Social media posts alleged that Pete Hegseth, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary, wears white ...

Trump’s pick to run the Pentagon has embraced an aggressive form of Christianity that is at war with the military’s ...

Two of his tattoos have raised controversy. The first is a tattoo of the Jerusalem Cross, a 13th-century Crusades symbol, over his right bicep. Some Christian nationalist and far-right groups have ...

The veteran picked to lead the Defense Department has praised the brutal religious military campaigns of the past and has ...

Hegseth has two tattoos of Crusades-era symbols that are associated with far-right extremism and Christian nationalism. Pete Hegseth wears his Christian pride on his sleeve — literally ...

Pete Hegseth was barred from protecting President Biden’s inauguration in 2021 after enlisted soldiers complained that ...

and a crusader symbol also appeared at the January 6, 2021, riot in the US Capitol as well as at the 2017 far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Hegseth has said his tattoo kept him away ...