As the debate rages over Pete Hegseth’s nomination to become President Donald Trump’s secretary of defense, the former soldier and broadcaster’s critics still claim that he is a closet white nationalist.
Hegseth’s foes get jumpy over a tattoo on his chest. The Jerusalem Cross that Hegseth’s jackets and ties cover is, indeed, a Christian symbol—just like every cross. This large cross, surrounded by four smaller ones, might be five times “too much” Christianity for some people.
Hegseth’s “detractors have said the Jerusalem Cross is an indicator of extremism, white supremacist, and Christian nationalist sentiment,” wrote FoxNews.com’s Peter Pinedo. “Some have even mistaken it for the Nazi swastika.”
Like every other rock that the Hegseth haters hurl at him, this one bounces right off.
As Hegseth explains in his manifesto for
