Pete Hegseth accused of harboring ‘grudge’ against army after shock ouster
“Eventually, members of my leadership unit thought I was an extremist or a white nationalist because of a tattoo I have, which is a religious tattoo. It’s a Jerusalem cross. Anyone can look it up, but it was used as a basis to rescind my orders to monitor the inauguration,” Hegseth raged.
The 46-year-old also noted in his book: The war against warriorsthat the military “woke up” and wrote, “Do I want my children to serve? This is a family business in many ways, and we need patriots to serve if we want to preserve our military.”
Hegseth would retire from the military after the incident, as he wrote in his book. “The army I loved, fought for, revered, spit me out.”
Meanwhile, the Secretary of Defense is drowning in hot water after a recent shootout that saw him throw out military figures including Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, who lost his job in April, Navy Chief John Phelan and Gen. William Green Jr., the Army’s chief chaplain.
