Whoopi Goldberg Falsely Says Pete Hegseth ‘Clearly Does Not Know Anything About The Military’

“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg falsely said Wednesday that President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, knows nothing about the military.

The panel aired a clip of Hegseth opposing women fighting in combat and criticizing the military’s lowering of standards regarding who can serve, though he clarified that he respects women service members. Hegseth served in the Army in Iraq and Afghanistan and in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he was commissioned as an infantry officer in the Army National Guard, according to his personal website.

“So is this the guy who’s qualified to make decisions about the most powerful military in the world who clearly does not know anything about the military,” Goldberg said.

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Trump announced that he had tapped Hegseth to serve as his secretary of defense in a Tuesday evening statement on Truth Social, where he praised his military experience.

“Pete has spent his entire life as a Warrior for the Troops, and for the Country. Pete is tough, smart and a true believer in America First. With Pete at the helm, America’s enemies are on notice – Our Military will be Great Again, and America will Never Back Down,” the statement reads.

The upcoming defense secretary previously served as the head of the Concerned Veterans for America, and has praised