US President Donald Trump has defended Secretary of War Pete Hegseth against impeachment efforts by lawmakers in the House of Representatives, arguing that his record makes it difficult to justify the push.
Speaking to Reuters on Monday, Trump said: "He won two wars. I don't know how you can impeach him," before asking why lawmakers didn't also seek accountability for past U.S. wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq, where Washington fought for years without achieving its goals.
"Well, what about kicking the people out of Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, and all that, where we fought forever, and nothing happened? Trump said.