更新时间：美国东部时间2026年11月4日下午1点45分 / CBS新闻
华盛顿讯 — 多位知情人士向CBS新闻透露，在共和党人周二晚遭遇灾难性失利后，特朗普总统一直在向身边及电话联络的顾问们询问，国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯是否应该留任。
一些白宫助手预测，共和党中期选举失利的部分指责将指向美国中央司令部司令布拉德·库珀海军上将，以及参谋长联席会议主席丹·凯恩将军，两人在伊朗战争的指导方面都发挥了重要作用。
不过，其他消息人士表示，总统尚未决定撤换赫格塞斯。选举前，民主党已在试图弹劾赫格塞斯，若民主党在参众两院都掌握多数席位，弹劾行动的可能性可能会增加。
副总统JD·万斯将共和党的失败归咎于这场战争。“我们输的原因是这场战争，”他在周三上午发布的一篇长篇X帖文中说道。
一位消息人士告诉CBS新闻，佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯被提议作为赫格塞斯的可能替代人选，理由是德桑蒂斯能够在跛脚鸭任期内通过参议院确认，然后在其州长任期于1月5日到期时接任这一职位。
周三下午，特朗普被问及是否考虑撤换赫格塞斯，他对记者表示：“不，我认为他做得非常好。”总统还被问及是否希望看到赫格塞斯获任命填补田纳西州参议员玛莎·布莱克本出任州长后留下的空缺。“我其实觉得他如果这么做会很受欢迎，”特朗普先生表示，“但我完全没听过这种说法。”
当被要求就有关赫格塞斯国防部长职位前途存疑的报道置评时，白宫发言人安娜·凯利在一份声明中表示，总统“对赫格塞斯部长充满信心”。凯利在声明中还赞扬了在伊朗和委内瑞拉的军事行动，以及赫格塞斯为扭转拜登时期五角大楼优先考虑“多元化、公平与包容（DEI）以及觉醒意识形态”所做的努力。
蒋伟嘉对本报道有贡献。
本报道于2026年11月4日上午11点39分首次发布于CBS新闻。
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Trump asking advisers if Hegseth should stay after midterm losses, sources say
Updated on: November 4, 2026 / 1:45 PM EST / CBS News
Washington — President Trump has been asking advisers around him and on the phone whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should stay in his job, following Republicans’ catastrophic losses Tuesday night, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CBS News.
Some White House aides have predicted some of the blame for GOP midterm losses will be trained on Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, who both played big roles in guidance on the Iran war.
Still, other sources said the president hasn’t decided to replace Hegseth. Before the election, Democrats were already trying to impeach Hegseth, and the likelihood of an impeachment effort could increase with Democrats holding strong majorities in both chambers.
Vice President JD Vance is blaming the war for the GOP defeat. “The reason we lost is the war,” he said in a lengthy post on X Wednesday morning.
One source told CBS News that GOP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is being floated as a possible replacement for Hegseth, arguing DeSantis could go through Senate confirmation in the lame-duck period and then take the post when his term as governor expires Jan. 5.
Mr. Trump was asked Wednesday afternoon whether he was considering replacing Hegseth, and he told reporters, “No, I think he’s doing a very good job.” The president was also asked if he’d like to see Hegseth appointed to fill the seat that will be vacated by Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn when she takes office as governor. “I actually think he’d be very popular if he did that,” Mr. Trump said, “but I haven’t heard that at all.”
Asked for comment about reports that Hegseth’s future as defense secretary was in question, White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in a statement that the president “has full confidence in Secretary Hegseth.” In the statement, Kelly also praised the military operations in Iran and Venezuela and Hegseth’s efforts to reverse the Biden Pentagon’s prioritizing of “DEI and woke ideology.”
Weijia Jiang contributed to this report.
This story published first on CBS News at 11:39 a.m. on Nov. 4, 2026.
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