Hegseth Tells TMZ What It Feels Like to be Pentagon Pete

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was confronted over how he feels and whether he’s on a “power trip” when he rages about extreme violence in his briefings.

The Pentagon chief was giving his briefing on the war in Iran alongside Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine when he called on TMZ, a new member of the Pentagon press corps.

Hegseth has largely stopped taking questions from longtime national security and Pentagon reporters and surrounded himself by pro-MAGA media, but in this case, he threw a question to an unfamiliar face.

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