Trump Nominates Inexperienced Fox News Host To Replace Defense Secreta

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : According to NPR, Hegseth, who is most known for being one of the MAGA-fied bobbleheads who hosts Fox & Friends, was nominated for secretary of defense by Trump, who described him as "tough, smart and a true believer in America First.""With Pete at the helm, America's enemies are on notice -- Our Military will be Great Again, and America will Never Back Down," Trump said.
47% : So, the next president of the United States will be, for the second time, the host of The Apprentice, and his secretary of defense, if voted in by Congress, will be a Fox News host and contributor who was really only selected to help Trump propagandize the ubiquitous thing white conservatives refer to as "woke.
42% : From AP:The news was met with bewilderment and worry among many in Washington as Trump passed on a number of established national security heavy-hitters and chose an Army National Guard officer well known in conservative circles as a co-host of Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends Weekend.
42% : In June, at a rally in Las Vegas, Trump encouraged his supporters to buy Hegseth's book and said that if he won the presidency, "The woke stuff will be gone within a period of 24 hours.
40% : It's obvious that, like Trump, Hegseth wasn't nominated because of his qualifications, but because of his ideology.
35% : He has made it clear on his show and in interviews that, like Trump, he is opposed to "woke" programs that promote equity and inclusion.
34% : "Pentagon officials and others in Washington are already stunned that Trump would nominate an inexperienced National Guard officer who is "untested on the global stage to take over the world's largest and most powerful military," according to the Associated Press.
32% : | Source: John Lamparski / GettyTrump supporters will always claim non-Trump supporters are being hyperbolic when we express our doom and gloom attitudes regarding the incoming administration, but in the week since Trump was named president-elect, he has announced as his chief of staff a white woman who views Black and brown voters as political checkmarks and nothing more; he has appointed as his "border czar" an ex-ICE director who is also an ex-cop and a Project 2025 contributor who denied systemic racism and advocates for keeping immigrant families together by deporting them all; and he has essentially promised reparations to Caucasian DEI 'victims' while doubling down on his promise to dismantle the Department of Education.
31% : Now, Trump has proposed that, under his new administration, Lloyd Austin, a Black accomplished four-star general should be replaced as secretary of defense by -- *checks notes* -- a Fox News pundit who was in the Army National Guard.

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