Pentagon Pete Stars in Cringe Cartoon to Push His $1.5T Demand

Department of Defense The former Fox News weekend host-turned Defense Secretary made himself the star of a cartoon to sell President Donald Trump’s $1.5 trillion request. Standing in front of an animated Pentagon and fake chalkboard, Pete Hegseth framed the $1.5 trillion as a “generational down payment” for national defense. “Despite what you might hear in the media, America is not in decline,” Hegseth begins. “Now, with global threats that are constantly evolving, it’s time to make a $1.5 trillion investment, a generational downpayment.” Read more at The Daily Beast.

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