Overview

• President Trump praised “Secretary of War Pete Hegseth” on Truth Social for a non-existent Fox News interview about modern weapons.
• Fox News aired a stylized Pentagon video of Hegseth unveiling an accelerated drone procurement strategy rather than hosting him live.
• The promotional clip featured a quadcopter delivering a memo to Hegseth against a Metallica soundtrack as he declared the future of warfare.
• Historical records show the title of Secretary of War was abolished in 1947 and replaced by Secretary of Defense, Hegseth’s official post.
• Social media observers connected the error to concerns over Trump’s cognitive focus and questioned White House communications.