Hegseth recently called the reporting on his dismissal from inauguration duty “Anti-Christian bigotry,” echoing an earlier post by Vice President-elect JD Vance, who described the tattoo as a ...

When questioned by Sen. Kevin Cramer (R., N.D.), Pete Hegseth defended his chest tattoo as a standard Christian symbol, not an extremist symbol. “I was identified as an extremist by my own unit ...

Vance has been in Germany for the Munich Security Conference, where he is expected to meet with Zelenskyy. In his opening remarks to the group earlier this week, Hegseth said that rather than ...

The Associated Press reported that the tattoo previously resulted in Hegseth being flagged as a ... including from Vice President JD Vance.

Vice President Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday made separate speeches that rattled European leaders, with the latter U.S. official saying Europeans cannot expect American troops ...