What books has Pete Hegseth written? Trump’s defense secretary nominee’s authored work

Fox News pundit and commentator PETE Hegseth is the author of a number of contentious books about American politics, one of which claims that the military has grown too progressive.

Politicians from both parties have been taken aback by President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of the novelist to serve as the US military secretary.

Years of military service

Pete was born in Minneapolis on June 6, 1980.

He received a bachelor’s degree in politics from Princeton after graduating first in his class in 1999, having grown up in the adjacent city of Forest Lake.

He played basketball for the Tigers, led by coach John Thompson III, while attending the esteemed university.

Following graduation, he enlisted in the Minnesota National Guard and offered his services in Samarra, Iraq, and Baghdad.

The Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, and a second Army Commendation Medal were awarded to the veteran for his service.

Trump s surprising choice

Upon his return from Iraq, Pete’s political involvement significantly increased.

Prior to joining Vets for Freedom as its executive director, he was employed at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.

After that, in 2014, Pete started contributing to Fox News and developed a strong dislike for both the Democratic Party and the media.

Since 2016, the Foxes and Friends co-host has been an outspoken supporter of Donald Trump and has grown to be a significant voice in Republican politics.

When he selected Pete to be the Secretary of Defense in November 2024, President-elect Donald Trump shocked both political parties.

According to one defense official, “Everyone is simply shocked.”

Pete s controversial books

Pete has authored a number of novels that have generated controversy and heated political discussions.

He compared Republicans to Christian crusaders and expressed his support for Trump’s reelection in his 2020 book American Crusade: Our Fight to Stay Free.

Our current era is comparable to the eleventh century, he wrote.

“Like our fellow Christians a millennium ago, we must battle even when we don’t want to.

Arm yourself physically, mentally, and figuratively.

“Our fight is not with guns.Still.

His 2022 publication Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation became a #1 New York Times bestseller.

On the book s dedicated website, Pete claims that today s youth come out of government schools hating America .

He adds that there is a progressive plan to neutralize the basis of our republic .

Pete wrote yet another book in 2024 which was entitled The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free.

In The War on Warriors, he details his opinion thatthe militaryhas been degraded by vaccines and woke ideologies.

He wrote: At a basic level, do we really want only the woke diverse recruits that the Biden administration is curating to be the ones with the guns and the guidons?

“But more than that, we want those diverse recruits pumped full of vaccines and even more poisonous ideologies to be sharing a basic training bunk with sane Americans.

The Fox News pundit also targeted racial and gender diversity schemes in the military.

He wrote: For the past three years after President Barack Obama poured the social justice foundation the Pentagon, across all branches, has embraced the social justice message of gender equality, racial diversity, climate stupidity, and the LGBTQA+ alphabet soup in their recruiting pushes.

Trump s new cabinet

Pete s books may offer a window into how he plans to run the world s most powerful military.

His shock appointment is part of a wider move by Trump to nominate officials who are loyal to his MAGA (Make America Great Again) ideals.

The President-elect has nominatedtech magnate Elon Muskto head up the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

This is a new department,named after an internet meme, which hopes to gut several government departments.

Trump has also appointed another loyalist,named Tulsi Gabbard, to head up the Department of National Intelligence despite criticism of her stance on Ukraine and Syria.

Pete is the second Fox News alumni to be nominated to Trump s cabinet, withSean Duffybeing nominated for transportation secretary.

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