Amongst the many attacks launched on combat veteran and Bronze Star recipient Pete Hegseth since he was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be the Secretary of Defense in the second Trump Administration,
one of the most obviously false is an attempted smear by the outlet Pro Publica about Hegseth’s history with West Point.
As background, Hegseth has said in the past that he was accepted to West Point but decided not to attend. Instead, he decided to attend Princeton for undergrad, and participated the school’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program.
