President-elect Donald Trump this week tapped Pete Hegseth to be his secretary of defense -- despite the Fox News host having previously criticized Trump on his foreign policy and military stances before Trump was elected to his first term. During Trump's ...

Hegseth, who has been a co-host of “Fox & Friends Weekend” for the better part of a decade, has used the show to highlight his views about the US military. He has railed against the Pentagon’s adoption of “social justice” messages and argued that “woke” policies have hurt military recruitment.

By nominating Hegseth, Trump is tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage to take over the world’s most powerful military.