White House denies Hegseth and Rubio to leave jobs

Thursday, November 05, 2026

The White House has denied rumours that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio might leave their jobs in a post-election shakeup of the Trump administration. US media have reported there are calls to replace Hegseth - in particular over his handling of the Iran war, which is being blamed for heavy Republican election losses.

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Stick a fork in them...

#1 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-11-05 10:10 PM | Reply

... The White House has denied rumours that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio might leave their jobs ...

Pay attention to the details.

... The White House has denied rumours that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio might leave their jobs in a post-election shakeup of the Trump administration. ...

So, "leave their jobs" as opposed to being asked to vacate their jobs?

Back in the very early days of MS Windows (early 1980's, maybe even earlier), Microsoft had an awesome PR agency that was quite skilled in such nuance in their press releases.

So, what the White House statement did not deny was that they may be asked to leave their jobs.

In Sec Def Hegseth's case, yeah I can see why he might be ~asked to leave.~

But with Sec State Rubio, he seems to be one of the few qualified people in the Trump admin. So, he might also be asked to leave ...

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-11-05 10:23 PM | Reply

Of course, they did. You don't let the patsies walk away, you ceremoniously, publicly and humiliatingly give them the boot after you've hung a sufficient amount of blame and culpability around their necks.

#3 | Posted by jpw at 2026-11-06 07:22 AM | Reply