“It’s typical Trump, all bluster, very little substance,” Hegseth said on Fox News
in March 2016. “He talks a tough game. But then when pressed on it, he’s an armchair tough guy. I hate to say it, but this is a guy who said that John McCain is not a war hero. Yet he sought his own five military deferments.”
In
2015 footage also shown on CNN Tuesday, Hegseth said: “You wouldn’t want a top-tier presidential candidate getting all of their military advice from watching ‘Meet the Press.’ There’s a lot more nuance. There’s a lot more detail. ... Foreign policy and national security is not about TV shows.”
A clip of the embattled defense secretary nominee may further sink his chances of assuming the post.
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