Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a 148-word post on Truth Social Thursday, Trump accused news organizations of “spreading false and completely unfounded rumors” about his relationship with the defense secretary and insisted he’s “very happy” with Hegseth’s job performance. Likewise, Iran, where the country has been decimated for the purpose of NOT ALLOWING IT TO EVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, is going very well,” Trump wrote. According to the Post, the defense chief’s response when confronted by the president was to blame his deputy, Stephen Feinberg. One of them, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, said a confrontation between Trump and Hegseth “literally never happened” and added that Trump “has the utmost confidence in Secretary Hegseth.”