Hegseth Delivers What Trump Wants With Unwanted Controversy
Donald Trump, left, and Pete Hegseth, in the Oval Office in March.
Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has done most everything so far that President Donald Trump hoped he would — purging the military of its purported “woke” ideology, expanding its role in immigration enforcement and vowing an “America First” approach toward allies.
At least until now, that’s been enough to keep Trump on Hegseth’s side, even as the veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and former Fox News host keeps courting controversy.