{"id":3541,"date":"2025-03-29T08:10:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T08:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/fox-news-pete-hegseth-accidentally-revealed-a-new-photo-fans-were-surprised-because-the-photo-details-said-it-all-news\/"},"modified":"2025-03-29T08:11:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T08:11:03","slug":"fox-news-pete-hegseth-accidentally-revealed-a-new-photo-fans-were-surprised-because-the-photo-details-said-it-all-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightflowmedia.com\/?p=3541","title":{"rendered":"Fox News’ Pete Hegseth accidentally revealed a new photo…Fans were surprised because the photo details said it all"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eagle-eyed observers of\u00a0Secretary of Defense\u00a0Pete Hegseth tapestry of tattoos noticed a never-seen-before Arabic script underneath his arm.<\/p>\n

Hegseth posted an image of himself doing jumping jacks and push-ups with Navy Seals at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

It comes as he is\u00a0facing mounting pressure to resign\u00a0after sharing detailed Yemen strike plans in a group text chat with other Trump officials on the Signal app.<\/p>\n

Hegseth has brushed off the controversy, saying that the chat did not include classified information.\u00a0Now, he is in\u00a0Guam\u00a0and\u00a0Hawaii\u00a0on a trip to visit U.S. troops.<\/p>\n

The new tattoo revealed in the video features the Arabic word \u2018kafir,\u2019 which in the Quran means \u2018disbeliever\u2019 or \u2018infidel\u2019 and is inked below hegseth\u2019s \u2018Deus Vult\u2019 tattoo.<\/p>\n

The discovery sparked anger from activists who are already infuriated about his tattoos featuring Christian and American images.<\/p>\n

\u2018Hegseth just got a kafir (\u0643\u0627\u0641\u0631) tattoo under his Deus Vult tattoo\u2014a Crusader slogan. This isn\u2019t just a personal choice; it\u2019s a clear symbol of Islamophobia from the man overseeing U.S. wars,\u2019\u00a0wrote\u00a0Nerdeen Kiswani, a pro-Palestinian activist in\u00a0New York City\u00a0on social media.<\/p>\n

Kiswani described the tattoos as the \u2018normalization of Islamophobia at the highest levels of power.\u2019<\/p>\n

Others on social media felt similarly about the tattoo.<\/p>\n

\u2018The \u0643\u0627\u0641\u0631\/kafir tattoo in the Quran means disbeliever,\u2019\u00a0wrote\u00a0writer Tam Hussein on X. \u2018To the Muslim world the tattoo will be seen as an open declaration of Hegseth\u2019s enmity towards them.\u2019<\/p>\n

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth trains with Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Sailors revealing a tattoo<\/p>\n

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth works out with service members in Hawaii<\/p>\n

Others defended the tattoo as a common word used by veterans of Middle Eastern wars.<\/p>\n

\u2018This word is widely recognized among military veterans, especially those who served in the Middle East, as a symbol of defiance against Islamic terrorists,\u2019\u00a0wrote\u00a0X user \u2018Brother Rachid.\u2019 \u2018It\u2019s commonly seen on stickers, the backs of trucks, T-shirts, and mugs. Personally, I had it on a hat, a mug, and even on the door of my office.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Muslims should not be offended or shocked at\u00a0Pete Hegseth\u2019s new \u2018kafir\u2019 tattoo or his crusader \u2018Deus Vult\u2019 tattoo,\u2019\u00a0wrote\u00a0X user Dilly Hussain of a UK-based news site 5 Pillars UK.\u00a0\u2018He\u2019s merely displaying America\u2019s foreign policy and mindset to Islam and Muslims.\u2019<\/p>\n

It is unclear whether the tattoo is new, as it is inked underneath his arm where it may simply have not been noticed before.<\/p>\n

The Department of Defense did not respond to a DailyMail.com request for comment.<\/p>\n

The veteran, who served tours in both\u00a0Afghanistan\u00a0and\u00a0Iraq\u00a0and is a double Bronze Star holder,\u00a0has a total of over a dozen tattoos across his right arm and chest.<\/p>\n

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth after meetings at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickman, Hawaii.<\/p>\n

His chest tattoo of a\u00a0Jerusalem\u00a0Cross previously sparked controversy after he was nominated for Defense Secretary as Democrats\u00a0claimed\u00a0it was a Christian right-wing extremist symbol.<\/p>\n

Hegseth said he was denied a chance to serve in a secure detail in his National Guard unit in Washington\u00a0DC\u00a0because of that tattoo.<\/p>\n

\u2018I was deemed an extremist because of a tattoo by my National Guard unit in Washington, D.C., and my orders were revoked to guard the\u00a0Biden inauguration\u2026 a Jerusalem cross tattoo which is just a Christian symbol,\u2019 he told podcaster Shawn Ryan in an interview.<\/p>\n

Hegseth said he liked tattoos while he was growing up but refrained from doing so by his father, a basketball coach.<\/p>\n

\u2018I always wanted tattoos. Thankfully, my father dissuaded me early in life because what I wanted out of high school was a basketball hoop with a flaming basketball going through the hoop,\u2019 he said in a 2020\u00a0interview.<\/p>\n

Hegseth said his first tattoo was a \u2018spur-of-the-moment\u2019 decision after his wife Jen decided to get a small tattoo on her left bicep.<\/p>\n

\u2018I knew inside my soul this was something I wanted to do and I\u2019ve finally hit the chapter in my life that I\u2019m able to do it,\u2019 he said, revealing he was\u00a037 or 38 when he got his first tattoo.<\/p>\n

Most of Hegseth\u2019s other tattoos represent his Christian faith, his American patriotism and his service in the US military.<\/p>\n

\u2018Israel, Christianity and my faith are things I care deeply about,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

Here is a list of his other tattoos:<\/p>\n

Jerusalem Cross on his chest<\/h2>\n

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Hegseth\u2019s most distinctive tattoo is a large Jerusalem Cross on the right of his chest. The cross consists of a large Christian cross surrounded by four smaller crosses in each quadrant<\/p>\n

The aforementioned Jerusalem Cross is one of his most distinctive tattoo. It consists of a large Christian cross surrounded by four smaller crosses in each quadrant.<\/p>\n

It is an centuries old symbol stretching back to the 13th century where it was used as the symbol of the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the Crusades.<\/p>\n

\u2018Deus Vult\u2019 on his bicep<\/h2>\n

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\u2018Deus Vult\u2019 on his bicep. The phrase\u00a0 means \u2018God will it.\u2019 This was a phrase that originated from the First Crusade as a battle cry for Christians<\/p>\n

Tattooed on his bicep, Hegseth has the phrase \u2018Deus Vult\u2019 which means \u2018God will it.\u2019 This was a phrase that originated from the First Crusade as a battle cry for Christians.<\/p>\n

Hegseth\u2019s book American Crusade, which he describes as a examination of what America would be like without American ideal,\u00a0 also ends with \u2018Deus Vult.\u2019<\/p>\n

Cross and sword on forearm<\/h2>\n

\"Other<\/p>\n

Other Christian iconography on his arm include a cross with a sword through it (pictured). This\u00a0 represents the Matthew 10:34 verse of the bible<\/p>\n

Is the new tattoo problematic?<\/p>\n

Other Christian iconography on his arm include a cross with a sword through it which represents the Matthew 10:34 verse of the bible.<\/p>\n

This reads: \u2018Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.\u2019<\/p>\n

This was the first tattoo he got while on vacation with his family.<\/p>\n

Hegseth also has a Chi-Ro symbol on his upper arm. This letters from the Greek alphabet: chi (which looks like an X) and rho (which looks like a P). They are also the first two letters of Christ in Greek. The monogram was a an early symbol used to represent Christians.<\/p>\n

\u2018We the people\u2019 and 1775 also on forearm<\/h2>\n

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A lot Hegseth tattoos center around American patriotism.\u00a0On his forearm he has \u2018We the People\u2019 which is the first line of the constitution. Above this tattoo he has the date 1775 in roman numerals \u2013 the same year that the American War of Independence started<\/p>\n

His other tattoos mostly center around American patriotism and include many symbols and iconography associated with the USA\u2019s independence movement.<\/p>\n

On his forearm he has \u2018We the People\u2019 which is the first line of the constitution.<\/p>\n

Above this tattoo he has the date 1775 in roman numerals \u2013 the same year that the\u00a0American War of Independence started.<\/p>\n

Hegseth\u2019s elbow is surrounded by 13 stars which perhaps is a reference to the stars on the Betsy Ross flag \u2013 one of the first flags produced to represent the USA and the precursor to the moden star spangled banner.<\/p>\n

\u2018Join or Die\u2019 snake on inside of his forearm<\/h2>\n

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He also has a tattoo of the iconic \u2018join or die\u2019 snake on his forearm. which is earliest known pictorial representation of colonial union produced by an colonists in Colonial America<\/p>\n

He also has the iconic \u2018join or die\u2019 snake, which is\u00a0earliest known pictorial representation of colonial union produced by colonists in Colonial America, on his arm.<\/p>\n

The cartoon, allegedly drawn by Benjamin Franklin himself in 1754, was published in the Pennsylvania Gazette\u00a0 shows a snake chopped into eight segments \u2013 rather than the 13 colonies \u2013 with New England included as one, Delaware a part of Pennsylvania and Georgia missing entirely.<\/p>\n

American flag and sniper rifle on the upper arm<\/h2>\n

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Hegseth getting one of his manny tattoos this one depicts the current flag of the USA with a gun below it<\/p>\n

Hegseth also has a modern depiction of the current flag with a sniper at the bottom of the stars and stripes, signaling his support for the Second Amendment of the Constitutional preserving the right to keep and bear arms.<\/p>\n

Hegseth posted a picture of him receiving the body art on his Instagram at\u00a0NYHC Tattoos in New York which is one of the oldest tattoo parlours in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

Infantry Regiment patch also on the upper arm<\/h2>\n

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One of his largest tatoos is situated just below his shoulder is a patch used by the 187th Infantry Regiment of the US army which Hegseth was a member of<\/p>\n

Hegseth also has a tattoo of his patch used by the\u00a0187th Infantry Regiment of the US army which Hegseth was a member of.<\/p>\n

This was a glider infantry unit during the Second World War which later fought in the Korean War as part of the\u00a0airborne regimental combat team. The regiment also fought in later wars such as Vietnam, the Gulf war and the Iraq war.<\/p>\n

During his interview with the Big Lead, Hegseth revealed he plans to fill his entire arm with tattoos and then \u2018resist the temptation\u2019 to get anymore.<\/p>\n

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