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Why Pete Hegseth talks like he’s in an action movie

The defense secretary's bro-y tone is borrowed from blockbusters

10.03.2026 1

Salon

Casey ryan kelly

I’ve studied MAGA rhetoric for a decade, and this is what I see in Hegseth’s boasts, action‑movie one‑liners and gloating over dominance

I’ve studied MAGA rhetoric for a decade, and this is what I see in Hegseth’s boasts, action‑movie one‑liners and gloating over dominance

Why does Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brag and gloat in his statements about the Iran war? In the MAGA media world, war is a game, a test of...

09.03.2026 1

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Casey ryan kelly