Newsmax instructed staff to lay off Pete Hegseth, the Fox News host Donald Trump nominated to serve as his secretary of defense, after a segment bashing the pick sparked the ire of Trump himself.

Anchor Greg Kelly called Hegseth “blackmailable” and rebuked the former Fox News co-host’s “baggage ... Team Trump reportedly contacted Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy and gave him an earful ...

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Trump’s team immediately got in touch with Newsmax’s CEO Chris Ruddy to complain, sources told Mediaite. Those sources also said that Trump himself called Ruddy directly, but Newsmax denied this.

A Fox News spokesperson did not immediately respond ... Kelly, by the way, is the same Newsmax host that floated the idea of Matt Gaetz coming to work for his network after the MAGA firebrand ...

Before that, he was Director of Domestic News at Fox News Channel, a role Newsmax was eager to play up as it is the network’s chief competitor. At Fox, he also served as VP of Newsgathering ...

Newsmax chief executive Chris Ruddy, has turned the cable channel into a pure vehicle for Trumpism, attacking Fox News for ...