特朗普总统周一回击针对国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯的弹劾行动。特朗普在周一晚间的 Truth Social 帖子中表示：“落选的共和党众议员托马斯·马西，一个彻底的失败者，正试图弹劾或许是全国最受欢迎、最成功的军事官员、战争部长皮特·赫格塞斯。”
特朗普在帖子中补充道：“招募人数处于历史最高水平，而在昏睡的乔·拜登时期处于历史最低水平，并取得了两场胜利，委内瑞拉和伊朗，皮特·赫格塞斯应该受到赞扬，而不是被弹劾。国会，为皮特挺身而出！！！”
President Trump on Monday shot back at efforts to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “Defeated Republican Congressman Thomas Massie, a total loser, is trying to Impeach perhaps the most popular and successful military official in the Country, Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Monday night.
周一，马西兑现承诺，提出针对赫格塞斯的弹劾条款。这位肯塔基州共和党人在美东时间下午 2 点刚过在众议院议场宣读了弹劾条款。
当天早些时候，赫格塞斯表示他对马西的行动“不担心”，并称将于次日上午就此事举行新闻发布会。
“With recruitment at an ALL-TIME HIGH, from an all-time low under Sleepy Joe Biden, and TWO VICTORIES, Venezuela and Iran, Pete Hegseth should be praised, not Impeached. Congress, stand up for Pete!!!” the president added in his post.
上周末，特朗普对一些民主党人推动弹劾共和党官员表示担忧。总统称这些威胁是“最高级别的勒索”，并要求司法部“调查此事”。
On Monday, Massie followed through on a promise to bring articles of impeachment targeting Hegseth. The Kentucky Republican read the articles out loud on the House floor a little after 2 p.m. EST.
特朗普在周六的 Truth Social 帖子中写道：“民主党人到处威胁很多人……以弹劾和许多其他形式的惩罚相要挟，尽管他们承认没有理由这样做，且受害者并未犯下、甚至未曾想过任何可被弹劾的行为，这是非法程序。”
特朗普的帖子发布于民主党在今年中期选举中锁定众参两院控制权、并将于 1 月接管两院之后。《国会山报》已联系马西办公室置评。
Earlier in the day, Hegseth said he wasn’t “worried“ about Massie’s effort and said he would have a press conference on the matter the following morning. Last weekend, Trump expressed concerns about some Democrats pushing for the impeachment of Republican officials. The president called the threats “extortion at the highest level” and requested the Department of Justice “look into this.” “The Democrats are going around threatening a lot of people … with Impeachment and many other forms of punishment, even though they admit they have no reason to do so, and there have been no impeachable acts committed, or even thought of, by the victims of this illegal process,” the president wrote in a Truth Social post Saturday. Trump's post came after Democrats locked down the House and Senate in this year's midterms, with the party set to take control of the chambers in January. The Hill has reached out to Massie's office for comment.