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Hegseth brought his wife to two meetings with foreign military leaders (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Friday OP
Trump is looking more and more like a senile old man. patricia92243 Friday #1
Because he is. Chuuku Davis Friday #6
Of course he did. These people are not serious. yellow dahlia Friday #2
Hegseth's younger brother is working for Hegseth LetMyPeopleVote Friday #3
And she's wearing an Army t-shirt? greatauntoftriplets Friday #4
How dare she? Mc Mike Saturday #15
Hegseth brings wife to sensitive meeting LetMyPeopleVote Friday #5
I just saw this. sheshe2 Friday #10
The fact she married Kegseth tells a lot. nt BootinUp Friday #12
This is wrong LetMyPeopleVote Friday #7
JHFC! JustAnotherGen Friday #8
Lest we forget, this would be wife #3. Abolishinist Friday #9
My first thought is she's there to (try to) keep him sober Arazi Friday #11
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Included Wife in Sensitive Meetings: Report LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #13
We she could have been on public media & got the same information! William769 Saturday #14

yellow dahlia

(2,094 posts)
2. Of course he did. These people are not serious.
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 11:04 PM
Friday

Everything is just an extension of their entertainment and cos-playing.

sheshe2

(90,895 posts)
10. I just saw this.
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 11:45 PM
Friday


Why the hell is her shirt gaping open? Can't she find one that fits?

This was at a highly sensitive meeting that she had no place being in the first place and she is dressed like she just left a swinging dance club. FFS!

Abolishinist

(2,347 posts)
9. Lest we forget, this would be wife #3.
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 11:38 PM
Friday
Marriages
In 2004, Hegseth married Meredith Schwarz, a graduate of Forest Lake Area High School, at the Cathedral of Saint Paul in Minnesota; they were voted "most likely to marry" by their graduating class.

Meredith filed for divorce in December 2008 after Hegseth admitted to five affairs; he had been dating Samantha Deering, whom he had met at Vets for Freedom. Deering married Hegseth in 2010, with whom he has three children; they filed for divorce in 2017.

In 2019, Hegseth married Jennifer Rauchet, a producer on Fox & Friends, at Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck in New Jersey, in an event attended by the Trump family.

LetMyPeopleVote

(160,748 posts)
13. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Included Wife in Sensitive Meetings: Report
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 01:49 AM
Saturday
https://bsky.app/profile/realtuckfrumper.bsky.social/post/3llih5gfcxt2v


https://www.newsweek.com/defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-included-wife-sensitive-meetings-report-2052491

A new report says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife to "sensitive" meetings with foreign officials.

The report comes amid intense scrutiny of Trump administration officials for using an encrypted app, Signal, to reportedly communicate military plans while including a journalist on the thread.

Newsweek reached out to the Department of Defense (DOD) via email late Friday night for comment.....

The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Hegseth brought his wife Jennifer Hegseth to two meetings with foreign military officials, citing multiple people present or with knowledge of the meetings.

One meeting was reportedly held with U.K.'s Secretary of Defense John Healey in the Pentagon on March 6 and discussions included the United States' decision to withdraw from sharing military intelligence with Ukraine amid their war with Russia, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Defense officials told the Wall Street Journal that attendance lists for secretary meetings usually involve people with security clearances due to "the delicate nature of the discussions."

The second meeting was reportedly at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) headquarters in Brussels, Belgium in February. The meeting was a gathering of officials from other nations to discuss support for Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal says.

Citing people familiar with the meetings, "Some foreign attendees at the meetings didn't know who Jennifer Hegseth was," the Wall Street Journal added.

Amid the immediate fallout from the Signal chat leak, Hegseth has faced calls for resignation. Trump administration officials continue to come to his side in the wake. President Trump did say this week he wanted to look into the incident, tasking Walz with following up.
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