Pete Hegseth’s deeply disturbing past is darker than most realize

The President of the United States issued a 48-hour military ultimatum against Iran on Truth Social on Easter weekend, signing it with "Glory be to God." The rhetorical framework mirrors language used by Osama bin Laden after September 11th. Trump has not appeared before the public or taken questions from reporters in three consecutive days while a U.S. service member remains missing in hostile territory with bounties on his head. He was supposed to fly to Mar-a-Lago this weekend. Instead, he locked himself inside the White House.The Breakdown:Trump posted a 48-hour military ultimatum against Iran on Truth Social, signing it with "Glory be to God"The rhetorical structure of Trump's post mirrors Osama bin Laden's October 2001 statement celebrating the September 11th attacksTrump has not appeared before the press or taken questions in three consecutive daysA U.S. service member remains missing in action in Iran with bounties placed on his headTrump posted "Third World" rhetoric on Easter morning, using language that ranks people by where they come fromStephen Miller continues to shape the administration's Christian nationalist messaging from the White HouseSecretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has a "Deus Vult" tattoo, the battle cry of the First Crusade, on his bicepA National Guard anti-terrorism team flagged Hegseth as a potential insider threat in January 2021 due to his tattoosHegseth was deemed too dangerous to stand guard at Biden's inauguration but now runs the PentagonAt a Pentagon worship service, Hegseth prayed for "overwhelming violence" and for God to "break the teeth of the ungodly"NPR reported Hegseth has used the phrase "no quarter" in the context of the Iran war, which constitutes a war crimeHegseth fired Army Chief of Staff General Randy George after George pushed back on blocking Black and female officers from promotionsHegseth has blocked or delayed promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branchesHis own mother wrote in 2018 calling him "an abuser of women" who "belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women"He was reported chanting "Kill All Muslims" at a bar in Ohio in 2015 while on official business, entered into the Congressional RecordDoug Wilson, a self-described Christian nationalist who says women should not vote, was invited to preach at a Pentagon worship servicePolymarket bets on U.S. ground forces entering Iran by end of April are trading at 85 percentBlockchain analysts found six accounts that made 1.2 million dollars betting on the exact date of the February 28 strikesThe Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 continue pushing toward a Christian nationalist stateSubscribe to my Substack for more daily content and posts: https://heatherdelaneyreese.substack.com/