Trump Makes MOST PSYCHOTIC APPOINTMENT ever of FOX host
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What did Donald Trump announce about appointing Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense?
This is serious, folks. Donald Trump just announced that he is making Fox News host Pete Hegseth the next Pentagon chief. That's right. Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host, will be the Secretary of Defense. Donald Trump is appointing him to that position. Obviously, it has to be confirmed by the Senate. Here is Laura Ingraham announcing that Donald Trump has made this appointment. Here, play this clip.
that our own Pete Hegseth will be his Secretary of Defense. Pete, of course, has been a host here at Fox for a number of years. He's an Army veteran where he served in Afghanistan, in Iraq. Trump saying, quote, Pete has spent his entire life as a warrior for the troops and for the country. He's tough, smart, and a true believer in America first. With Pete at the helm, America's enemies are on notice. Our military will be great again, and America will never, back down. Wow, that is pretty cool. Gosh, we're gonna miss him at Fox, but that's a game for the country.
And just so we know who we're talking about here, this is Pete Hegseth previously on Fox in a segment called Is College Worth It? Here, play this clip.
alma mater. I have a new new rule. The more the more elite the university and advanced that a graduate is, the more the dumber they are, the less likely I am to trust them. If you went to the Ivy League, prove to me that you have any common sense at
all.
Yes. And I sent one of my degrees back.
And here, this is from 2019 Donald Trump's Secretary of Defense nominee, Pete Hegseth, saying that he never washes his hands and can't remember washing them once in the past 10 years. Play the clip. I don't think I've washed my hands for 10 years.
Really, I don't I don't really wash
my hands.
How does Pete Hegseth’s military and media background qualify him for the Pentagon?
Help me. No, I
inoculate myself.
It's not germs are not a real thing.
I can't see them. Therefore, they're not real. You're becoming immune to all of the all the
bacteria. I can't get sick. So here's the official announcement from Donald Trump, just so you can see it for yourself right here. Statement from Donald Trump. I'm honored to announce that I have nominated Pete Hegseth to serve in my cabinet as the Secretary of Defense. Pete has spent his entire life as a warrior for the troops and the country. Pete is tough, smart, and a true believer in America first. With Pete at the helm, America's enemies are on notice. Our military will be great again and America will never back down. Pete is a graduate of Princeton University and has a graduate degree from Harvard University. He is an Army combat veteran who did tours in Guantanamo Bay, Iraq, and Afghanistan. For his actions on the battlefield, he was decorated with two bronze stars, so he did serve, as well as a combat infantryman's badge.
Pete has been the host of Fox News for eight years, where he used that platform to fight for our military and veterans. Pete's recent book, The War on Warriors, spent nine weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, including two weeks at number one. The book reveals the left-wing betrayal of our warriors and how we must return our military to meritocracy, lethality, accountability, and excellence. Pete has also led two veterans advocacy organizations, leading the fight for our warriors and our great veterans. Nobody fights harder for the troops and Pete will be courageous and patriotic champion of our peace through strength policy. So you see Donald Trump announcing it there as well. Jake Sherman says this is going to be a hard confirmation to get through.
I'm not really sure if that's going to be the case. It seems like Donald Trump's MAGA will rubber stamp this. I don't know. What's next? Are you going to have Sean Hannity become the attorney general? Are you going to have Jesse Waters become, you know, I don't know, the CIA director? Anyway, this is at a time where Putin has not de-escalated. And Putin has also claimed that any news that he's had in conversations with Donald Trump, which Trump claims took place yesterday, is pure fiction. Trump had leaked to the Washington Post that he had told Putin to deescalate. Putin has done anything but deescalate.
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