Hegseth torches identity politics in West Point speech: ‘Can’t throw your pronouns at the enemy’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a commencement address at the U.S.

Military Academy at West Point in the pouring rain on Saturday morning, in which he accused former “foolish and feckless leaders” of pushing identity politics on the military institution.

“The battlefield does not grade on a curve, and you can’t throw your pronouns at...