Pete Hegseth

Secretary of Defense

executive

Still Seated

Pete Hegseth is the Secretary of Defense, a former Fox News host, and a U.S. Army veteran who built his national profile through conservative media. He now leads the Department of Defense after years spent talking about national security, military culture, and Republican politics on television. Which is one hell of a career path if your dream job was turning cable-news swagger into actual control over the Pentagon. Hegseth’s whole brand runs on high-volume patriotism, culture-war grievance, and the kind of confidence that never seems slowed down by expertise. On Yeeted or Seated, he is less a steady hand than a live-wire test of how far vibes can outrank credentials.