Pete Hegseth trolled for ordering installation of makeup studio at Pentagon: 'How gender-affirming'

'Remember when MAGA was outraged about men getting dolled up at the Pentagon? What happened???' a critic commented
PUBLISHED APR 24, 2025
Pete Hegseth called out online for reportedly ordering makeup studio installed at Pentagon (Getty Images)
Pete Hegseth called out online for reportedly ordering makeup studio installed at Pentagon (Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing backlash online after a report claimed that he’s asked for renovations to a room beside the Pentagon press briefing room. 

He’s demanded the installment of a makeup studio, which can be utilized for getting ready before TV appearances, as reported by CBS News.

The publication citing two tipsters also disclosed that the changes may cost several thousand dollars.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. The White House said they are expecting thousands of children and adults to participate in the annual tradition of rolling colored eggs down the White House lawn, which was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. The White House said they are expecting thousands of children and adults to participate in the annual tradition of rolling colored eggs down the White House lawn, which was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878 (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Pete Hegseth slams makeup installation report, calls it ‘fake story’

However, a Defense Department spokesperson has justified it, saying, “Changes and upgrades to the Pentagon Briefing Room are nothing new and routinely happen during changes in an administration.”

Also, the defense secretary slammed the CBS report in a tweet.

“1) Totally fake story. No ‘orders’ and no ‘makeup’ — but whatever. 2) We should have installed tampon machines in every men’s bathroom at DoD instead — the leftist ‘news’ media would have loved that,” Hegseth posted.



 

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. The White House said they are expecting thousands of children and adults to participate in the annual tradition of rolling colored eggs down the White House lawn, which was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. The White House said they are expecting thousands of children and adults to participate in the annual tradition of rolling colored eggs down the White House lawn, which was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878 (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Netizens ask Pete Hegseth to focus on not being ‘a national security risk’

Pete Hegseth pauses to talk to reporters after a series of meetings with senators in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Hegseth was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next Secretary of Defense. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Pete Hegseth pauses to talk to reporters after a series of meetings with senators in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Hegseth was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next Secretary of Defense (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

But the critics of the former television presenter did not seem convinced.

Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) commented, “Nothing screams warrior culture more than a makeup studio. Hegseth was derelict in his duties by repeatedly using his personal phone to disclose ongoing combat operations, and is now wasting taxpayer dollars. How does a makeup studio at the Pentagon help troops? He needs to resign.”



 

“New makeup studios. Private trips on government helicopters. Millions for Trump’s golf outings. Billions to Musk’s companies. Trump and his cabinet think working people should lose Medicaid and Social Security. But they could care less about ‘efficiency’ when they benefit themselves,” Representative Greg Casar (D-TX) shared.



 

A tweet sarcastically said, “How gender-affirming 💄.”



 

A person tweeted, “You can’t make this up... wait, I guess you can.”



 

Another person asked, “Remember when MAGA was outraged about men getting dolled up at the Pentagon? What happened???”



 

The third one wrote, “You should resign in disgrace immediately. A makeup up studio? Doesn't sound like war fighting and lethality.”



 

“Maybe focus less on tampon jokes and more on not being a national security risk with a bourbon chaser,” a critic stated, referring to Hegseth’s Signal Chat scandals.



 

The second one posted, “My guy, my wife spends less time doing her hair than you do so cool it with the fake outrage. It’s not a far reach to believe you enjoy a touch of makeup for your thrice daily Fox News appearances.”



 

“We can see that you wear makeup.... we can see that trump wears makeup.... we arent blind....” a tweet read.



 

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