‘This Isn’t the Flex You Think It Is’: Pete Hegseth Uses ‘Token Black’ Soldier to Scold Americans Who Oppose Trump’s War — But the Timing Makes the Optics Even Worse
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was already trying to outrun one embarrassing controversy when critics say he handed them another one on a silver platter — and the internet immediately noticed the timing. Days after a massive online blowback for his failure to salute a Black service member while deplaning at MacDill Air Force Base in…
