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Hegseth confirms plan to cut 20% of US top military brass and rails at ‘beardos, weirdos and wimps’

October 1, 2026 The Guardian World 1 min read
The Guardian World · Leans Left
Hegseth confirms plan to cut 20% of US top military brass and rails at ‘beardos, weirdos and wimps’

Pentagon head hails military with ‘no fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals’ in anti-DEI rant

The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has confirmed plans to cut 20% of generals and admirals and declared “no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps” would be tolerated inside the country’s military.

Delivering his latest extraordinary attack on diversity, and dismissing reports of low morale within the US armed forces as “false claims”, Hegseth also suggested they were retaining service personnel at “record” rates.

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