President-elect Donald Trump has spent the week following his election win penciling in cabinet picks. His choice for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, is raising eyebrows.
The Pick: Hegseth was a co-host on Fox Corp‘s (NASDAQ:FOXA) (NASDAQ:FOX) “Fox & Friends,” Trump’s favorite television show.
The Minnesota native, an Iraq and Afghanistan War veteran, has never held a government position. Hegseth has been a strong supporter of Trump since 2016.
According to the Associated Press, Trump encouraged his supporters to buy Hegseth’s book in June and said that if he won the election, “The woke stuff will be gone within …Full story available on Benzinga.com