随着本周可能的弹劾投票临近，国会山上要求自封“战争部长”皮特·赫格塞斯下台的呼声越来越高。与此同时，据沮丧的五角大楼官员透露，赫格塞斯已在白宫和“让美国再次伟大”的支持者中巩固了支持。
Calls for self-styled War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s ouster have grown louder on Capitol Hill as a possible impeachment vote looms this week. At the same time, Hegseth has shored up support at the White House and among MAGA faithful, according to dismayed Pentagon officials.
肯塔基州众议员托马斯·马西（共和党）周一下午在众议院提出弹劾条款，指控赫格塞斯犯有“重罪和轻罪”。自中期选举大胜以来，民主党高层已表示有意加入马西的努力。“我对赫格塞斯决议投赞成票，”纽约州众议员哈基姆·杰弗里斯周日在ABC的《本周》节目中表示，他有望成为下一任众议院议长。肯塔基州众议员詹姆斯·科默，现任众议院监督委员会主席，周五在新闻最大电视台表示，弹劾赫格塞斯的票数“非常有可能”存在。
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., introduced articles of impeachment on the House floor Monday afternoon, charging Hegseth with “high crimes and misdemeanors.”Top Democrats have indicated a desire to join Massie’s effort since their midterm election landslide. “I am a hard yes on the Hegseth resolution,” Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, who is poised to be the next House speaker, told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the current House Oversight Committee chair, told Newsmax on Friday it is “very possible” the votes exist to impeach Hegseth.
亚利桑那州众议员亚萨明·安萨里（民主党）是赫格塞斯弹劾的主要倡导者之一，她也表示同意。“我认为成功的可能性很大，”她在接受《拦截者》采访时谈到马西的努力时说。四月，安萨里针对赫格塞斯提出了六项弹劾条款，包括违反武装冲突法和针对平民、滥用职权以及阻碍国会监督。她本周呼吁对其下台进行表决。
Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., one of the leading voices for Hegseth’s impeachment, agreed. “I think there’s a high chance that it will be successful,” she told The Intercept of Massie’s effort. In April, Ansari filed six articles of impeachment against Hegseth, including violations of the law of armed conflict and targeting of civilians, abuse of power, and obstructing congressional oversight. She called for a floor vote on his ouster this week.
安萨里表示：“赫格塞斯已证明自己完全无能。他在伊朗和加勒比地区犯下了我认为属于战争罪行的行为，而且他根本不胜任这份工作。”“我早在4月提出弹劾条款，很大程度上与他的行为以及在伊朗的战争罪行有关，包括轰炸那所儿童学校。但令人欣慰的是，自那以后，越来越多的共和党人也认识到他的领导已经失败，而且他正在把我们所有人置于危险之中。”
“Hegseth has demonstrated that he is wholly incompetent. He’s committed what I believe to be war crimes in Iran and the Caribbean and he is ill-equipped for the job,” said Ansari. “My reason for introducing the articles of impeachment back in April had a lot to do with his conduct and the war crimes in Iran, including the bombing of the children’s school. But it’s refreshing to see that since then, more and more Republicans are also recognizing that his leadership has failed and that he’s putting all of us in danger.”
在共和党遭遇毁灭性选举惨败、民主党牢牢掌控参众两院之后，国会于周一开始为期五周的跛脚鸭会期。随着数十名共和党议员结束在众议院的任期，有多少人甚至会出席投票尚不清楚。国会山的工作人员告诉《拦截》，这种缺席以及共和党阵营的公开倒戈，使得马西的议案越来越有可能通过。
In the wake of a devastating election rout of the GOP that handed Democrats firm control of the House and the Senate, Congress begins a five-week lame-duck session on Monday. With dozens of Republican lawmakers ending their tenure in the House, it’s unclear how many will even show up for votes. Such absences, as well as outright defections in the GOP ranks, make it increasingly likely that Massie’s measure will pass, staffers on Capitol Hill told The Intercept.
周日，阿肯色州共和党众议员弗伦奇·希尔没有排除支持该议案的可能性。他在哥伦比亚广播公司新闻节目《面向全国》中说：“我想听听相关辩论，看看它是否值得弹劾，而不是采取其他纪律处分或由总统采取行动。”当Politico询问共和党领导人是否会对赫格塞斯弹劾投票进行党鞭动员时，即将离任的众议院议长、路易斯安那州共和党人迈克·约翰逊没有回答。众议院领导人必须在两个立法日内处理此事；反对者可以将决议搁置或提交委员会，而不是直接就弹劾进行投票。
On Sunday, GOP Rep. French Hill of Arkansas left open the possibility of backing the measure. “I want to hear the debate on it to see if it merits impeachment versus some other disciplinary action or action by the president,” he said on CBS News’s “Face the Nation.”Outgoing House speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., did not answer when asked by Politico if GOP leaders would whip the Hegseth impeachment vote. House leaders must take up the matter within two legislative days; opponents could table the resolution or refer it to committee instead of voting directly on impeachment.
参议院以微弱优势确认了他的任命，副总统JD·万斯投下了打破50比50平局的关键一票。赫格塞斯的任期充斥着一系列丑闻和失败，始于“信号门”事件——他在聊天群组中向一名记者泄露机密战争计划。根据五角大楼监察长办公室的调查，“赫格塞斯违反了安全协议，危及了美军和作战目标。”此后，赫格塞斯一直因2026年对伊朗战争的失败而备受抨击，特别是对伊朗米纳布一所小学的袭击，造成超过150名平民死亡，其中大多数是儿童。
After narrowly being confirmed by the Senate, which required Vice President JD Vance to break a 50-50 tie, Hegseth’s tenure has been marked by fiascos and failures beginning with Signal-gate, the sharing of secret war plans in a chat group with a journalist. In that case, according to the Pentagon’s own inspector general, “Hegseth violated security protocols and endangered U.S. troops and objectives.”Since then, Hegseth has been under perpetual fire for the unsuccessful Iran war in 2026, specifically a strike on an elementary school in Minab, Iran, that killed more than 150 civilians, most of them children.
他还因在拉丁美洲海域对所谓“毒品船只”发动袭击、开展超法外杀戮行动而面临压力。此外，关于他清洗高级军事领导人的质疑也在不断增加，这些领导人中有许多是女性和少数族裔。
He faces pressure over his campaign of extrajudicial killings in attacks on so-called drug boats in the waters off Latin America. And questions continue to mount about his purge of top military leaders — many of them women and minorities.
“该部门许多职业官员因他的领导而离职，我认为这非常有说明性，”安萨里说。上周，《拦截者》杂志发表了一篇调查报道，引述了六名现任和前任国防官员的说法，他们目前或曾在赫格塞斯手下任职，并呼吁罢免他。“他正在实施国家恐怖主义。他百分之百是战争罪犯。他应该受到起诉，”韦斯·J·布赖恩特说。他是上述官员之一，直到去年一直是五角大楼的高级打击顾问和政策分析师，因揭露赫格塞斯削弱平民保护措施的努力而被迫离职。
“The fact that many career officials from the department have left citing his leadership, I think, is very telling,” said Ansari. Last week, The Intercept published an exposé quoting six current and former defense officials who currently serve or served under Hegseth and called for his ouster. “He is conducting state terrorism. He is 100 percent a war criminal. He needs to be prosecuted,” said Wes J. Bryant, one of those officials and, until last year, a senior targeting adviser and policy analyst at the Pentagon who was pushed out of his job for blowing the whistle on Hegseth’s efforts to undermine protections for civilians.
随着对其罢免的呼声越来越高，Hegseth发动了在白宫挣扎争取支持的绝望行动，包括一段赤裸裸奉承特朗普的视频，他将其发布于X。该视频伴随了五角大楼下属的协同社交媒体宣传，将Hegseth的命运与总统绑定，配文“STAND. FIGHT. DEFEND THE REPUBLIC.” 根据两名五角大楼官员的说法，Hegseth的局势在周五得到加强，当特朗普首席幕僚Susie Wiles辞职后，她被其硬派国内政策顾问、激烈的反移民人士以及非法船只打击倡导者Stephen Miller接替。
As calls for his ouster have grown louder, Hegseth launched a desperate bid to whip up support at the White House, including a nakedly obsequious video seeking Trump’s support that he posted on X. It was accompanied by a coordinated campaign of social media posts by Pentagon underlings tying Hegseth’s fortunes to the president with the text “STAND. FIGHT. DEFEND THE REPUBLIC.”Hegseth’s hand was strengthened on Friday when Trump’s chief of staff Susie Wiles stepped down and was replaced by his hard-line domestic policy adviser, raging xenophobe, and illegal boat strike proponent Stephen Miller, according to two Pentagon officials.
受困的战争首脑迅速在X上向Miller致以“Huge CONGRATS”，并发布了一张与特朗普新顾问并肩的照片。同样效仿Hegseth拥护者的五角大楼内部人员随后也发布了类似聚焦于Miller的帖子。
The embattled war chief was quick to offer “Huge CONGRATS” to Miller on X, and posted a photo of himself alongside Trump’s new consigliere. The same coterie of Hegseth devotees at the Pentagon followed with similar posts featuring Miller.
据报道，Wiles对Hegseth的表现不满，认为其在伊朗战争中的糟糕管理损害了共和党的前景。一位高级特朗普政府官员也告诉MS Now，Miller与Hegseth“自本届政府开始以来就一直关系极为密切”。如果众议院弹劾Hegseth，将其免职需要参议院三分之二多数票支持——即便在1月份民主党控制参议院的情况下，这也是一个高难度门槛。众议院此前弹劾过的两名内阁秘书——1876年的战争部长William Belknap，以及2024年的国土安全部长Alejandro Mayorkas——均未在参议院受到定罪。
Wiles had reportedly soured on Hegseth, blaming his woeful management of the Iran war for flagging Republican fortunes. A senior Trump administration official also told MS Now that Miller and Hegseth “have been extremely close since the beginning of the administration.”If the House impeaches Hegseth, removing him from office would require a two-thirds vote in the Senate — a high bar, even when Democrats take control of the chamber in January. Neither of the two Cabinet secretaries impeached by the House — William Belknap, the secretary of war, in 1876; and Alejandro Mayorkas, the secretary of homeland security, in 2024 — were convicted by the Senate.
一名曾与《拦截》交谈的参议院军事委员会工作人员怀疑，参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党参议员约翰·图恩是否会把这项议案付诸表决。安萨里仍抱有希望。她说：“图恩在认为赫格塞思不适合这份工作这一点上非常一致。”她还说：“我确实认为周二晚上的压倒性胜利将影响共和党人今后的行事方式。”
An Armed Services Committee staffer who spoke with The Intercept was skeptical that Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., would bring the measure to a vote. Ansari held out hope. “Thune is very much aligned in terms of his view that Hegseth is not fit for the job,” she said, adding, “I do think that the resounding victories on Tuesday night will impact the way Republicans operate moving forward.”
北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯将于今年年底退休，他数月来一直表示后悔自己投票确认赫格塞思，并谴责这位战争部长针对特朗普发表的那段绝望的视频讲话。他周五在X上写道：“内阁部长们不应该把纳税人的钱浪费在竞选风格的视频上。克里斯蒂·诺姆已经吃到了苦头。”他还猛烈抨击赫格塞思，称“你表现出的无能、你给总统的糟糕建议，以及你那些可耻而令人难堪的事件，从解雇我们的最高将领到把战争计划用短信发给记者。”蒂利斯此前还曾表示赫格塞思“必须走人”。
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., who is retiring at the end of the year, has said for months that he regrets his vote to confirm Hegseth and rebuked the war chief for his desperate video address aimed at Trump. “[C]abinet secretaries shouldn’t be wasting taxpayer dollars on campaign style videos. Kristi Noem learned that the hard way,” he wrote on X on Friday, also laying into Hegseth for “the incompetence you’ve displayed, the bad advice you’ve given to president, and your shameful and embarrassing episodes from firing our top generals to texting war plans to reporters.”Tillis had also previously said Hegseth “needs to go.”
马西暗示，他的弹劾决议在立法上相当于安乐死，称这是民主党人明年1月控制国会后将采取行动的“温和得多的版本”。国会各委员会拥有广泛的调查权力，安萨里说，如果赫格塞思挺过今年的弹劾推动，民主党人在下一届会期有“许多方式”追究他的责任，特别是迫使他到美国人民面前作证。她告诉《拦截》：“如果他能在本届政府中撑过未来两年，我会感到惊讶。我认为他不仅是政府中最无能的成员之一，也是最不受欢迎的成员之一——而且这是两党共同的看法。因此，要求五角大楼做出某种改变的压力将继续增大。”
Massie suggested his impeachment resolution is the legislative equivalent of a mercy killing, calling it “a much gentler version” of what Democrats will do when they take control of Congress in January. Congressional committees have broad investigative powers, and Ansari said that if Hegseth survives this year’s impeachment push, there were “many ways” for Democrats to hold him accountable in the next session, specifically compelling him to testify before the American people. “I would be surprised to see him last the next two years in this administration,” she told The Intercept. “I think that he is not only one of the most incompetent members of the administration, but also the most unpopular — and it’s on a bipartisan basis. So the pressure will continue to grow for there to be some change at the Pentagon.”
特朗普在周五录制的《60分钟》采访中对赫格塞思表达了轻微的“信心”，并吹捧美国的对委内瑞拉的胜利，但并未就此称赞他的五角大楼负责人。当被问及是否将这一他视为重大胜利的功劳归于赫格塞思时，特朗普回答说：“不，但他是其中一部分。”周六，特朗普在Truth Social上写道，要求弹劾政府官员的呼声等同于“最高级别的敲诈”，并下令司法部调查那些推动此事的人。
Trump expressed mild “confidence” in Hegseth in a “60 Minutes” interview taped on Friday, touting the U.S. victory over Venezuela, but stopped short of praising his Pentagon chief for it. Asked if he credited Hegseth for what he considers a major victory, Trump replied: “No, but he was a part of it.”On Saturday, Trump wrote on Truth Social that calls for impeachment of administration officials amounted to “extortion at the highest level” and ordered the Justice Department to investigate those making the push.
司法部长托德·布兰奇本人也可能是弹劾的目标，他周日表示，司法部将在任何弹劾程序中代表赫格塞思。他还说，如果他是威胁调查政府官员的民主党人，他“会非常担心”。当被问及是否认为这些威胁构成犯罪时，布兰奇说：“这取决于说了什么。所以是的，有可能。”白宫未回应关于特朗普对赫格塞思支持的提问。
Attorney General Todd Blanche, himself a potential target of impeachment, said on Sunday that the Justice Department would represent Hegseth during any impeachment proceedings. He added that he “would be very worried” if he were a Democrat threatening to investigate administration officials. Asked if he considered those threats to be a crime, Blanche said, “It depends on what’s said. So yes, there could be.”The White House did not respond to questions about Trump’s support for Hegseth.