Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, once hit a ceremonial drummer in the arm with an axe while on live TV

Donald Trump's new Defence Secretary pick hit a drummer with an axe on live television in a former life as a TV presenter.

The Daily Show has had a lot to say about Donald Trump's cabinet picks so far, but none more so than Fox News host and soon-to-be defence secretary Pete Hegseth, who famously once said he hasn't washed his hands "for 10 years".

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick for defence secretary, once accidentally hit a marching drummer with an axe on live TV.

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It could also set up a collision course between Hegseth and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General C.Q. Brown, a former fighter pilot with command experience

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