The Pentagon’s chief spokesman Sean Parnell denied that Hegseth has ambitions of political office, and said the former Fox News host’s focus “remains solely on serving under President Trump.” Parnell said the sources are either “imaginary” or the news station was “getting punked.”

As you’ve probably heard by now, Pete Hegseth’s time as defense secretary has not been going great. For starters, there was the matter of Signalgate, wherein confidential war plans were texted to a journalist.