Pete Hegseth to face impeachment?

From Day One, Pete Hegseth has been a controversial in-your-face US defence secretary (renamed war secretary, very appropriately). Now, after nearly two years at the helm of the Pentagon, Hegseth looks likely to be the first of Donald Trump's cabinet members to face impeachment by the soon-to-be Democratic-controlled Congress. He can't be blamed specifically for the war on Iran. That was Trump's choice, urged on by Benjamin Netanyahu. However, he has always been an arch supporter of the war and he promised Trump that it would all ve over in short shrift. He has been proved very wrong. But, in addition to his bellicose approach, Hegseth has caused an upheaval in the Pentagon with his multiple sackings of top commanders, the ban on transgenders serving in the military, and his dislike of having women in combat roles. There will be plenty of ammuniton for the Democrats to hurl at him and it will be a tough fight if he is summoned for an impeachment trial. Will Trump continue to back him? So far, Trump has been his biggest supporter, but that could change if Hegseth is forced to appear before his Democratic critics soon after the change-over in Congress takes place in January. The Democrats appear to have gone for Hegseth first, before Trump, probably because they think he will be easy pickings. Taking on the president is a much bigger deal.