This is the official US Department of War social media page, the man on stage with the Secretary or War Pete Hegseth is his pastor, Doug Wilson.
Wilson is a self-declared Christian Nationalist and theonomist. He believes that biblical law, specifically the judicial and moral laws of the Old Testament, remains binding and should form the basis of modern civil government and society.
I listened to a two hour interview with Wilson on Sam Harris' podcast, convinced that there must be a more reasonable context to his beliefs than what was reported.
Instead, I heard Wilson argue in favour of a future US State in which only the men in each household could vote, that slavery wasn't immoral and could return, and that executing individuals for defying biblical law was theologically obligatory.
It appears he is now giving sermons at the Pentagon.
[Carrick Ryan - facebook]