Donald Trump is starting to grow weary of the ongoing controversies plaguing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to a new report.

While the president has stood by Hegseth in public, he has shown less enthusiasm behind closed doors, The Atlantic reported Friday, citing several unnamed sources familiar with White House discussions.

“[Trump] is starting to tire of the scandals surrounding Hegseth and does not push back when others suggest Hegseth is not up for the job, an outside adviser to the White House and a former senior administration official told us,” The Atlantic reported.

An unnamed senior administration told the outlet it’s been a “rough week for Pete.”

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        Aren’t raccoons generally too small for rabies (like, if something with rabies got them they’re small enough they’d just die instead of briefly recovering and becoming infected) or am I thinking of wombats

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          Probably oppossum, they aren’t viable carriers. Size doesn’t matter so much AFAIK, even tinier bats can be carriers.

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            wait, so why aren’t oppossum viable carriers? i’m so confused i thought it was because they got et.

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              IIRC, opossums aren’t viable carriers because their natural body temperature is too low for the virus to thrive