{"id":2380062,"date":"2024-12-14T12:37:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T17:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-went-back-to-hegseth-after-hitting-wall-on-desantis-haberman\/"},"modified":"2024-12-14T12:37:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T17:37:43","slug":"trump-went-back-to-hegseth-after-hitting-wall-on-desantis-haberman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-went-back-to-hegseth-after-hitting-wall-on-desantis-haberman\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump went back to Hegseth after hitting wall on DeSantis: Haberman"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-went-back-to-hegseth-after-hitting-wall-on-desantis-haberman%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2380062&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-joins-predatory-lender-litigation-against-mariner-finance\/\" title=\"North Carolina Joins Lawsuit Against Mariner Finance for Predatory Lending\">provided text includes<\/a> an HTML snippet\u2063 designed for\u200c a webpage, featuring a button labeled &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; that,when clicked,presumably <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-truth-social-skyrockets-on-first-trading-day-in-major-boost-to-former-president\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s Truth Social experiences significant growth on its debut trading day, providing a substantial lift to the former president\">reveals additional content<\/a>. 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One such name was DeSantis, Trump&rsquo;s former primary challenger and prominent conservative figure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, that never culminated into a real nomination, likely because the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crybaby-celebrities-melt-down-after-trump-win\/\" title=\"Crybaby Celebrities Melt Down After Trump Win\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">president-elect<\/a> &#038;ldquo<\/a>;could not find a single person in his orbit, or even really outside of it, who liked this idea,&rdquo; Haberman said in an interview on CNN.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3220320\/greatest-comeback-trump-white-house-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>GREATEST COMEBACK? HERE&rsquo;S HOW TRUMP STACKS UP IN WHITE HOUSE HISTORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instead, Trump let Hegseth take things into his own hands to secure support, allowing him to go out and &ldquo;fight his way past some of these stories.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump also reiterated his support for Hegseth publicly while other members in his orbit, such as Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, made the push for him behind the scenes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Those efforts especially targeted Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), who has been criticized by some conservatives for not being immediately supportive of his bid.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And you saw this movement most significantly &hellip; [when the] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/MAGA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MAGA<\/a> movement really, really activated online, on digital ads, making a target specifically of Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa to try to get her to a yes,&rdquo; Haberman said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although Trump&rsquo;s team may not be ready to celebrate a win just yet, Haberman said she believes the president-elect and his allies are &ldquo;feeling vastly better about it today than they did a week ago.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There remains, you know, a lingering awareness that something could come up. 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