US President Donald Trump, on Wednesday, November 4, in a conversation with reporters, rejected speculation about the possible dismissal of US Secretary of War Pete Hegst. In response to a reporter's question about the possibility of firing Hogst and replacing Marsha Blackburn, a senator from the state of Tennessee, Trump said that he thinks Hogst could be very popular as a senator, but that he is satisfied with his work in the War Department and has no plans to fire him.