War Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s name card was misspelled, reading “SSecratary of War,” during a Trump administration Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
The card grabbed social media users’ attention as Hegseth sat next to Trump and was the first Cabinet member to speak after the president.
Hegseth has been in the spotlight over the past several days as the administration continues to dispute a Washington Post report that Hegseth authorized a follow-up strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel on Sept. 2. The White House announced on Monday that the second strike was ordered by Adm. Frank Mitchell Bradley. Hegseth has stood by Bradley “and the combat decisions he has made.”
Both the Senate and the House Armed Services Committees have announced inquiries into the Sept. 2 strike, as the Pentagon fields criticism over the follow-up strike that reportedly killed two remaining survivors who hung on to the vessel.
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Hegseth spoke briefly during the Cabinet meeting, sharing successes of historic recruiting and retention efforts and speaking on the Caribbean strikes. He also shared that strikes are paused, saying, “It’s hard to find boats to strike right now, which is the entire point.”
“We’ve only just begun striking narco-boats and putting narco-terrorists at the bottom of the Ocean because they’ve been poisoning the American people. And Joe Biden tried to approach it with kid-gloves,” Hegseth said.
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In addition to Hegseth’s misspelled name card, another moment that caught buzz on social media was Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought’s doodles, which were caught on camera.
During the meeting, Vought appeared to be drawing a mountain scene on his notepad in a photo captured by an Associated Press photographer.
