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Hegseth's fate rests on Trump's timing, Simon Marks argues

LBC's Washington correspondent predicts no immediate dismissal, despite reports that Trump is consulting advisers about the defence secretary's future.

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Why this story? One of the most watched videos since yesterday, with 405,607 views.

Is Pete Hegseth about to get fired?

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0:19Marks predicts Hegseth will not be dismissed in the short term, despite pressure following the midterms.
1:32He argues Trump would remove Hegseth when doing so offered the president the greatest political advantage.
2:19The discussion questions whether Vance's foreign-policy shifts will persuade voters and examines his presidential prospects.
5:15Marks describes Democratic leadership tensions between younger progressives and established centrist figures.
8:53Marks gives November 20 as the launch date for Melania Trump's two-part Prime Video series; the trailer follows.

Pete Hegseth isn't necessarily heading for an immediate exit. That is Simon Marks's answer to the question in LBC's title, "Is Pete Hegseth about to get fired?"

"No, I think not, certainly not over the short term, Matt," the Washington correspondent says from outside the White House. His distinction is between a cabinet member being under pressure and the president deciding that removing him would be useful.

The discussion has drawn roughly 406,000 views in its first 19 hours. It follows reports, cited by LBC, that Donald Trump has been asking close advisers whether to retain Hegseth after the Republican midterm losses and the political fallout from the Iran war.

Marks considers Trump's public support, the prospect of impeachment articles and Hegseth's defensive strategy. His central prediction is blunt: "Donald Trump will get rid of Pete Hegseth at the moment of best advantage to Donald Trump." That is an assessment of political timing, not an announcement that a dismissal has been decided.

The conversation then widens to JD Vance's attempts to distance himself from the war and whether those shifts could persuade voters. Marks also examines a different leadership problem for the victorious Democrats: pressure from younger, progressive figures to move the party away from its established centrists.

LBC closes with a change of subject, showing a trailer for Melania Trump's two-part Amazon Prime Video series. Marks says it is scheduled to launch on November 20, bringing the discussion from cabinet survival to the presentation of presidential family life.

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