MAGA Navy Boss Spreads Unhinged Theories About Witches and Cannibalism

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President Donald Trump’s Secretary of the Navy was ousted on Wednesday, leaving a witch-fearing MAGA diehard in charge as the war with Iran hits a new phase.

The Pentagon announced that Hung Cao will serve as acting Navy secretary after John Phelan departed “effective immediately.”

While Cao, unlike Phelan, has a military service background, he became known in political circles as a MAGA Senate candidate in Virginia in the 2024 election, where he lost to Democratic Senator Tim Kaine.

Previously, the retired Navy captain also ran for the House in 2022.

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