Posted on 12/15/2024 12:50:08 PM PST by backpacker_c
National political correspondent Maggie Haberman signaled Friday that President-elect Trump likely doubled down on Pete Hegseth as his pick to lead the Pentagon after support for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) as an alternative fell short.
“What changed was a couple of things. One was… Trump could not find a single person in his orbit, or even really outside of it, who liked this idea of making Ron DeSantis — the governor of Florida — the Defense secretary choice,” she added.
DeSantis, Trump’s formal GOP primary rival who was floated as a top contender, said he was “seriously considering” the position, a source familiar with the matter told The Hill.
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Susan Wiles, especially, for instance, worked for desantis and got backstabbed for her efforts.
Information is from haberman... but may be why desanctus wasn't up with Trump's group, and on the field at the Army-Navy game.
Maggie Hagerman is an embarrassing joke.
She creates a narrative, based on “ anonymous sources “, to keep her purple haired readership salivating.
She always has unnamed sources and just makes up things.
Why post this garbage?
President Trump has talked with Haberman on numerous occasions.
She even interviewed him for a book. For hours.
Agree. These are trolls trying to divide team Trump.
He is a Deranged Desantis Hater .
He needs to stick with his picks. He has no capital with the snakes in his own party. They all plan on giving him knives in the back for Christmas.
And then she trashes Trump afterwards just like
Leslie Stahl who does the same thing .
Trump is his worst enemy.
Maggie , The reporter who trashed the Covington kids is a vile piece of work .
DeSantis is the best governor we’ve had in FL in my lifetime, and that’s going back numerous decades.
Nevertheless, I’m glad he wasn’t chosen for SecDef. He’ll find his neext job in 2026, and it will be a step up from gubner.
Some people are suffering from DeSantis Derangement Syndrome; he’s living rent free in their heads.
They’re not well ...
Why on God's earth someone would post article from that website is beyond me to understand. No offense.
That said, DeSantis needs to stay in FL. He and his government have made it a reliably red state at this time and for him to leave it would be a huge mistake, and the country needs more people like him in every state in the union. I only hope he's not term limited.
While I am all for reviling Maggie, at the same time, I would never have thought that replacing a provent combat commander with a lawyer was the best choice for DOD reform. Swearing and bloodshed are going to be required for this job.
Maggie Haberman knows less than nothing
C'mon burt... You're a never Trump hack from way back. This time around Trump must do everything in his power to keep the backstabbers/insiders out. It's imperative.
There’s someone else on FR who religiously posts articles from the NY Slimes, whose screen name presently escapes me. I don’t understand the motivation. I think the person might live in NYC not sure. Then when you access the link to read the article you have to give your email address to the Slimes to gain entry. A lose/lose. I won’t give it anything.
Judas Kelly LOVES DeSantis for DoD
He back stabbed Hegseth so hard he almost threw his shoulder out. I haven’t watched him since that ugly childish display
Left over thinking from the Biden regime ... don’t pick a proven warrior to lead the defense department ... pick someone like Admiral Rachel Levine ... a proven DEI failure who doesn’t know what sex he/she/it is.
“Why on God’s earth someone would post article from that website is beyond me to understand.”
There is no charitable explanation; that I can tell you.
I don't see a problem with discussing MSM propaganda.
Skip the thread if we do not want to discuss it.
We don't want to become an echo chamber like BlueSky lol.
A FReeper should be able to post any article he wants. Even if it's from the Washington Post or CNN.
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