Wired·4 min read·hard
Pete Hegseth’s Plan for ‘High T’ Troops Is a Junk Science Fever Dream
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Miles Klee
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Pete Hegseth has proposed a controversial plan to implement mandatory testosterone screenings for US military personnel over 30. Critics and medical experts argue the plan is based on junk science and oversimplifies complex endocrine health issues.
He consistently argues that the US Armed Forces lowered their combat standards in order to include women. He’s staged various photo ops in which he exercises and pumps iron with service members. In his speeches, Hegseth says that the Trump administration is restoring a “warrior ethos” to its legions of “warfighters.”
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