Hegseth asked if he thinks Trump is 'mentally stable' enough to be president

Added: 2026-05-07

[00:00:00]Do you believe that the president is mentally stable enough to be the commander in chief?

[00:00:05]Um, did you ask the same question of Joe Biden for 4 years? Mr. Secretary, Joe Biden is not the president. Mr. Trump has been president for a year and a half and I'm asking you right now.

[00:00:14]>> and I won't even engage with the level of disparagement that you're putting on the commander in chief who indeed uh is I I mean every I mean every Mr. Secretary, I am not asking you to Mr. Secretary, Biden is not the president.

[00:00:26]>> insightful commander in chief we've had in generations and you want to compare I mean you want to ask that question after you and your fellow Democrats defended Joe Biden who could barely speak and didn't Mr. Secretary, as you know, as you know, when a secretary of defense who went AWOL for a week. Mr. Secretary, I am not asking you to I will I will reclaim my time thank you.

[00:00:45]>> has reclaimed her time, she has reclaimed it. So, as Mr. Jimenez said, we should be taking leaders at their words. So, is there a reason that we should not be taking our leader at his word?

[00:00:55]>> Iran should not underestimate the will of President Trump and the United States military to uh achieve our mission.

[00:01:02]Okay, well, I want you to know this is not a partisan thing. In fact, many many Democrats have had uh many many Republicans have had these same questions. Marjorie Taylor Greene said he's out of control and he's gone insane. Candace Owens said the 25th Amendment needs to be invoked. Megan Kelly, Tucker Carlson who used to work with Alex Jones, Stephanie Grisham, the list could go on. So, how do I explain to my constituents that while they are in harm's way, their commander in chief is posting these unhinged posts?

[00:01:33]How did you explain to your constituents what happened on October or what happened in Afghanistan or what happened with the debacle in the withdrawal in Afghanistan where the troops were left? How did you explain that to Joe Biden's leadership? How did you explain that to the Marines that didn't get medals? that we restored their medals because of that disastrous withdrawal in Afghanistan. Did you explain that to your constituents when Joe Biden was asleep at the wheel and he had an AWOL secretary of defense? I don't think you did. This next post. How can I explain this next post to my constituents?

[00:02:04]I'm Jewish, so this doesn't really bother me, but my understanding is that this is quite uh offensive to many Christians. So, how how do you explain this post? Uh I'm not here to explain posts. We have an incredible commander in chief >> Okay, who puts our troops first. I'm here for a budget hearing about our troops.

[00:02:21]>> This is this is about our troops.

[00:02:23]>> a chance to defeat our Mr. Secretary, Mr. Secretary, this This is my world class fashion.

[00:02:29]This is about our troops. This is about who is commanding our >> about our troops. This is about who is commanding our troops and if our troops can trust that they are being sent into harm's way under good strategy.

[00:02:39]The mental stability of our commander in chief is deeply important to our troops.

[00:02:44]It's deeply important to this country.

[00:02:46]It is It wasn't important to you during Joe Biden. I'll remind you that when there were concerns, Democrats came together and he was not our nominee for president. So, I encourage you to do have the same courage that Democrats had.