How Trump’s Pentagon choose Hegseth fell out of affection with the U.S. navy

WASHINGTON –

Nationwide Guard Grasp Sergeant DeRicko Gaither despatched up a warning on the night of Jan. 14, 2021, about Pete Hegseth, who on Tuesday grew to become President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for protection secretary.

„This info is kind of disturbing, sir,“ he wrote to Maj. Gen. William Walker, the commanding common of the Washington, D.C., Nationwide Guard, who was serving to bolster safety within the U.S. capital for Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration on Jan. 20.

Hegseth, Gaither wrote, had a worrying tattoo on his bicep with the inscription „Deus Vult.“ A search on-line urged to him it was a Christian expression related to rightwing extremism. „Deus Vult“ is a Latin phrase that means „God Wills It,“ a rallying cry for Christian crusaders within the Center Ages.