Trump is considering firing Hoguest after the congressional elections The Atlantic magazine reported that Donald Trump, in secret conversations with his closest advisers, asked their opinion about the firing of Pete Heguest, the US Secretary of War, and Dan Cain, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Army, after the midterm elections. According to the report of the "Atlantic" magazine, the President of the United States questioned the performance of the Secretary of Defense and the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Army, who previously assured him that the war against Iran would end long before the mid-term elections.