To run the US military in his second term, Donald Trump has nominated as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a neoconservative self-declared "crusader" who is eager for a Western civilizational war on China and Iran. Ben Norton reviews the extremely hawkish history of the Fox News host turned likely Pentagon chief.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9WBjcfVhu4

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0:00 Trump's defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth

0:31 An "American Crusade" (against China & Iran)

1:53 Hegseth called on Trump to bomb Iran

4:44 Trying to divide China & Russia

5:39 Fearmongering about BRICS & de-dollarization

7:48 "Axis of Evil": neocon ideology

8:26 Neocolonialism in Latin America

9:47 Preparing for war with China

11:33 Outro