California Governor Gavin Newsom went after President Donald Trump on Tuesday after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a speech about overweight military members. Hegseth told top military leaders at Quantico, Virginia that he did not want to see “fat generals and admirals” in the Pentagon anymore or overweight troops in combat groups. The defense secretary said that all service members would need to take physical fitness tests and meet height and weight rules twice a year.
Newsom hit back by posting an unflattering photo of Trump from a campaign stop at McDonald’s in October 2024 on social media platform X. The image showed the president taking off his jacket, which revealed a large stomach. “I guess the Commander in Chief needs to go!” Newsom wrote, pointing out the clear difference between Hegseth’s fitness rules and Trump’s own body shape.
