When asked if Pete Hegseth would continue to serve in the federal government as Defense Secretary, Donald Trump said, 'Yeah, he’s safe.

President Donald Trump said he thinks beleaguered defense secretary Pete Hegseth is “gonna get it together” after reports of chaos at the Pentagon under his leadership. Trump revealed in a sit-down interview with The Atlantic that he has “had a talk” with Hegseth following reports that the Pentagon is in “full-blown meltdown.

I think he’s gonna get it together,” Trump said. “I had a talk with him, a positive talk, but I had a talk with him.”