Pete Hegseth criticized for body-shaming Canadian cadets: ‘Literally they’re kids’

<p>US defense secretary faces backlash for attempting to mock Canada’s armed forces amid trade war</p><p>A social media post by Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of defense, body-shaming female members of a Canadian youth development program remained online on Wednesday despite a furious backlash on both sides of the border.</p><p>On Monday night, Hegseth <a href="https://x.com/PeteHegseth/status/2094593108755562927">posted on X</a> a photograph of two people in uniform with a Canadian flag and the

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