{"id":275,"date":"2026-06-24T15:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T15:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/?p=275"},"modified":"2026-06-24T15:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T15:36:23","slug":"pete-hegseth-says-trump-told-him-keep-fighting-amid-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/?p=275","title":{"rendered":"(-) Pete Hegseth Says Trump Told Him \u2018Keep Fighting\u2019 Amid Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thecsfressnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tmpnl_1w04j_20260512_144737_DCPA78-735x400-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hitmag-featured size-hitmag-featured wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/thecsfressnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tmpnl_1w04j_20260512_144737_DCPA78-735x400-2.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecsfressnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tmpnl_1w04j_20260512_144737_DCPA78-735x400-2.jpg 735w, https:\/\/thecsfressnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tmpnl_1w04j_20260512_144737_DCPA78-735x400-2-300x163.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s pick to lead the Defense Department intimated during a hallway interview at the U.S.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1986704\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<article id=\"post-31391\" class=\"post-31391 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog ast-article-single\">\n<div class=\"ast-post-format- single-layout-1\">\n<div class=\"entry-content clear\" data-ast-blocks-layout=\"true\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capitol on Wednesday that he\u2019s not going to drop out of consideration despite mounting allegations of sexual and personal misconduct.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Fox News contributor Pete Hegseth, an Army officer with documented combat experience, said that he spoke with Trump earlier in the day and that the president-elect encouraged him to \u201ckeep fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1970893\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI spoke to the President-elect this morning. He said keep going, keep fighting\u2026 Why would I back down? I\u2019ve always been a fighter,\u201d he told a reporter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked directly if he was thinking of withdrawing his name amid the allegations, Hegseth said he was on Capitol Hill to meet with senators and that would continue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s pick to lead the Defense Department intimated during a hallway interview at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday that he\u2019s not going to drop out of consideration despite&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276,"href":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions\/276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metropolitantimeshock.pics\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}