Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not given any press briefings in the briefing room but has used the room as a backdrop for TV hits with Fox News.
  • Fondots@lemmy.world
    10·
    9 hours ago

    First of all, this isn’t something I support, I don’t trust literally anything this administration does, and it’s not really something I want my tax dollars spent on

    But taking a step back, when I think about it, I’m a little surprised the pentagon doesn’t already have one.

    Pretty much anyone who goes on TV is getting a quick once over by the hair/makeup/wardrobe people. And it’s not like they don’t host press conferences and such at the pentagon with some frequency.

    And the military is all about appearances - uniforms, hairstyle regulations, polished boots, etc. If you’re putting some military bigwig in front of a camera, that’s, in part, a propaganda opportunity, so you want them to look the part

  • Hikermick@lemmy.world
    24·
    14 hours ago

    Now we have a president, vice president and secretary of Defense that wear make up and they’re all dudes. I’m all for people being who they want be, gender norms be damned but the hypocrisy is palpable

    • rem26_art@fedia.io
      23·
      18 hours ago

      better hope that there’s an American company that makes the makeup, red noses, and rainbow wigs, or else this is gonna get real expensive with the tariffs

  • Miles O'Brien@startrek.websiteEnglish
    25·
    15 hours ago

    Alcoholic male defense secretary with 0 OPSEC abilities orders makeup set for public appearances.

    Also decides other males aren’t allowed to wear makeup in public.

  • BossDj@lemm.ee
    23·
    16 hours ago

    Changes and upgrades to the Pentagon Briefing Room are nothing new and routinely happen during changes in an administration," a Defense Department spokesperson said in a statement to CBS News.

    We regularly waste taxpayer dollars like this.

    That was the reassuring argument.