Among other things, he's defended service members who were accused or even convicted of war crimes: https://apnews.com/article/who-is-pete-hegseth-trump-defense-secretary-2e2bdd16c8e90f5d037f763cfadbde94
He also has a tattoo of a Jerusalem cross with the words "Deus vult," which is a right-wing nationalist symbol. > On Nov 13, 2024, at 11:02 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have no idea if Hegseth is in any way intelligent but it could be a good > thing if DoD were run by someone who is not in the military/defense lobbyist > community. It’s such a closed society and a bloated system and the military > folks always demand insiders to run it so there will be no disruption. > > Also we know from the previous Trump administration that cabinet appointments > only last about a year. > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 1:34 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Pete Hegseth, army vet and host of "Fox & Friends Weekend," has been called >> "undoubtedly the most unqualified nominee for SecDef in American history" by >> one vets advocate, was in charge of a Koch brothers organization wanting to >> privatize VA health insurance before he joined FNC, has called for the >> culling of anyone in the military who is "woke" and produced this response >> from a defense industry lobbyist to Politico: "Who the f--k is this guy?": >> >> https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/12/defense-world-reacts-to-trump-pick-pete-hegseth-00189221?nname=playbook&nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&nrid=0000014e-f0ef-dd93-ad7f-f8efa2b10001&nlid=630318 >> >> I thought Trump would be more interested in having "Fox & Friends Weekend" >> host and former "Real World" cast member Rachel Campos-Duffy around to bang. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6558dd2d-6418-4e72-a639-68d58252f5a0n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6558dd2d-6418-4e72-a639-68d58252f5a0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiE%3DKh%2Br9Hkqwbrkwr8QjvfmaxKFx5T4eRYCqCcyS0e7kg%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiE%3DKh%2Br9Hkqwbrkwr8QjvfmaxKFx5T4eRYCqCcyS0e7kg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/07561F19-D8EF-4E91-BC5C-E1E26749A639%40ellwanger.tv.
