Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth—whose qualifications apparently include TV appearances and a fondness for smashing coffee makers—has raised eyebrows by pushing polygraph tests, a tool so unreliable it makes a Magic 8-Ball look scientific. Critics suggest that if anyone should be strapped to a lie detector, it’s Hegseth himself, given his rumored flirtations with national security breaches. Signal Gate would have sunk any previous Secretary in minutes – but we live in Trump’s alternate world. The White House’s quiet move to pull the plug on the polygraph tests hasn’t been explained, but the message from the public is clear: when it comes to truth and leadership, Hegseth and the Trump administration are failing all rational tests.
