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Politico
2 days ago
- Politics
- Politico
Pentagon probes examine key Hegseth allies
That Defense Department investigators have homed in on Buria and Parlatore also represents a possible step forward in a probe that has consumed the Pentagon for months. The Pentagon IG probe came after reports in The Atlantic that Hegseth in March had used Signal to discuss details of military operations in Yemen with top Trump administration officials. Questions the IG investigators have asked witnesses include, 'Who wrote the information attributed to the Secretary of Defense in The Atlantic regarding the 'Houthi PC Small Group' Signal chat?' and 'Please describe who was present with the Secretary of Defense on March 15, 2025,' the day he sent the messages, according to an email to potential witnesses ahead of interviews and obtained by POLITICO. The questions were first reported by the Associated Press . Investigators have asked about the vulnerabilities and weaknesses of the Signal app, how extensively Hegseth used it and the veracity of messages reported by The Atlantic, according to the three people and the emails. The IG and OSI have also questioned witnesses about whether they were ever asked to delete Signal messages off their phones, according to two of the people, which could violate federal records laws , such as the Presidential Records Act and the Federal Records Act. These may carry civil and administrative penalties. Officials can also be sentenced to jail time and forced to pay fines if they are found guilty of removing classified information or destroying government records under similar laws. One of the people said that OSI investigators asked by name whether Buria or Parlatore made those requests. The Pentagon did not answer questions about probes into Hegseth or his allies at the Defense Department, but it championed the Pentagon chief's resume. 'Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has successfully reoriented the Department of Defense to put the interests of America's Warfighters and America's taxpayers first, and it has never been better positioned to execute on its mission than it is today,' Chief Pentagon Spokesperson Sean Parnell said in an emailed statement. 'The success speaks for itself.' An Air Force spokesperson confirmed OSI is 'conducting an investigation into allegations of unauthorized disclosures' on behalf of Hegseth's office, but declined to comment on the specifics of the probe. One of the people with knowledge of the matter said the investigators have been talking to witnesses since late April. The investigations have intensified questions about Hegseth's leadership in the department, one of the people familiar with the probe said. POLITICO previously reported that Hegseth was deferring to U.S. Central Command chief Gen. Erik Kurilla as planning for American military strikes against Iran ramped up last month. U.S. allies have also been caught off guard by the Pentagon's abrupt pause of some weapons shipments to Ukraine. Hegseth's closest allies maintain that he has played a key role in the strikes, pushing NATO allies to a 5 percent defense spending target, and boosting recruiting. 'None of this would have been possible without the complete unity and discipline of the OSD team and the vision and leadership of our commander-in-chief,' Parnell said in the statement.


Time of India
28-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Pentagon rattled by leadership rift as Pete Hegseth's inner circle feuds - is the Defense Secretary's job on the line?
A man in Australia is in trouble for lying about medicine sales. Police took his 12 fancy cars, including Ferraris and Lamborghinis. He may go to jail if found guilty. The case is part of a big fraud investigation. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads FAQs Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads The Pentagon is said to be facing a 'Cold War' inside the department, but it's not about Russia. It's about drama and fights among top people. Two senior aides working for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are fighting, and it's causing big problems for the department, according to the reportsMany people working in the Pentagon told the paper that things look fine from the outside, but behind the scenes it's messy, with fights, inexperience, and missing staff. The Washington Post report said, 'There's a cold war that exists in between flash points,' and described how tempers often flare among Hegseth's main fight is between Eric Geressy and Ricky Buria , two of Hegseth's closest aides. Geressy is a retired soldier who once served with Hegseth in Iraq and mentored him. Buria used to be a military assistant to Hegseth but was later promoted to acting chief of staff, states believes Buria is trying to sideline other staff to make himself look better to the Trump team. Things got worse during the Signalgate scandal in March. Geressy was left out of meetings during a Pacific trip and blamed Buria for it. Geressy also said too many people in the Trump administration were using the Signal app, and claimed the White House saw Buria as arrogant. Geressy leads a team called JSIAG, which includes Special Forces and other government workers. They focus on fighting Mexican drug cartels, as mentioned by The Washington Post once gave Geressy the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery in combat. Buria is a former Marine Corps pilot and earlier worked with President Biden's Defense Secretary. In February, Hegseth fired Lt. Gen. Jennifer Short without saying why, and gave Buria her role, a three-star general's job. This sudden promotion of Buria made other top military officers the temporary assignment ended, Buria wanted to retire from the military and stay on as a civilian adviser, with support from Hegseth's wife, Jennifer. When Hegseth's previous chief of staff Joe Kasper quit in April, people started wondering if Hegseth could still manage his staff. Hegseth then made Buria the acting chief of staff, but it's not clear if the White House will approve him long-term, as per reportsBuria once called Trump and Senator Vance 'crazy' and 'dumb', according to a New York Post report. Trump said he didn't know who Buria was, and if it's true, 'we don't take him.'Geressy is tired of the chaos and thought about quitting, but he's stayed because he's loyal to Hegseth and his team, as per the CNN fights between Geressy and Buria show how unstable the Pentagon is, especially after Hegseth has had a number of scandals. Some defense officials say it's unclear how long Hegseth can keep his job unless he brings order to his staff. Around the same time Buria got promoted, Hegseth fired three senior officials, Dan Caldwell, Darin Selnick, and Colin Carroll, saying they leaked info to the three fired officials said they were unfairly attacked and that the accusations were totally false. Hegseth's spokesperson, Sean Parnell, tried to downplay the drama, saying staff changes are normal in 'effective organizations.' Parnell also said Hegseth is focused on putting the right people in the right roles to carry out Trump's plans. He said the public doesn't care about 'palace gossip', but about real action from the Defense Department, as mentioned in the insisted Hegseth's team is united and working to focus on warfighting and getting results. After the firings, Hegseth hired three new senior advisers, Sean Parnell, Justin Fulcher, and Patrick Weaver. Fulcher came from the Department of Energy, and Weaver worked in Congress, the National Security Council, and Homeland Security, according to The Washington Memorial Day, Trump supported Hegseth, calling him a 'tough cookie' and praising his work for troops and veterans, saying he had 'gone through a lot.'He is accused of earning illegal money by making fake medicine he is found guilty, the government will sell the cars to fund crime prevention programs.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Inside Pete Hegseth's chaotic inner circle as report says defense secretary's team in ‘cold war'
The Pentagon is reportedly in the grip of a new Cold War, and it has nothing to do with Russia. A rift between two senior advisers to Pete Hegseth has led to a wider schism at the department, fueling speculation about the long-term prospects of the embattled defense secretary as a member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet, according to reporting by The Washington Post. Numerous people familiar with the matter told the paper that claims of departmental unity are belied by continued dysfunction behind the scenes, stemming from personality conflicts, lack of experience, ongoing vacancies in important roles, and paranoia over what political crisis could erupt next. 'There's a cold war that exists in between flash points,' one person told the Post, recounting numerous instances when tempers have flared among key figures on the secretary's team. 'It's unsettling at times.' Sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing retribution, described the most combustible relationship as that between two Hegseth aides, Eric Geressy and Ricky Buria. They claim that Geressy, a retired soldier whom Hegseth has credited with mentoring him during their service in Iraq, has expressed ongoing concerns that Buria, until recently a military assistant to the defense secretary and now his acting chief of staff, has attempted to marginalize colleagues to enhance his own standing within the Trump administration. Amidst the fallout from the Signalgate scandal in March, tensions between the two are said to have boiled over when Geressy found out he was excluded from meetings during a trip across the Pacific by Hegseth and blamed Buria. Geressy also voiced concern about how many administration officials were using Signal and told staffers that the White House had a dim view of Buria, seeing him as self-important. A retired command sergeant major, Geressy is often praised by Hegseth, who awarded him the Distinguished Service Cross for combat valor. He leads the Joint Service Interagency Advisory Group (JSIAG), which includes numerous Special Operations troops and representatives from other government agencies. Their focus is on countering Mexican drug cartels, the Post reports. Buria was a Marine Corps pilot who previously served as a junior military aide for President Joe Biden's defense secretary, Lloyd Austin. In February, his responsibilities expanded when he assumed the role of a three-star general after Hegseth fired his senior military assistant, Lt. Gen. Jennifer Short, without providing any reason. This elevation, and his handling of it, reportedly irritated numerous senior military officers. When the temporary assignment was coming to a close, Buria requested to retire from the Marine Corps and become a senior civilian adviser to Hegseth, with the reported backing of the secretary's wife, Jennifer Hegseth, who has been advising him. When Hegseth's chief of staff, Joe Kasper, left in April, officials questioned whether the secretary could maintain departmental organization and manage disputes among staffers. He then named Buria as his acting chief of staff. It is unclear whether the White House will appoint a replacement or whether Buria can remain in the role long term. Asked about a New York Post report that Buria had called Trump and Vance 'crazy' and 'dumb' in the past, the president said on Sunday he didn't know who he was and would 'recommend that we don't take him' if such reporting was true. Geressy, meanwhile, is frustrated by the chaos at the Pentagon and has contemplated resigning, according to CNN, but has stayed on out of loyalty to both Hegseth and his team. These are tense times at the Pentagon, and friction between Geressy and Buria appears symptomatic of the instability at DoD after a series of scandals hit Hegseth, reportedly irritating the White House. Current and former defense officials told the Post that it is unclear how long Hegseth can remain in the role without imposing order among his own staff. Around the time of Buria's elevation, Hegseth fired three politically appointed senior defense officials whom he accused of leaking sensitive information to the media. Dan Caldwell, Darin Selnick, and Colin Carroll issued a scathing statement, stating that they had been slandered and that the claims leveled against them were baseless. Sean Parnell, a senior adviser and chief spokesman for Hegseth, minimized the tension, saying in a statement to the paper that 'workforce adjustments are a natural and necessary feature of any highly effective organization.' Hegseth is 'committed to ensuring the Department of Defense has the right people in the right positions to execute President Trump's agenda,' Parnell said. Furthermore, Parnell dismissed the significance of disagreements among Hegseth's staff, stating that Americans outside Washington 'don't care about 'palace intrigue' or sensationalized, mainstream media gossip — they care about action.' He said Hegseth's team is 'working in unison' to focus the Defense Department on 'its core mission of warfighting and to deliver results.' Parnell is one of three new senior advisers appointed in the wake of the recent firings. Justin Fulcher and Patrick Weaver are the other two, with the former coming from DOGE and the latter having previously served as a congressional aide, on the National Security Council, and in the Department of Homeland Security. Speaking on Monday at a Memorial Day wreath laying, Trump continued to show support for Hegseth, calling him a 'tough cookie,' and saying he has 'devoted his life to service members and veterans,' while acknowledging that he 'went through a lot.'


New York Post
09-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
White House rejects Hegseth chief of staff pick who trashed Trump and Vance as ‘crazy,' ‘dumb'
WASHINGTON — The drama surrounding Pete Hegseth's Pentagon has a new lead player: a top aide known to his detractors as 'Rasputin Ricky.' Ricky Buria, the defense secretary's de facto chief of staff, is a rare Biden administration holdover and an internal critic of Vice President JD Vance's 'wackamamie crazy' and 'isolationist' views — who has also slammed President Trump's use of the military for immigration enforcement as 'dumb.' Buria, 43, is also considered 'incredibly intelligent and hardworking,' has fashioned himself as a China hawk and is seen by Hegseth as an effective administrator who keeps the office running smoothly — but the White House has blocked him from a permanent chief of staff appointment due to concern about his alignment with the commander in chief. Advertisement 'There is an ideological component to this,' said one Buria critic. 'Hegseth is elevating a Democrat who does not share the vice president or the president's worldview and who weaponized his position to push out internal rivals, including people who had very strong histories of being supporters of the MAGA agenda.' 5 Ricky Buria, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's newest right-hand man. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sergeant Samuel Ruiz Buria's elevated status has triggered a brouhaha among factions close to Trump, who has had aides hold varying views throughout his terms in office — while often changing his own in response to circumstances. Advertisement Trump often vacillates between denouncing military action abroad and ordering its use in specific instances — and Buria has positioned himself on one flank, while those with whom he's clashed internally have diverse points of view. 'He is more interventionist than most of the people in Trumpworld,' the Buria detractor added. 'But everyone wants to distill this story down to one neat narrative. Yeah, Ricky didn't like the VP's worldview, I think that's an element. But Ricky's ascendency isn't a part of that clash.' Though the Trump White House recently turned down Hegseth's request to make Buria his top adviser, he nonetheless continues as right-hand man to the defense secretary — who last month fired, with Buria's encouragement, three top aides including well-known non-interventionist Dan Caldwell, who had served as a senior adviser to the defense secretary. The Post spoke to eight sources inside or close to the Pentagon and White House to investigate Buria's rapid ascent from serving Biden's defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, as a junior military aide — a prestigious but largely bag-carrying role — to reaching the top of Trump's Defense Department's leadership. Advertisement 5 Buria chats with Elon Musk at the Pentagon March 21. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Spencer Perkins Buria's criticism of the administration he serves has not previously been reported, but is well-known within both the Pentagon and White House — and one source speculated that his candor may have been the result of not realizing that he would emerge unscathed from last month's purge. 'There was absolutely no withholding of his personal sentiments on any of this stuff,' one source said. 'He would talk about the 'wackamamie crazy' of [Vance] and the New Right. He was a military officer, which makes it even worse.' Buria, who put in his paperwork to retire from the Marine Corps last month to allow for a possible political appointment that would cement his current role, in February condemned Trump's decision to use military aircraft to repatriate migrants and to use Guantanamo Bay to facilitate deportations — declaring it a 'dumb waste of money' — three independent sources said. Advertisement 'He hated and loathed the border mission,' one person said. 'He thinks it's a waste of money, resources and time and we got to focus on China — China, China, China … He never said 'China' once the first couple weeks.' The extent of Buria's influence on implementation of administration policy is unclear and Trump has stood by Hegseth, who is viewed as being on the more hawkish wing of the administration while maintaining good personal relationships with other key figures, including Vance. Two sources said Buria specifically condemned Vance's views on foreign policy after the VP expressed internal opposition to airstrikes on Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis in mid-March, a stance which was reported by Atlantic magazine editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg after he was mistakenly added to a Signal chat that included administration officials. Days earlier, on March 5, Buria clashed with Vance's team during a trip to the Mexican border when the VP's staff denied Buria's repeated demands to be included on a helicopter flight with Vance and Hegseth despite being told the manifest was full and there was no space for him, four sources said. 'We don't like texting the secretary… we don't know who is responding' Hegseth's tenure at the Pentagon has been defined by a series of reports alleging a lax approach to information security — including that he discussed sensitive work with family members and used an insecure internet line to connect to Signal. The Post's sources described additional operational security concerns. Buria's wide-ranging advisory and logistical roles include managing Hegseth's personal cellphone, according to three sources, two of whom said they saw him flout security protocols by bringing it into the secretary's office — which is deemed a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, where personal devices are not allowed. Advertisement 5 Hegseth, accompanied by Buria (in uniform, carrying bag), at President Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariff announcement. The Washington Post via Getty Images One source said they personally witnessed Buria bring Hegseth's phone into the SCIF 'at least a dozen times.' A second person scoffed that such behavior is more common within the US government than the public would know. A third tipster said: 'Ricky has both custody of and access to the secretary's phone in the workplace. The uncomfortable joke is we don't like texting the secretary because we don't know who is responding.' Advertisement The Pentagon and White House did not offer comment for this story — or push back on a detailed list of claims made by sources. Multiple attempts to reach Buria for comment via email, phone and through the Defense Department press office were unsuccessful. Vance's office told The Post that limited seats were the only factor in Buria not being allowed on the helicopter during the border visit. 'I think the secretary's calculus on this thing is it's better to keep Ricky close than to have him out there talking,' said one source, who described Hegseth as reluctant to create yet another issue for reporters to investigate that could generate fresh instability. While Trump's Office of Presidential Personnel (PPO) has rebuffed Hegseth's attempts to install Buria officially, White House leaders have deferred to Hegseth over whether to keep Buria as an adviser. Advertisement 'PPO, the White House, everybody's impression was, 'Look, if [Pete] wants to detonate, sometimes you just got to let him'. They couldn't understand why or what was compelling this,' said one person familiar with the matter. 'I think this is someone who is largely responsible for putting Pete in the position he's in,' another source said. 'I'm not saying the secretary is blameless, but [Buria] weaponized his closeness to the secretary and his wife [Jennifer Hegseth] to undermine aides who were loyal to the secretary and president's agenda.' 'These guys need to go' Many sources described Buria's influence with Hegseth as mysterious — with several likening him to the Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin, who gained influence over the Romanov court through his relationship with Czar Nicholas II's wife. Buria — described as a handsome and charismatic helicopter pilot known for wearing his flight jacket around the office — was one of the first officials to greet the Hegseths at the Pentagon in late January and survived an initial purge of military aides close to Austin. Advertisement He quickly became close to Jennifer Hegseth, a former Fox News producer who became Pete Hegseth's third wife in 2019, and has accompanied the couple to their home in Tennessee on weekends, four sources said. Buria charmed Jennifer, who was deeply suspicious of disloyalty after enduring a grueling confirmation process in which Senate Democrats highlighted allegations against her husband of excessive drinking, mismanagement of a nonprofit and sexual assault — the last of which police determined was unfounded. In an unusual move, Buria handed over his cellphone for Jennifer Hegseth to peruse in a gesture of reassurance that he was loyal to the secretary and not a leaker. 5 President Trump (right) and Vice President JD Vance. AFP via Getty Images Some sources said that the handover occurred after Buria told colleagues in late February or early March that he was still in touch with Biden's defense secretary. Hegseth proclaimed that, 'No, Jen looked through his phone, and there were no Lloyd Austin messages,' one source recounted. The phone swap was 'really bizarre to me because Ricky literally has five phones' and 'could have shown her any phone. But Jen didn't understand,' another source said. It's unclear to what extent Jennifer Hegseth vouches for Buria to her husband — but five sources with knowledge of the matter said that he encouraged her to sway her husband to fire Caldwell, deputy chief of staff Darin Selnick, and Colin Carroll, who was chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg. 'He said 'These guys need to go,'' one source said. Another said that Buria 'would over-embellish the idea that there was all this chaos and this drama … that never really was. Ricky took advantage of all the time and access he had with the family.' Buria 'always felt like he should be in a position of more authority and respect. He's incredibly intelligent and hardworking, but he was always trying to position himself in a way to gain what he felt he was due,' said a third observer. 5 Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and his wife Jennifer Rauchet walk to the House Chamber before of President Donald Trump addresses to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. AP The full justification for the terminations has never been made fully clear, but Caldwell, Carroll and Selnick were all suspected of leaks — which they denied — and had a rocky relationship with Joe Kasper, Hegseth's first chief of staff who left his own role days later amid tensions with Buria. A fifth official, top Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot, also resigned and penned a blockbuster Politico op-ed on April 20 expressing concern about the direction of department leadership. Each of the five were longtime advisers or allies to Trump and some, including Caldwell, had worked with Hegseth for years before joining the government. Buria's survival — and Hegseth's attempt to enshrine him as chief of staff — stunned insiders. Meanwhile, two sources — one from the Pentagon and a second close to the White House — said Buria has openly talked about wanting to run as a Democratic candidate for Florida governor. 'He made it very clear that he wore a different political stripe. And I think that culminated when he, on several instances, discussed his ambition to run for governor of Florida one day as a Democrat. That wasn't just in front of me — that was in front of multiple people,' one source said. Public records show Buria donated $100 to a Democratic congressional candidate in 2023. Detractors, meanwhile, have circulated an image of him applauding the Jan. 12 unveiling of a portrait of Mark Milley, the anti-Trump former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as well as a LinkedIn post in which he praised Biden Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh, writing, 'I can't wait to serve with you again.' 'This is without question the worst in a string of bad judgment calls recently by Secretary Hegseth,' one source told The Post of Buria's elevation. 'It's a big issue,' said another. 'All political appointees go through a vetting process, and anyone with Ricky's past would not make it through step one.'


Hindustan Times
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Hegseth Used Multiple Signal Chats For Official Pentagon Business
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used Signal more extensively for official Pentagon business than previously disclosed, engaging in at least a dozen separate chats, people familiar with his management practices said. In one case, he told aides on the encrypted app to inform foreign governments about an unfolding military operation, the people said. He also used the nongovernmental message service to discuss media appearances, foreign travel, his schedule, and other unclassified but sensitive information, two people said. The former Fox News host set up many of the chats himself, sending texts from an unsecured line in his Pentagon office and from his personal phone, the two said. Some of Hegseth's messages were posted by his military aide, Marine Col. Ricky Buria, who was given access to the secretary's personal phone, the people said. It was Buria who posted information in March about an imminent U.S. attack on Houthi militants in Yemen into a Signal chat group that included the secretary's wife, brother, and private lawyer, the people said. Hegseth's frequent use of the app in his daily duties and Buria's role in posting information on his behalf haven't been previously reported. The Pentagon and Buria didn't respond to requests for comment. Acting Pentagon Inspector General Steven Stebbins announced last month that he was investigating Hegseth's use of Signal after the disclosure by Atlantic magazine that the secretary had posted information about the Yemen strikes in a chat involving senior administration officials. Similar information posted in the separate chat that included Hegseth's family members is also part of the inspector general inquiry. Among the messages posted in some of the other chats by Hegseth were his thoughts on personnel matters, Pentagon programs facing cuts, and details of administration national security debates. The texts authorizing aides to tell allies about military operations are among the most sensitive messages he sent, two people said. Instead of using the Pentagon's vast communications network, Hegseth preferred Signal to run the Defense Department's day-to-day operations, the people said. Among those he added to chats were members of his security detail, staffers in his personal office and that of the deputy secretary, as well as public-affairs aides. To read the messages, aides routinely had to step away from their desks to find a location in the Pentagon that received phone service, which is spotty in the building. Previous administrations have used the nongovernmental messaging apps, but using Signal to share closely-guarded information could put sensitive information at risk of landing in the wrong hands, experts say. 'The use of personal phones and commercial apps introduces unnecessary risk. Signal is considered unclassified by the government for a reason,' said Marc Polymeropoulos, a former senior U.S. intelligence officer. 'It's clear that U.S. government systems are having a hard time keeping up with the required pace of business.' In some cases, Hegseth's messages disappeared without being properly recorded, the people familiar said, potentially a violation of laws requiring official records to be preserved. A 2023 Pentagon directive restricts the use of some nongovernment apps, including Signal, for official business, saying such messaging services shouldn't be used for sensitive but unclassified information. 'DOD personnel won't use non-DOD accounts or personal email accounts, messaging systems or other nonpublic DOD information systems, except approved or authorized government contractor systems, to conduct official business,' the memo from the Pentagon chief information officer said. It isn't clear whether Signal has been approved for use by Pentagon officials since the memo was issued. 'This memo isn't definitive to determine the legality of Secretary Hegseth's use of Signal on a personal device to transmit nonpublic, unclassified DOD information,' said Aram Gavoor, the associate dean for academic affairs and a national security law professor at George Washington University Law School. President Trump said last week that he planned to shift national security adviser Mike Waltz, who lost favor within the White House in part because of his role in the Signal controversy, out of his post. Waltz, who inadvertently added the editor of the Atlantic to a Signal group about U.S. strikes in Yemen, will be nominated to be ambassador to the United Nations and is likely to face questions during his confirmation hearing about his and Hegseth's use of the encrypted app. Hegseth shared some of the most sensitive information on the Signal chat group that included other senior officials, including specific times that F-18s, MQ-9 Reaper drones and Tomahawk cruise missiles would be used in the March 15 attack, according to a transcript released by the Atlantic. The group was established by Waltz. In an interview Sunday with NBC's 'Meet the Press,' Trump said Hegseth's job was 'totally safe' and that he wasn't looking for a new defense chief. 'Pete's going to be great,' Trump said. 'He's doing a great job.' Write to Alexander Ward at and Nancy A. Youssef at Get 360° coverage—from daily headlines to 100 year archives.