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Margaret Sullivan

Pete Hegseth is a disaster of a defense secretary. It’s no surprise

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pete hegseth speaks at podium — ‘With his bloodthirsty utterances, his fierce loyalty to Trump and his appalling inability to manage this huge moment in world history, Hegseth is every bit the disaster that anybody sensible could have seen coming.’ Photograph: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

With his jawline firm and his hair coiffed, Pete Hegseth was a good fit as a Fox News personality.

As the defense secretary – or secretary of war, as his boss, Donald Trump would have it – he’s disastrous.

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