Pete Hegseth Mocked for Disastrous Typo During Cabinet Meeting With Donald Trump: 'They Can't Even Spell Right'

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00:00Pete Hegseth mocked for disastrous typo during cabinet meeting with Donald Trump.

00:05They can't even spell right.

00:07During the televised gathering on December 2nd,

00:10Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's card identified him as the S-Secretary of War,

00:15a mistake that critics had a field day calling out and criticizing,

00:18given the weight of national security topics being discussed.

00:21The newly appointed Pentagon chief had used the meeting to defend a series of deadly boat strikes in the Caribbean,

00:27insisting his mission was to put narco-terrorists at the bottom of the ocean.

00:31However, viewers were too distracted by the double S showcased beside his name.

00:36California Governor Gavin Newsom mocked the typo, asking,

00:39What does the S-S stand for?

00:41Interesting.

00:42Appointed reference to Nazi Germany's S-S.

00:45Journalists Nick Monroe and others also piled on,

00:48joking that someone would so be fired for the S-Secretary blunder.

00:52One viewer questioned how such an error slipped through at a televised cabinet meeting,

00:57asking how the most powerful group of people could miss the double S on Hegseth's name card.

01:03Another even wondered if the typo was intentional, asking,

01:06An S-S reference or a warning?

01:09Pointing out the symbolism behind the typo, someone else commented,

01:12S-S is kind of fitting to be honest.

01:15They too were hyper-concerned with clean-shaven soldiers that were micromanaged,

01:18and they put a lot of stock in the aesthetics.

01:22As Secretary Hegseth commits war crimes, and his staff commits font fascism, another critic quipped,

01:28others use the typo to revive accusations about Hegseth's alleged drinking habits.

01:33Keith Olbermann joked,

01:34The extra S is for scotch, while another ex-user claimed he stutters when he's drunk.

01:40Hegseth has denied past allegations of drinking during veterans' events.

01:43Though former Fox News colleagues described his alleged heavy alcohol use in 2024 interviews with NBC News.