The truth about Pete Hegseth's strange campaign against beards | Arwa Mahdawi
His facial hair fixation might seem perplexing – but it is part of an aestheticisation of politics that is central to the Trump projectThe year is 2018 and Pete Hegseth has just come back from his summer holidays. Hegseth, who is still just a Fox News host, not a defense secretary keen on ordering possible war crimes, has grown a nice little beard during his time off.
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His facial hair fixation might seem perplexing – but it is part of an aestheticisation of politics that is central to the Trump projectThe year is 2018 and Pete Hegseth has just come back from his summer holidays. Hegseth, who is still just a Fox News host, not a defense secretary keen on ordering possible war crimes, has grown a nice little beard during his time off. He is hoping his bosses at Fox might let him keep the facial hair, even if it’s just the moustache. He seems to think it makes him look quite dapper.
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- His facial hair fixation might seem perplexing – but it is part of an aestheticisation of politics that is central to the Trump projectThe year is 2018 and Pete Hegseth has just come back from his summer holidays. Hegseth, who is still just a Fox News host, not a defense secretary keen on ordering possible war crimes, has grown a nice little beard during his time off.
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The truth about Pete Hegseth's strange campaign against beards | Arwa Mahdawi
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