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If your public incompetence in your high-profile role prevents you from being the government\u2019s golden boy, you can still aim for bronze\u2014by installing a makeup studio in the Pentagon to make sure that all pores are blurred and glows are sun-kissed. That appears to be the strategy Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth<\/strong><\/a> is running with lately, reportedly ordering modifications to a green room in the Pentagon to make it a glam room for himself and other high-ranking officials before on-camera appearances.<\/p>\n CBS News reported the decor changes<\/a> to the green room Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the upgrades. The outlet reported that Hegseth approved the addition of additional lighting, mirrors, and a director\u2019s chair, among other furnishings, to optimize the space for grooming. Hegseth, meanwhile, reported via social media<\/a> the same day that CBS should maybe shut the hell up, fitting plenty of scare quotes and even a surprise jab at gender equity and DEI into the tweet.<\/p>\n This content can also be viewed on the site it originates<\/a> from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u201c1) Totally fake story,\u201d Hegseth sniped. \u201cNo \u2018orders\u2019 and no \u2018makeup\u2019\u2014but whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c2) We should have installed tampon machines in every men\u2019s bathroom at DoD instead \u2014 the leftist \u2018news\u2019 media would have loved that,\u201d he continued. I\u2026what? First of all, wow, guess someone\u2019s got tampons front-of-mind. Kind of weird, but everyone has their passions. And, b, they don\u2019t need to be in a machine. A tasteful wicker basket will do the job just fine.<\/p>\n Hegseth was, until recently, a co-anchor on Fox and Friends Weekend<\/em>, a gig that prioritizes a certain degree of jawline definition above, oh, understanding of and sane takes on current events. Hegseth, plucked and preened over on a daily basis as a matter of routine, is barely even pretending like he\u2019s not an obvious sign that the White House and Pentagon have become remote broadcast studios for the conservative media outlet he purportedly left behind. Consider: He even brought his own producer with him<\/a>. That would be Jennifer Rauchet<\/strong>, Hegseth\u2019s third wife and former Fox producer, the one Hegseth included on that other<\/em> Signal chat<\/a> distributing plans for a U.S. military strike on Yemen, not to mention sensitive meetings with high-ranking foreign officials. A scheduling reminder to one\u2019s spouse along the lines of \u201cdon\u2019t forget, Johnny has soccer practice at 6:30 and you know he gets grumpy if you forget his artistically carved fruits!\u201d is acceptable, understandable. \u201cWe deploy at 1600 hours,\u201d however, is not.<\/p>\n A Defense Department official told Vanity Fair<\/em> that while initial quotes for the green room\u2019s glow-up were in the \u201c$10-15k range,\u201d they took a cue from Tim Gunn<\/strong> and made it work, with the final cost described by the official as \u201cmarginal\u2014a few hundred dollars to cut, stain, and install a wooden countertop in the room.\u201d The official said that they cut costs by scavenging supplies and focusing on \u201crecycled furniture modifications\u2014a director\u2019s style chair, mirror, and a makeup light\u2014all of which were added from existing inventories. A countertop was added and constructed internally by the Facilities Services Directorate, Washington Headquarters Services.\u201d<\/p>\n So, yeah, Pete, like you said, \u201cno \u2018makeup\u2019\u201d was included in the upgrade, nor did anyone say it was. Besides, we all know that you should bring your own shade-matched base to make sure you don\u2019t look weird on camera.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nX content<\/h4>\n