Hegseth confirms plan to cut 20% of US top military brass and rails at ‘beardos, weirdos and wimps’

Pentagon head hails military with ‘no fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals’ in anti-DEI rant Send us your questions about how the Iran war will affect US voters in the midterms The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth…
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Published5 h ago (Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:20:58 GMT)
RetrievedThu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:49 GMT via rss
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AuthorShrai Popat in Washington and Ariana Baio in New York