Trump's Pentagon pick Hegseth wrote of US military taking sides in 'civil war'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : "Trump, Hegseth, and even JD Vance know that when push comes to shove they'll align with what that rightwing audience wants", he added.
46% : In fighting, Hegseth wrote, "our weapon is American nationalism", adding that "The Left has tried... to intimidate us into thinking that nationalism is a relic of a bygone era.
40% : Hegseth expresses an unstinting loyalty to Trump the man.
34% : At one point in the book, he describes a conversation between the two after Trump, at Hegseth's urging, in 2019 pardoned three service members who had been charged or convicted with alleged war crimes committed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
29% : On Hegseth's account, Trump called him ahead of the pardon, and the call "ended with a compliment to me that I'll never forget and might put on my tombstone: 'You're a fucking warrior, Pete.
28% : "Whitehouse, the MMFA news director, said that while Hegseth has long advocated for policy changes in defense, such as an end to women in combat roles, Trump has picked him due to "knowing and trusting that they have a similar connection to the conservative media audience".

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