Trump considers replacing secretary of defense pick Hegseth with Ron DeSantis

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : ""Trump talked to the governor and wants him to do it," a source familiar with the conversation told NBC News on Tuesday night.
21% : Trump and DeSantis appeared together on Tuesday at a ceremony to honor three fallen Palm Beach Sheriff's deputies who were killed in a crash while in the line of duty.
21% : He immediately endorsed Trump despite the two feuding throughout the campaign and the former president nicknaming DeSantis "Ron DeSanctimonious."
18% : DeSantis challenged Trump for the Republican presidential nomination in this 2024 cycle and dropped out of the race in January, just days before the New Hampshire primary.
12% : One source told NBC News that Trump and DeSantis directly spoke about the issue while another said the governor is "very much in contention.
6% : Unlike many of Trump's other picks for his future Cabinet, DeSantis has stated that Trump lost the 2020 election, while others have echoed the president-elect's comments that it was stolen.
5% : One source told NBC News that Trump and DeSantis directly spoke about the issue while another said the governor is "very much in contention"President-elect Donald Trump is considering replacing embattled defense secretary choice Pete Hegseth with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, two sources familiar with the decision-making told NBC News.

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