16/10/2026
THIS IS AMAZING: Pete Hegseth couldn't get through a single speech today without being called out. Four protesters interrupted him in just a few minutes.
It happened Wednesday at the U.S. Army's Annual Meeting and Exposition, where Hegseth was leading a panel on the future of autonomous warfare, according to Mediaite.
He barely made it a few seconds.
The first protester started shouting almost as soon as he began. Hegseth stopped and stood there. "We'll just wait for a second," he said awkwardly.
"She thinks highly of me," he joked.
She was escorted out. Hegseth started again.
He got out a few words before the second protester stood up.
"You're not a warrior! You're a coward!"
"It appears we have a bit of a tactic," Hegseth said, and sat in silence until security removed her.
He made it about a minute before a third protester interrupted.
Then, 45 seconds later, a fourth.
This one called him out over his department's proposed $1.5 trillion budget. Hegseth adjusted his tie and boasted, "We're gonna get to $1.5 trillion."
Four protesters. A few minutes. One very uncomfortable secretary of defense.
This is the man pushing to livestream a firing squad ex*****on, whose Pentagon has been rocked by leaks and controversy, and who wants to keep pouring money into a war Americans are tired of.
And everywhere he goes now, people are making sure he hears it.
Thank you to these protesters for saying to Pete Hegseth's face what millions of Americans are thinking.