PETE Hegseth is simply a Fox quality pundit and commentator who has authored respective arguable books astir US politics, including 1 work which says the subject has go excessively “woke”.
The writer has been nominated to serve arsenic the US defence secretary by President-elect Donald Trump, which has shocked politicians connected some sides of the aisle.
Years of subject service
Pete was calved connected June 6, 1980, successful Minneapolis.
He was raised successful the adjacent metropolis of Forest Lake and graduated astatine the apical of his people successful 1999, earlier earning a bachelor's successful authorities from Princeton.
While astatine the prestigious university, helium played hoops for the Tigers nether manager John Thompson III.
After graduating, helium joined the Minnesota National Guard and volunteered to service successful Baghdad and Samarra, Iraq.
The subject veteran's work was commended with the Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, and a 2nd Army Commendation Medal.
Trump’s astonishing choice
When helium returned from Iraq, Pete became overmuch much politically active.
He worked astatine the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research earlier becoming the enforcement manager astatine Vets for Freedom.
Pete past joined Fox News arsenic a contributor, successful 2014, and became an avid professional of the media and the Democratic Party.
The Foxes and Friends co-host has since go a large dependable successful Republican authorities and has been a vocal protagonist of Donald Trump since 2016.
In November 2024, President-elect Donald Trump rocked some sides of the governmental aisle erstwhile helium nominated Pete to service arsenic the Secretary of Defence.
One defence authoritative said: "Everyone is simply shocked."
Pete’s arguable books
Pete has written respective books which person sparked contention and ignited aggravated governmental debates.
In his 2020 publication American Crusade: Our Fight to Stay Free, helium voiced his enactment for Trump’s re-election and likened Republicans to Christian crusaders.
He wrote: “Our contiguous infinitesimal is overmuch similar the 11th Century.
"We don’t privation to fight, but, similar our chap Christians 1 1000 years ago, we must.
“Arm yourself — metaphorically, intellectually, physically.
"Our combat is not with guns. Yet.”
Trump's program for the 250th day of American independence
His 2022 work Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation became a #1 New York Times bestseller.
On the book’s dedicated website, Pete claims that today’s younker “come retired of authorities schools hating America”.
He adds that determination is simply a “progressive program to neutralize the ground of our republic”.
Pete wrote yet different publication successful 2024 which was entitled The War connected Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free.
In The War connected Warriors, helium details his sentiment that the subject has been degraded by vaccines and “woke” ideologies.
He wrote: “At a basal level, bash we truly privation lone the woke ‘diverse’ recruits that the Biden medication is curating to beryllium the ones with the guns and the guidons?”
"But much than that, we privation those divers recruits — pumped afloat of vaccines and adjacent much poisonous ideologies — to beryllium sharing a basal grooming bunk with sane Americans.”
The Fox News pundit besides targeted radical and sex diverseness schemes successful the military.
He wrote: “For the past 3 years — aft President Barack Obama poured the societal justness instauration — the Pentagon, crossed each branches, has embraced the societal justness connection of sex equality, radical diversity, clime stupidity, and the LGBTQA+ alphabet crockery successful their recruiting pushes.”
Trump’s caller cabinet
Pete’s books whitethorn connection a model into however helium plans to tally the world’s astir almighty military.
His daze assignment is portion of a wider determination by Trump to nominate officials who are loyal to his MAGA (Make America Great Again) ideals.
The President-elect has nominated tech magnate Elon Musk to caput up the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
This is simply a caller department, named aft an net meme, which hopes to gut respective authorities departments.
Trump has besides appointed different loyalist, named Tulsi Gabbard, to caput up the Department of National Intelligence contempt disapproval of her stance connected Ukraine and Syria.
Pete is the 2nd Fox News alumni to beryllium nominated to Trump’s cabinet, with Sean Duffy being nominated for proscription secretary.