Pete Hegseth is apparently following Donald Trump’s lead in more ways than one. A new social media video pushing a MAGA-coded fitness challenge has revealed the defense secretary has appeared to redecorate the Pentagon with photos—of himself.

The man who oversees the nation’s military has reposted a video on X, formerly Twitter, about a Christian nationalist church that included various pastors saying women should no longer be allowed to vote and should “submit” to their husbands.

The good news is, the defense secretary’s spokesperson said he supports a woman’s right to vote. The bad news is they had to clarify in the first place.

The Christian nationalist movement’s embrace of people like this can be understood in much the same way as the massive hoard of pornography found on the outwardly pious Osama bin Laden’s hard drives after his death: It shows that terrorism was his primary commitment, and his religion was a situationally dispensable secondary matter.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has expressed pride in being part of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, a conservative Christian network.

During a hearing held by the Senate Armed Services Committee several weeks ago in June, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth got into a heated exchange with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). Hegseth desperately tried to dodge and avoid answering Warren's questions.

The defense secretary fervently supports a theocratic church that preaches female submission.