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President Donald Trump called on Congress to defend Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday night after outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced eight articles of impeachment against the Pentagon chief earlier in the day.

In a fiery Truth Social post, Trump blasted Massie as a “total loser” and argued that Hegseth deserved praise rather than impeachment for his handling of the administration’s military campaigns in Iran and Venezuela.

“Defeated Republican Congressman Thomas Massie, a total loser, is trying to Impeach perhaps the most popular and successful military official in the Country, Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth,” Trump wrote.

“With recruitment at an ALL-TIME HIGH, from an all-time low under Sleepy Joe Biden, and TWO VICTORIES, Venezuela and Iran, Pete Hegseth should be praised, not Impeached,” the president continued. “Congress, stand up for Pete!!!”

The post came hours after Massie, who lost his Republican primary to Trump-backed Ed Gallrein in May, introduced eight articles of impeachment accusing Hegseth of conducting military operations without congressional authorization, violating protections for civilians, and carrying out extrajudicial killings.

During a Capitol Hill press conference Monday, Massie insisted that his effort was strictly about alleged violations of the law.

“The reality is, we’re not indicting him for being bad at his job,” Massie told reporters. “In fact, he was very effective at killing schoolchildren in Iran. He was very effective at extrajudicial killings. There’s no argument in these impeachment articles that he’s ineffective. The argument here is that he’s broken laws and he’s violated the Constitution.”

Trump had already lashed out at Massie earlier Monday during an appearance in the White House briefing room, where CNN’s Kaitlan Collins pressed him on whether he would stand by Hegseth if the defense secretary were impeached.

“Yeah, I’ll stand by him,” Trump replied.

When Collins raised Massie’s allegations of illegal conduct, Trump fired back, “Massie’s a loser. Just like you’re a loser at CNN. Just like your ratings are a loser.”

“Massie is a loser — a stone-cold loser!” he added.

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