Washington Poat: “Hegseth has been told not to expect Trump to apply pressure to Republican senators to get him over the finish line, according to two people familiar with the discussions.”
Playbook: “Depending how his nomination ends up, you can look back on Trump’s decision as either the kiss of death for Hegseth’s nomination, or the thing that gets him over the finish line with Republican senators by forcing him to earn it on his own.
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