Hegseth's whole "no weirdos and beardos" crusade at the Pentagon just got real ironic. Pete Hegseth is Defense Secretary. His first official act after the State of the Force speech: Project Meridian's inaugural meeting with Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey. Then the full board met at the Pentagon itself. So the Pentagon is now hosting billionaire tech guys, a failed politician, and the Oculus founder. But sure, the problem was beards and weirdness.