Trump defends Jensen Huang and Pete Hegseth at surprise news briefing with Dana White

In his first post-midterm news briefing, President Donald Trump on Monday talked about Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy, the effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the massive Republican losses at the ballot box last week.

Trump was joined at the impromptu briefing by Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White, to whom Trump jokingly offered the White House press secretary job to last week. The president said he thought he would have “a little fun” by bringing White out to take questions from reporters.

The president, who ended up fielding most of the questions, downplayed Rep. Thomas Massie’s push to impeach Hegseth.

“He is a sick, sick guy,” Trump said of the Kentucky Republican who reintroduced articles of impeachment Monday that largely focus on the Iran war.

“I will say this: The soldiers, the actual soldiers, the great people that do the work, the great patriots, they love Pete Hegseth,” Trump said while saying the secretary “won the war in Venezuela” and “won the war in Iran,” where peace talks have stalled and sporadic U.S. strikes are ongoing.

“He’s done a very good job,” Trump said, adding that he would stand by Hegseth if…

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