Pete Hegseth: the former TV host selling Trump’s war
The Story30 Mar

Pete Hegseth: the former TV host selling Trump’s war

Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of war, was one of the most controversial picks in Trump’s cabinet. But as Trump’s foreign adventures have come to define his second term, Hegseth is not just more visible, he’s become the Iran war’s main cheerleader. So who is he?


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