Not even Pete Hegseth’s own buddy at his old employer Fox News was impressed by his bizarre speech before hundreds of top military brass on Tuesday.

The Five co-host Harold Ford Jr. said the Pentagon chief’s 45-minute rant about fat generals, men with beards, and “dudes in dresses,” which was followed by a rambling speech by President Donald Trump, reminded him of authoritarian nations.

“I didn’t like the televised part of this because it reminded me of something that might happen in China or North Korea,” Ford said, throwing in a disclaimer that he didn’t mind his friend Hegseth “doing what he did.”

“I have to say, if I were an adversary of the United States—and obviously I’m not—but if I was watching this, I’m not convinced that I would be more fearful of the United States, or, for th

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