President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominee to head the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, is facing a wave of accusations that he bears tattoos associated with white supremacy ideology.
Hegseth has pushed back against the accusations, calling objections to his tattoos — a Jerusalem Cross and the Latin phrase “Deus Vult” — manifestations of “anti-Christian bigotry.”
Here are some things to know about the ancient Christian symbol, Hegseth’s tattoos, and why […]
The Jerusalem Cross: Pete Hegseth's tattoo and the hysteria about Christian history