Lt. General Rips Hegseth and Trump on MSNBC for ‘Insulting’ Troops With ‘Offensive’ Claim DEI Spurs Promotions

Sean James Sep 30th, 2025, 10:58 am

Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling ripped Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for his “offensive” and “insulting” claims that “wokeness or DEI” has played any part in troops moving up the ranks in the military, shortly after Hegseth told top commanders on Tuesday the U.S. military was done with “woke garbage.”

Hertling was brought on to MSNBC shortly after Hegseth shared his planned for a revamped military. Here is what he told host Ana Cabrera :

The thing I’ve got to stick up for is the defense of the American military — the soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines; I’ve never served with Space Force guardians. But those four services I’ve h

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