The hosts of Fox & Friends were apparently just as surprised as everybody else to learn that Donald Trump had chosen their colleague Pete Hegseth as his next defense secretary. The president-elect announced his eyebrow-raising nomination on Truth Social Tuesday,

In addition to tapping the 'Fox & Friends' weekend host and Army veteran for a cabinet post, the president-elect announced that he'd be partnering with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on efforts to increase government efficiency.

Hegseth has laid down markers on his agenda for running the Pentagon: firing generals who promote “woke” military policies, eliminating combat roles for women and loosening reins on troops conduct in combat.