U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is facing another controversy. Don’t worry, he’s not being accused of using a third-party messaging app to share sensitive material again. This time, the secretary of defense is facing backlash from critics for installing a makeup studio at the Pentagon.
CBS News was first to report that the former Fox News host and now Cabinet-level official instructed staff at the Pentagon to install a new mirror and lights in the green room behind the Pentagon’s press briefing room.
How often does Hegseth use the briefing room?
Since taking over the Pentagon’s top office, Hegseth has not hosted any press briefings in the briefing room. However, he does use the space to hold meetings, and he makes regular TV appearances from there as well.
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The green room behind the briefing room is used by officials preparing to speak to the press, and a Department of Defense official told CBS the upgrades weren’t all that expensive, just a few thousand dollars. That amount is less than a drop in the bucket, considering the Pentagon’s annual budget is around $850 billion.
Why are people mad about the makeup room?
However, critics argue that spending money on a room for Hegseth to do his makeup runs counter to his mission of bringing back the warrior ethos to the Pentagon. They also say it isn’t the best use of taxpayer funds.
The Defense Department confirmed the upgrades were done, but Hegseth posted on X that the story was “fake news” because he never gave any orders concerning a makeup studio. Hegseth suggested he should have ordered tampon machines to be installed in the men’s restrooms at the Pentagon because “the leftist news media would have loved that.”
The upgrades to the makeup studio do not include the addition of any new staff. CBS News said the Pentagon didn’t need to hire makeup artists, because Hegseth does his own.
