Trump calls CNN reporter 'loser' after he questions him on backing Pete Hegseth

US President Donald Trump lashed out at a CNN journalist who asked whether he would continue supporting Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth following the Republicans’ midterm election losses. Trump said, “Yeah, I’ll stand by him,” claiming Hegseth “won two wars”. When the reporter cited Republican Rep. Thomas Massie calling the wars illegal, Trump angrily branded both Massie and the journalist “losers”.