{"id":133406,"date":"2026-08-07T00:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/07\/smart-guy-trump-says-he-stands-by-pete-hegseth-as-defense-secretary-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T00:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:39:00","slug":"smart-guy-trump-says-he-stands-by-pete-hegseth-as-defense-secretary-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/07\/smart-guy-trump-says-he-stands-by-pete-hegseth-as-defense-secretary-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Smart guy\u2019: Trump says he stands by Pete Hegseth as defense secretary &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxPNWZnMS16c1pENnFycTlEMDUyRDRxRWZ6VDJna1NWbDctcHpSbWNBMXFpX1lOY3I0N2RrQTdjc21zeTdyVHc3X2l1ejJiYlJ5UUpSM3EtZnpnMU5yVV84VklkWEtrZlNYS0U4b3R1eTRWczNHRVBHdGhaNGh0ZFNQRnB3cFFuZDFKbE9COVFScjVoZUduTzhjU2xLTHNXMC1tb09z?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Smart guy\u2019: Trump says he stands by Pete Hegseth as defense secretary<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTFAxZVVjMXJGbmU0UzhMeUJ1UG5kYm9hZ0k4WV9LallRS21FaGdCYnlKYlRBZDZzQWJGSVRneXZ5NGlPSjU2cW1NWHRNalpIOXUyR1h4cldpRVhDOFRXcTFGVXQwa1VJcEUteGRaUjVWVnNxSTZOSnVsSl9xSQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump grows angry over reports on depleted munitions \u2014 believing it weakens him in Iran negotiations<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNT0kxUkp1UE9iQnZvaG5PNWE0Wk5QcVVLWXZFQm12M2ZxTElRd01Sa1FQLTM0aUFxOW1OOTVzU3RQRHlRSGd6Q3RxajRqQjlETGo5Z1VuWHpNS2t1ZURTbUlKQmg4VkFCSk51c1FTcGc3U3pLeElaNURvU2tzRFFuMllsQXFlbnlUeFkxRDNCdmx2QzNEaEM0ZXFYSQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">How the U.S. Squandered Its Strategic Advantage<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Atlantic<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxOZjVoa01lTFhQYVMtVjRxRWZKSng1YzFUTTNJOVI1T1pWZVNKc1czOWhJWHB3VDFFWnVrY3lLT1FnSVBfU1M1RFdrU2FsYVlKZXdhVm9VbF9PaEFNeGVMR0ZtNmlEeGhkWG1iang1U0kzb3hmWENGSnNXODRzdnZYaE1LYkY4Vm1hbzJEcEl1ZzZIRVBQLS1nYUYyTWdDdjZjXzN0NmtuZm5IV2FEdlBQby1UUnBqc0FF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">EXCLUSIVE: US has used &#8216;virtually all&#8217; of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0wFBVV95cUxPS200d1UtaHFSNlJYdjVReHViMUFJQ042S2YweUJERjZTaDhCN1pFNzFVbmhlQVMyOEJlMGYxWWM1YTdpdHpQUUIyUkp3anBSbWxuTnhCZXJiQlRKZV8ycnZtRUVxX01YanRidlFLMENHX0liczFxUlRmbG9PTkFrVFB0WlI1cFJ5bk5qZDhXZ1NreTJDS3R3QUpVbVNqREdTTUlrMU1IRjFlYXltNzgxdzVKc013czl1OFIwQnJwUUlJTjRsZkpmaVMtaWxid3otSTNv?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Orders Leak Probe After Venting About Media Coverage of Munitions Stockpile<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WSJ<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Smart guy\u2019: Trump says he stands by Pete Hegseth as defense secretary&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC News Trump grows angry over reports on depleted munitions \u2014 believing it weakens&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/07\/smart-guy-trump-says-he-stands-by-pete-hegseth-as-defense-secretary-nbc-news\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}