President Donald Trump defended Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and himself during a fiery sit-down interview with ABC News for his first 100 days of his second administration.
ABC News anchor and senior national correspondent Terry Moran promised the interview, surprisingly granted to a mainstream news outlet, would be combative, and he and the president delivered.
“I picked you because, frankly, I never heard of you,” Trump told the reporter.
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The defensive posture comes as Trump’s approval rating, even regarding immigration, once his highest performing polling issue, is in net negative territory.
Here are four takeaways from Trump’s first 100 days sit-down with ABC:
Trump remains confident in Hegseth — for now
Hegseth faced opposition ever since he was announced as Trump’s nominee to become defense secretary
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