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Pentagon stunned by Trump's nomination of Fox News host as defense secretary (fortune.com)

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President-elect Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage to take over the world’s largest and most powerful military.

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[–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

At least there is no more arguing whether Trump represents the American people or not.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I genuinely believe that the ideological divide is far too wide in the US to be able to say that "America" believes this or that.