US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth , addressed a gathering of cadets at the US Air Force Academy on Saturday, October 3. The 20-minute-long address sparked a major row on social media over the symbolism in the Department of War seal seen on the stage.
The new Department of War seal, introduced after the 2025 renaming of the department by the Trump administration, features the all the features from the old Department of Defense seal. A bald eagle carrying a shield with 13 alternating red and white pieces is at the center.
World War III is here,” said another . “People need to see that they’re no longer hiding their atrocities and hatred against all of humanity.” Below it the eagle are four arrows, symbolizing the four parts of the department. “I respect Pete Hegseth using the Nazi eagle.
“I am looking at two pictures one of Adolph Hitler and a AI made picture of Pete Hegseth? Correct? ” asked one . Are we trying to compare Adolph regime which I compared to the Democrats Socialist Party versus what Pete Hegseth is trying to do with are military and bring it back to the greatness it once was.”
