonging to Democrats.

Previously, US defense officials were also surprised when Mr. Trump chose MC Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon, because this candidate lacked experience in macro management.

"Who is this guy?" Republican Senator Bill Cassidy asked when he heard that Hegseth was nominated to one of the most important positions in the upcoming Trump administration.

Meanwhile, the American public knows Hegseth mainly as a Fox News host, who regularly makes strong comments on military reform, calls for limiting women's participation in combat forces, and recently called on Mr. Trump to fire General Charles Q. Brown, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.

According to political analysts, the position of US Secretary of Defense requires someone with extensive experience in civil management to be able to run a special agency with dozens of "big" generals with extensive battle experience.

According to Fox News, Mr. Hegseth has contributed content to this station since 2014, graduated from Princeton University and has a master's degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Public Administration at Harvard University.

Mr. Trump said that the important factor in his appointment of Mr. Pete Hegseth as the US Secretary of Defense was the book "The War on Soldiers: Betrayal of the Defenders of Freedom " that the MC recently published. "The book exposes the left's betrayal of our soldiers and shows us what needs to be done to return our military to a state of combat readiness, responsibility, and excellence," the President-elect emphasized.

Some foreign diplomats in the US rushed to order MC Hegseth’s book on the night of November 12, hoping to understand the thinking of Mr. Trump and the person who could become the new US Secretary of Defense. Many had never heard of Hegseth or known about this MC’s right-wing views.

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