Maggie Haberman Says 'Trump Could Not Find a Single Person' Who Backed DeSantis for Secretary of Defense

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : She went on to say that Trump agreed, after which Hegseth sat for an interview with Megyn Kelly.
44% : Trump could not find a single person in his orbit, or even really outside of it, who liked this idea of making Ron DeSantis - the governor of Florida - the Defense secretary choice.
39% : Maggie Haberman said President-elect Donald Trump doubled down on his nomination of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense because no one in his orbit thought it would be a good idea to choose Florida Governor Ron DeSantis instead.
38% : And so, Trump was persuaded also after a call from Pete Hegseth to let Hegseth go out and see if he could fight his way past some of these stories.
33% : Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was considering withdrawing Hegseth's nomination and picking DeSantis.
29% : DeSantis unsuccessfully challenged Trump for the Republican presidential nomination this year.
26% : On Friday night, she appeared on CNN's AC360, where guest host John Berman asked about Haberman's previous reporting about Trump tiring of the negative press surrounding Hegseth.
22% : "Last week, Haberman said DeSantis seemed an unlikely choice "because you will just hear a replay of all of these things that DeSantis said about Trump in their primary."
4% : The report that Trump was considering DeSantis surprised many, as the governor repeatedly attacked Trump on the campaign trail.

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