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Now after he With the appointment of Pete Hegseth, Fox News host, author and military veteran, as his choice for Secretary of Defense, there will be a massacre in the serving ranks of generals in favor of ‘yessir’ military personnel.
The 44-year-old Hegseth, who has served in Afghanistan and Iraq, will be in charge of the world’s most powerful army in his first political role.
Announcing his choice, Trump described him as “tough, smart and a true supporter of America First.”
Trump is expected to take a much darker view of his military leaders in his second term, after facing pushback from the Pentagon over everything from his skepticism of NATO to his willingness to deploy troops to the protests in the American streets.