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…