US EditionPete Hegseth's nameplate at the Cabinet meeting was misspelled
The typo on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's placard sparked allegations of a Nazi reference amid recent controversies involving government imagery, drawing widespread social media criticism.
- On Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, War Secretary Pete Hegseth's printed title read 'SSecratary of War' at a White House Cabinet meeting, drawing social media attention as he sat next to President Donald Trump.
- Following a recent DoL image controversy that critics flagged, the earlier DoL image showed the Lincoln Memorial with 11 stars and Fraktur font, which critics linked to Nazi-era typography.
- Hegseth spoke briefly during the meeting, touting historic recruiting and Caribbean strikes, while Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought's doodles and political journalist Sam Stein's 'cmon' reaction drew notice.
- Amid disputes over a Sept. 2 strike, the White House said Adm. Frank Mitchell Bradley ordered the second strike, while both the Senate and House Armed Services Committees opened inquiries.
- Social media backlash intensified after the card circulated, with users accusing the administration of 'openly espousing their support for Nazi Germany!' and Hegseth's forceful narco-boat strike rhetoric raising reputational stakes.
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As President Donald Trump gathered his Cabinet for a high-profile meeting at the White House on Tuesday, the attention wasn’t on policy, strategy, or even the updates from his top defense official. Instead, the spotlight landed on a small white name card sitting in front of Pete Hegseth — and the mistake that instantly made him the internet’s main character of the morning. Pete Hegseth and Trump’s administration get mocked by Cali. Gov. Gavin Ne…
On Tuesday, President Trump gathered his cabinet. At a press conference in connection with the meeting, many eyes were drawn to a typo on Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's name tag.
At the White House, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's name tag contained a typo. A minor slip-up—were it not for the accusations following the attacks in the Caribbean. For about three months, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has held a new title: President Donald Trump renamed the Pentagon the Department of War, and Hegseth is now entitled to call himself Secretary of War. His name tag at the most recent cabinet meeting identified him as suc…
An embarrassing name tag for U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at a cabinet meeting caused a stir because a typographical error reminded of dark times in history. The mockery for the U.S. government is great.
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