Tillis reveals his ‘biggest regret’ in new book on Trump 2.0
Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), nearing the end of his tenure in the Senate, shares a meaningful regret in his new book about his political career: his vote to confirm War Secretary Pete Hegseth. During the book, titled *How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents*, Tillis reflects on his early concerns regarding President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees. He names Hegseth,as well as Robert F. kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard-whom he considered for health secretary and intelligence chief-as individuals he wished he had opposed.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) is finishing his final months in the Senate on an introspective note, revealing in a new book that the “biggest regret of my career” was his vote to confirm War Secretary Pete Hegseth.
In How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents, Tillis describes the extent of his early reservations about President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, naming Hegseth but also Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard — his health secretary and ex-intelligence chief — as nominees he wished he opposed.
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