Trump names articulate Secretary of Defense

 National Review:

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as the next secretary of defense.

Hegseth’s appointment, which is sure to attract the ire of Democrats given his long-standing association with Fox, will require confirmation by the Republican-controlled Senate.

“Pete is tough, smart and a true believer in America First,” Trump said in a statement.

“With Pete at the helm, America’s enemies are on notice — Our Military will be Great Again, and America will Never Back Down,” he declared.

Before joining Fox in 2014, Hegseth served as an Army National Guard captain in Afghanistan and Iraq and earned the Bronze Star medal for his service in the latter.

“Pete Hegseth has been an exceptional host on FOX & Friends and FOX Nation and a best-selling author for FOX News Books for nearly a decade,” Fox News Media said in a statement. “His insights and analysis especially about the military resonated deeply with our viewers and made the program the major success that it is today. We are extremely proud of his work at FOX News Media and wish him the best of luck in Washington.”

The Princeton and Harvard graduate has been most vocal advocating on behalf of veterans, serving as executive director of Vets for Freedom from 2007-2010. He was even considered by Trump to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs during the former president’s first term in office.
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The announcement came shortly after John Ratcliffe was named Trump’s next director of the CIA, news that Trump shared on social media.
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“From exposing fake Russian collusion to be a Clinton campaign operation, to catching the FBI’s abuse of Civil Liberties at the FISA Court, John Ratcliffe has always been a warrior for Truth and Honesty with the American Public,” Trump said in a statement on Tuesday.
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The Russian collusion hoax was one of the biggest political frauds in history and it is too bad that no one has been held accountable for it and also many of those in the media who perpetrated the fraud have not given back the rewards they got for pushing a lie. 

The Hegseth nomination is a surprise to many.  He has demonstrated that he is knowledgeable about the military.  I think he will be a reliable supporter of the Trump defense agenda.

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The difference between legacy media and 𝕏 is that Liz could dismiss Pete Hegseth as just a Fox News host on MSNBC and she’d get away with it. Audience would think Trump made a crazy pick. On 𝕏 you find out he’s a combat veteran with 2 bronze stars who led a squadron in Baghdad and was educated at Harvard and Princeton. He’s worked on veterans issues ever since. Also, no, Pocahontas does not respect all veterans or she wouldn’t have tried to reduce Pete’s qualifications to being a Fox News Host. She’s a partisan nut job who wants to continue pushing transitions, pronouns and wokeness in the military. No thanks. I’m on team sanity.

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The Vigilant Fox 


@VigilantFox

Scott Jennings Expertly DESTROYS CNN Critics of Trump’s Defense Secretary Pick “All the criticism of him [Pete Hegseth] is that he’s not the expected Washington pick. And I’m just saying to you that the American people just voted against the expected Washington pick.” “Does anyone have confidence in the current leadership of the Pentagon and the way the defense situation has been operating for the last several years? I mean, from the Afghanistan pullout, which was an extreme debacle for which no one was held accountable. We’ve had spy balloons flying over the United States. We built a $300 million pier as a public relations stunt, which wound up killing an American service member.” “I’d say I’ve had just about enough of the so-called insiders running the Defense Department. I think we ought to give Pete Hegseth a chance.” Wow.
@ScottJenningsKY nails it again!

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