THE CONVERSATION Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth responds to questions about the Iran war in a March 2, 2026, press conference. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images 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
#PeteHegseth is the high commander
And the #USA is now #Gilead
Welcome to the country of #ChristanNationalism
Where #Orwells 1984 meets #TheHandmaidsTale
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