Hegseth being the disingenuous man he is, is hiding under a cloud of DEI, the reality is that he has ransacked the ranks within the Pentagon and diminished the talent dramatically. Many top generals are leaving of their own free will to protest the decimation of the ranks, and the lack of preparedness that that leaves America facing. It would be very typical of Trump to pick somebody this malicious this destructive in this incompetent to lead the Department of Defense. No wonder America is getting their butt kicked in Iran, they barely have any talent left, and they have a SEC DEF who would not be qualified to run a department store. Many of us hope that eventually this man will be tried for war crimes, and locked up for the rest of his sorry, pathetic life.