The defense secretary's obsession with high testosterone levels can't hide MAGA insecurity
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The defense secretary's obsession with high testosterone levels can't hide MAGA insecurity
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July 17, 2026 6:45AM (EDT)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Pete Hegseth’s Plan for ‘High T’ Troops Is a Junk Science Fever Dream
Pete Hegseth Wants YOU to Test Your Testosterone
Pete Hegseth Is Taking His Macho Shtick to New Levels
Pete Hegseth wants testosterone for his soldiers. Finally, some gender-affirming care | Arwa Mahdawi
Critics Mock Pete Hegseth For Not Seeing The Irony Of His Testosterone Tests
‘Literally Gender Affirming Care’: Hegseth Mocked for Plan to Offer US Soldiers Testosterone | Common Dreams
Pete Hegseth's obsession with masculinity is even weirder than we thought
Pete Hegseth wants to test troops for 'testosterone deficiency' — literally | Fortune
Worried about low T among warfighters, Pete Hegseth's Pentagon is going to be screening troop testosterone levels
Huh?! Pete Hegseth Announces Bizarre New Health Screening For Service Members
The defense secretary’s idea of administering testosterone therapy to service members of the US Armed Forces reveals little…
The secretary of defense has a questionable plan to monitor the hormone levels of every service member over 30.
The Defense Secretary is green-lighting annual testosterone tests for servicemembers and defending a dangerously low Blue Angels…
The defense secretary has announced a screening program for troops. Get ready for a high-T Department of War
“This sounds suspiciously like taxpayer-funded gender affirming care,” one commenter wrote.
"These men represent the government. They represent the nation. They represent Trump’s ideal in particular, the right-wing ideals…
