The House has turned aside a resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, blocking a measure that concerned his conduct in office and his handling of the war against Iran, according to Associated Press reporting. House Republicans stood in the way of the effort.

President Donald J. Trump hailed the outcome on Truth Social on Tuesday evening. “The Democrats’ attempt to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has miserably FAILED!” the president wrote. “Every single Republican, except Thomas Massie, a major LOSER, voted in favor of Pete.” Trump called Hegseth “a Great American Patriot” and said the result was an “EXONERATION.”

In the same post, the president credited “Victories in Venezuela and Iran,” what he called “the Best Recruitment Numbers in the History of the Military (Long waiting lists to get in!),” and “Spirit like rarely seen before.” Those characterizations are the president’s, as stated on his Truth Social account.

Earlier Tuesday, Trump had urged Congress to “stand up for Pete,” writing that Hegseth “should be praised, not Impeached,” and later posted that Hegseth “gets an ‘A’ PLUS, PLUS, PLUS” for his defense against the effort. Hegseth remains in office.