{"id":329081,"date":"2025-12-04T01:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T01:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/329081\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T01:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T01:24:09","slug":"pete-hegseth-disses-stephen-miller-directly-to-his-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/329081\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Hegseth Disses Stephen Miller &#8230; Directly To His Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Well, most kids are afraid of ghouls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Secretary of Defense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/pete-hegseth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pete Hegseth;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Pete Hegseth<\/a> and his wife Jennifer appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/katie-miller\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Katie Miller;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Katie Miller<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@katiemillerpod\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:podcast;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">podcast<\/a>Tuesday, presumably for a little damage control amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/trump-defends-hegseth-boat-strikes-report_n_692d807fe4b0c8c3c7ce5548\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hegseth\u2019s Sept. 2 double-strike controversy;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Hegseth\u2019s Sept. 2 double-strike controversy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Former Fox News anchor Pete Hegseth and meteorologist Janice Dean on stage as Phil Vassar performs on \u201cFox &amp; Friends\u201d All-American Summer Concert Series on July 19, 2019 in New York City.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"630\" height=\"412\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ab11770769cbe7b25bff491f5ab97b8b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Former Fox News anchor Pete Hegseth and meteorologist Janice Dean on stage as Phil Vassar performs on \u201cFox &amp; Friends\u201d All-American Summer Concert Series on July 19, 2019 in New York City. John Lamparski via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In an attempt to normalize a man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/pete-hegseth-war-crimes_n_69305feae4b02cf3b1759e15\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:who many say likely committed a war crime;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">who many say likely committed a war crime<\/a>, Miller decided to play a little game with the couple called \u201cCabinet Confidential\u201d a little over 25 minutes into the episode, in which Miller asks her guests to choose someone from President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/topic\/donald-trump\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Donald Trump;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s Cabinet as their answer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWho would you trust to babysit your kids? This can only be another member of the Cabinet,\u201d Miller asked Hegseth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Politics: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/pete-hegseth-speech-harold-ford-jr_n_68dce7e6e4b06c0a3a8b6d95?utm_campaign=yahoo-recirc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pete Hegseth\u2019s Fox News \u2018Friend\u2019 Pans Military Speech With North Korea Comparison;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Pete Hegseth\u2019s Fox News \u2018Friend\u2019 Pans Military Speech With North Korea Comparison<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI mean, not your husband,\u201d Hegseth said, referring to White House deputy chief of staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/topic\/stephen-miller\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Stephen Miller;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Stephen Miller<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cOr Marco [Rubio],\u201d Hegseth added, referring to the secretary of state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And at that, all three burst out laughing because the thought of two of the most powerful men in Washington, D.C., not being able to handle a task typically relegated to a teenager is hilarious.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI would trust the vice president,\u201d Hegseth said. \u201cI mean, I\u2019ve known Sean Duffy for years. I would trust him. I would trust Brooke Rollins or Pam [Bondi]. Tulsi [Gabbard]\u2019s incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Other details we learned about Hegseth in this interview are that his comfort foods are cereal and bread, his favorite guilty pleasure TV show is \u201cThe Office,\u201d what his favorite chicken wings are (the flats, as opposed to drumsticks) and that his dream dinner party guests would be Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019d be a dinner for peace,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/An1GvFEwQ3M?t=2308\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:he said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">he said<\/a>, adding that the meal would consist of steak and \u201cRussian dressing\u201d on salad.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller with his wife, Katie Miller at the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, April 21, 2025.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5b47c964ef7aa67a2bf2aa3dd3f07e0f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller with his wife, Katie Miller at the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, April 21, 2025. Tom Williams via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite Hegseth and Katie Miller\u2019s attempts to make the secretary of defense look like a normal, everyday family man, many commenters on YouTube weren\u2019t exactly buying the act in the comment section \u2014 with one user just writing the lyrics to the chorus of the Talking Heads\u2019 song, \u201cPsycho Killer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Politics: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/honduras-president-hernandez-crimes_n_692f277de4b017c8f3fa7f68?utm_campaign=yahoo-recirc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cocaine, Bribes And Murder: Inside The Accusations Against The Drug Lord Trump Just Pardoned;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cocaine, Bribes And Murder: Inside The Accusations Against The Drug Lord Trump Just Pardoned<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHow to whitewash a war criminal with Katie Miller,\u201d one commenter said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWho knew committing WAR CRIMES are family values\u2026\u201d another viewer said, referring to the video\u2019s title, which was \u201cPete &amp; Jen Hegseth on Family Values, Job Transition, &amp; Military Readiness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI might as well get out a bucket to start vomiting with the amount of nonsense,\u201d said another YouTube commenter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWhat decent person dreams of sitting at the same table with Putin, whose hands are up to the elbows in blood?\u201d said another.<\/p>\n<p>Read Next<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/pete-hegseth-disses-stephen-miller-directly-to-his-wife_n_69306b31e4b0cee44381f1ff?utm_campaign=yahoo-recirc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read the original on HuffPost;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Read the original on HuffPost<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Well, most kids are afraid of ghouls. 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