Trump was called to fire the head of the Pentagon, Pete Hughes, after the defeat of the Republicans in the midterm elections, -. Fox News. Administration officials and former White House staffers believe Gasth could lose his job because of the war with Iran, which was one of the reasons for the Republican defeat. One of the senior officials said that if it weren't for the war, the election results would have been completely different. Another interlocutor called the rudeness a candidate for dismissal. Trump publicly supported the head of the Pentagon, saying that he is "doing a very good job".