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

Shrai Popat in Washington and Ariana Baio in New York · The Guardian · World
Published 1 Oct 2026, 7:20 am·6 d ago·1 min read
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Pentagon head hails military with ‘no fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals’ in anti-DEI rant Send us your questions about how the Iran war will affect US voters in the midterms 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…

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