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Data expert reveals the Cabinet official 'hated by everyone'

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CNN data analyst Harry Enten in Thursday walked through the likability problem one of President Donald Trump's top officials is facing. As the Iran war rages onward and more and more evidence is revealed about just how badly America is fairing, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth could be caught holding the bag. Voters and defense insiders see Hegseth as putting his own personal culture-war politics, individual loyalty and public spectacle ahead of top military matters like readiness, competent management and transparent accountability. Enten explained that Hegseth's numbers are now as low as Donald Rumsfeld's were ahead of the 2006 GOP bloodbath election in which Democrats ended the GOP control over government. "You know, we start off the title slide asking who hates Hegseth? And basically everyone," Enten explained. "If you're the American public, no wonder, no wonder the speaker sent everybody home. Because just take a look here. Hegseth net approval: You know, back before the Iran wa