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Pete Hegseth ridiculed over bizarre video featuring troops exercising: ‘This is insane’
What happened
RawStory reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposted a 36-second official video on September 30, 2026, showing service members running and exercising outside the Pentagon under the slogan “This is War.” Hegseth had appeared earlier that morning wearing a shirt bearing the same phrase.
Veterans, former Pentagon personnel, journalists and political strategists mocked the production online. Iraq War veteran Allison Jaslow rejected its central claim—“This is not war, actually”—while retired Army aviator Crispin Burke questioned whether the drone filming near posted “No…
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