JD Vance and Pete Hegseth (Picture credit: Agencies) JD Vance, the newly elected vice president of the US, on Saturday criticised news agency Associated Press (AP) for allegedly attacking Pete Hegseth, president-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, over a Christian motto tattooed on his arm. Vance accused the agency of displaying “anti-Christian bigotry”…
Donald Trump will be hawkish towards China but does not want a war, according to a former deputy assistant director of the CIA. Dennis Wilder told a forum in Hong Kong on Friday, that the president-elect’s philosophy was “peace through strength” and his “goal is to make it clear to Beijing that it shouldn’t even…
US president-elect Donald Trump, known for valuing loyalty, has expressed regret over many senior officials from his last term who tried to thwart his often impulsive directives and ambitions. Trump’s first administration was marked by turmoil and high turnover, with some former allies imprisoned for actions taken during his presidency, while others emerged as vocal…
US president-elect Donald Trump’s surprise pick of Pete Hegseth, a television host and army veteran, to be his Pentagon chief is expected to inject more unpredictability into the already fragile US-China military relationship, according to analysts. Hegseth, 44, is a Fox News political commentator and a military veteran who served tours of duty in Iraq…
Donald Trump’s second-term Cabinet was always going to be weird. But his selection of Fox & Friends host Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense sent shockwaves through Washington, D.C. — even among Republicans and Hegseth’s cable-TV colleagues. Shortly after the news broke on Tuesday night, two Republican senators messaged Rolling Stone their dismay over Trump’s…
On Tuesday Donald Trump announced Pete Hegseth, a Fox News commentator who saw active service with the Minnesota National Guard, as his pick for secretary of defense. Hegseth was one of a number of National Guard members ordered to stand down from Joe Biden‘s inauguration, according to CBS News reporter Jim LaPorta. Hegseth served in…