Pete Hegseth could hardly be more suited to be Donald Trump’s secretary of Defense — even though he’d surely be deemed unqualified by any conventional president.

It’s time to give someone with dust on his boots the helm. A change agent,” Hegseth said in his opening remarks.

Former Fox News host and military veteran Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's nominee for defence secretary, is being grilled by a Senate committee - watch live above It's senators' first chance to publicly quiz Hegseth about his lack of management experience,