Hegseth wanted Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it.
Photos obtained by The Post show a gash in the World War II-era artifact that resulted from a botched relocation attempt inside the Pentagon
It was early this year when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wanted to move the world. A replica of it, anyway.
Two floor globes said to be used by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II are housed in the Pentagon, where subsequent generations of Army leaders became custodians of the artifacts, according to people familiar with their lineage and an accompanying plaque dating them to the 1930s.
The historical significance was attractive to Hegseth, these people said, and his staff requested that the secretary’s office become the new home to one of the 30-inch globes.
Ordinarily, moving historical items within the building is a deliberate process overseen by trained curators. Instead, Hegseth’s staff dispatched its own team to relocate an Eisenhower globe. They lost control of the artifact and dropped it, sending the globe crashing onto its base and impaling the fragile shell near Antarctica, according to those familiar with the incident. The resulting gash appears to be several inches wide.
Pentagon officials denied The Washington Post’s request for a photo of the globe or to examine the artifact in person, but The Post separately obtained images of the damage.
president when he was an Army general during World War II. (Obtained by The Washington Post) The Army, in an email to The Post, acknowledged that the globe was damaged and said it occurred during an “attempted move” Feb. 3. Aside from the hole, “the spherical portion of the globe was detached from the metal mounting that allows it to rotate,” spokesman Christopher Surridge said in response to questions. Ultimately, the damaged relic was not relocated, he said.
Asked where the movers came from, Surridge referred The Post to Hegseth’s office. Spokespeople for the defense secretary declined to address questions about the incident.
After publication Thursday, a Defense Department official provided The Post with a brief, unattributed statement acknowledging the mishap. “Accidents happen,” it says, “we are grateful no one was harmed, and the globe is being repaired.” The statement does not say how much the repairs are expected to cost and when they would be complete.
The Army office in possession of the globe had expected to consult with experts at the U.S. Army Center of Military History on how to ensure its safe transport and properly document its relocation to Hegseth’s office, according to two people familiar with the matter. Like others, they spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a previously undisclosed incident that is viewed as an embarrassment within the Defense Department.
The history staffers were furloughed due to a partial government shutdown stemming from a dispute in Congress over aspects of the Trump administration’s immigration policy. When the experts could not be reached, Hegseth’s staff decided to move the globe themselves, these people said.
It is unclear why Hegseth’s team did not wait for experienced help to move the artifact during the partial government shutdown, which ended the same day the globe was damaged. An “apparent lack of patience,” said one person familiar with the situation, appeared to be a factor.
The episode became instant fodder for gossip and jokes inside the Pentagon, with some decrying the apparent brashness and affinity for World War II nostalgia that they characterized as common themes throughout Hegseth’s tenure as defense secretary.
[snip]
Ty Seidule, a retired brigadier general who taught history at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, lamented news that the globe had been damaged.
“Hegseth wants an Eisenhower totem to be like Ike, brilliant in war and peace,” Seidule said. He has criticized the defense secretary previously for overriding a policy change that removed Confederate names and symbology from several military bases located in the southern U.S., an effort Seidule helped lead.
“Hegseth is no Ike. The globe won’t give him Ike’s attributes of humility, intellect and judgment,” Seidule said.
Apparently Vivek Ramaswamy, who seems pretty pro-child abuse given his advertising decisions, was asked by a reporter why he's doing events in a day care center
Vote Vote Vote! And take a close look at your local races as much as statewide. In our house, we're only voting for city counsel members who are AGAINST building data centers in our town.
We're never been one-issue voters, but it makes sense to lean heavy on this since AI (and billionaires) are trying to kill us all. Of course, health insurance companies are saying 'hold my beer, amateurs'.
The organizer behind Catholic bishops praying over President Donald Trump has a past that should have raised alarms, a new report shows.
Mario Enzler, a senior adviser at the Heritage Foundation who arranged Thursday's Oval Office prayer, was once called a "con artist" by professors who found he had claimed academic degrees he never earned, Christopher Hale of Letters from Leo reported Friday. Hale built on reporting from The Pillar, which found Enzler spent weeks inviting bishops to the event.
Enzler served in the Pontifical Swiss Guard under Pope John Paul II from 1989 to 1993 and has since turned that stint into a memoir and a speaking career. He went on to work in banking, teach at the Catholic University of America and, in 2020, take over as business school dean at the University of St. Thomas in Houston.
His tenure there ended in 2022. Faculty members digging into his background discovered the Italian university where he said he earned a Ph.D. doesn't award doctorates, and the school he listed for his bachelor's degree is a high school, according to the Houston Chronicle. An accounting professor later told The Chronicle of Higher Education that Enzler acknowledged he had no doctorate.
The Pillar also found that in a 2022 speech, Enzler claimed a finance doctorate from a university in Milan while St. Thomas was billing him as a doctor of music. Heritage hired him in 2025.
Denver Archbishop James Golka led the Oval Office prayer as 11 other bishops gathered around the Resolute Desk.
"Most of these guys just don't think this way," a source familiar with the meeting told The Pillar, adding, "Still, what were they thinking? It's two weeks away from the midterms."
A senior official at the Vatican's Dicastery for Bishops called the gathering "a highly inappropriate meeting and an insult to Pope Leo," Hale reported. A spokesperson for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said it was "not organized with or by the USCCB," and a source close to conference president Archbishop Paul Coakley said he was "deeply frustrated."
The White House is standing behind the meeting. Spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told the National Catholic Reporter that "there has never been a greater president for Catholic Americans than President Trump."
Someone here recommended a YouTube shorts converter, it has been very helpful in my writing of Nice Times and the movie post. I totally forgot who it was (sorry) but I just wanted to say thank you!
I know that unless I'm stuck in a car on a country road (which I often am) I'll learn about it because all around me horns will start honking and people will be shouting and screaming.
It will be some combo of the "I'm mad as hell" scene from Network, and the closing segments of Lily Tomlin's dream sequence in 9 to 5.
gee whiz, just got an announcement about where the obama rally is tomorrow, and they're requiring people to show up (first come, first served) at 10:30 for a 2:00 rally. i'm a bit old to be hanging out that long, and trying to find a bathroom half a dozen times. :(
Corey Lewandowski made a pass at him? John Husted got tired of his ass being felt up? He called Natalie Katie? Scott Bessent *isn't* just all bluster? Susie Wiles got sick of being blamed for Katie being incompetent? It's Strangers on a Fuckin' Train with this.
We still have three bottles of Guiness in the fridge from last March 17th. It just doesn't taste like much. It's very pretty, but that's about it. Skepti has Irish roots and insists on having it. She didn't seem to care much this year. I would rather have a good Mexican beer.
I need a big bucket I can fill with hot water to soak my foot. As it is. I’m sitting here in the bathroom running the hottest water over my foot as I rest my leg on the side of the tub. It feels nice.
It’s been a rough day mentally. Sleep was weird, and that was after hours of not being able to get comfortable. Dreaming was equally weird: I met Michelle Obama, who started off gracious, and then… And I met some nice security people (routine patrol, nothing I did) and their German shepherd dogs. Dogs were super polite and good boys, but still trained security so no petting.
I swear this is the kind of thing I dream about sober. My brain is messed up.
I had neither the energy nor willpower to do anything today. I’ve been sipping Gatorade and nibbling wheat thins all day, but I couldn’t drag myself from bed save for rolling to the bathroom.
The good news is, if things feel better tomorrow I can get out and see the sun. Maybe. At least it’s an away game for LSU, so traffic won’t be horrifying on the bus.
I don’t say this enough, but thank you all for letting me come in here and bitch, whine, and moan. It means more to me than you may know. And it certainly helps me decompress.
Trilateral talks.
𝘗𝘦𝘴𝘬𝘰𝘷 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢 - 𝘜𝘚𝘈 - 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘣𝘶 𝘋𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪.
Hahaha. Oh, we are laughing. (And then we started crying.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/10/22/hegseth-wanted-eisenhowers-globe-his-office-his-staff-broke-it/
Hegseth wanted Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it.
Photos obtained by The Post show a gash in the World War II-era artifact that resulted from a botched relocation attempt inside the Pentagon
It was early this year when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wanted to move the world. A replica of it, anyway.
Two floor globes said to be used by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II are housed in the Pentagon, where subsequent generations of Army leaders became custodians of the artifacts, according to people familiar with their lineage and an accompanying plaque dating them to the 1930s.
The historical significance was attractive to Hegseth, these people said, and his staff requested that the secretary’s office become the new home to one of the 30-inch globes.
Ordinarily, moving historical items within the building is a deliberate process overseen by trained curators. Instead, Hegseth’s staff dispatched its own team to relocate an Eisenhower globe. They lost control of the artifact and dropped it, sending the globe crashing onto its base and impaling the fragile shell near Antarctica, according to those familiar with the incident. The resulting gash appears to be several inches wide.
Pentagon officials denied The Washington Post’s request for a photo of the globe or to examine the artifact in person, but The Post separately obtained images of the damage.
president when he was an Army general during World War II. (Obtained by The Washington Post) The Army, in an email to The Post, acknowledged that the globe was damaged and said it occurred during an “attempted move” Feb. 3. Aside from the hole, “the spherical portion of the globe was detached from the metal mounting that allows it to rotate,” spokesman Christopher Surridge said in response to questions. Ultimately, the damaged relic was not relocated, he said.
Asked where the movers came from, Surridge referred The Post to Hegseth’s office. Spokespeople for the defense secretary declined to address questions about the incident.
After publication Thursday, a Defense Department official provided The Post with a brief, unattributed statement acknowledging the mishap. “Accidents happen,” it says, “we are grateful no one was harmed, and the globe is being repaired.” The statement does not say how much the repairs are expected to cost and when they would be complete.
The Army office in possession of the globe had expected to consult with experts at the U.S. Army Center of Military History on how to ensure its safe transport and properly document its relocation to Hegseth’s office, according to two people familiar with the matter. Like others, they spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a previously undisclosed incident that is viewed as an embarrassment within the Defense Department.
The history staffers were furloughed due to a partial government shutdown stemming from a dispute in Congress over aspects of the Trump administration’s immigration policy. When the experts could not be reached, Hegseth’s staff decided to move the globe themselves, these people said.
It is unclear why Hegseth’s team did not wait for experienced help to move the artifact during the partial government shutdown, which ended the same day the globe was damaged. An “apparent lack of patience,” said one person familiar with the situation, appeared to be a factor.
The episode became instant fodder for gossip and jokes inside the Pentagon, with some decrying the apparent brashness and affinity for World War II nostalgia that they characterized as common themes throughout Hegseth’s tenure as defense secretary.
[snip]
Ty Seidule, a retired brigadier general who taught history at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, lamented news that the globe had been damaged.
“Hegseth wants an Eisenhower totem to be like Ike, brilliant in war and peace,” Seidule said. He has criticized the defense secretary previously for overriding a policy change that removed Confederate names and symbology from several military bases located in the southern U.S., an effort Seidule helped lead.
“Hegseth is no Ike. The globe won’t give him Ike’s attributes of humility, intellect and judgment,” Seidule said.
I saw this elsewhere. Incompetent and despicable!
WUT????
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
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Tafoya: "My opponent is sitting here saying she's worried about access to Medicaid and school meals -- give me a break!"
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mykz4qa6zu2v
Apparently Vivek Ramaswamy, who seems pretty pro-child abuse given his advertising decisions, was asked by a reporter why he's doing events in a day care center
https://bsky.app/profile/bgrueskin.bsky.social/post/3myl3e4nxcs26
Apparently the word "blowback" is not in his vocabulary.
Vote Vote Vote! And take a close look at your local races as much as statewide. In our house, we're only voting for city counsel members who are AGAINST building data centers in our town.
We're never been one-issue voters, but it makes sense to lean heavy on this since AI (and billionaires) are trying to kill us all. Of course, health insurance companies are saying 'hold my beer, amateurs'.
The organizer behind Catholic bishops praying over President Donald Trump has a past that should have raised alarms, a new report shows.
Mario Enzler, a senior adviser at the Heritage Foundation who arranged Thursday's Oval Office prayer, was once called a "con artist" by professors who found he had claimed academic degrees he never earned, Christopher Hale of Letters from Leo reported Friday. Hale built on reporting from The Pillar, which found Enzler spent weeks inviting bishops to the event.
Enzler served in the Pontifical Swiss Guard under Pope John Paul II from 1989 to 1993 and has since turned that stint into a memoir and a speaking career. He went on to work in banking, teach at the Catholic University of America and, in 2020, take over as business school dean at the University of St. Thomas in Houston.
His tenure there ended in 2022. Faculty members digging into his background discovered the Italian university where he said he earned a Ph.D. doesn't award doctorates, and the school he listed for his bachelor's degree is a high school, according to the Houston Chronicle. An accounting professor later told The Chronicle of Higher Education that Enzler acknowledged he had no doctorate.
The Pillar also found that in a 2022 speech, Enzler claimed a finance doctorate from a university in Milan while St. Thomas was billing him as a doctor of music. Heritage hired him in 2025.
Denver Archbishop James Golka led the Oval Office prayer as 11 other bishops gathered around the Resolute Desk.
"Most of these guys just don't think this way," a source familiar with the meeting told The Pillar, adding, "Still, what were they thinking? It's two weeks away from the midterms."
A senior official at the Vatican's Dicastery for Bishops called the gathering "a highly inappropriate meeting and an insult to Pope Leo," Hale reported. A spokesperson for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said it was "not organized with or by the USCCB," and a source close to conference president Archbishop Paul Coakley said he was "deeply frustrated."
The White House is standing behind the meeting. Spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told the National Catholic Reporter that "there has never been a greater president for Catholic Americans than President Trump."
https://www.rawstory.com/oval-office-prayer/
Someone here recommended a YouTube shorts converter, it has been very helpful in my writing of Nice Times and the movie post. I totally forgot who it was (sorry) but I just wanted to say thank you!
https://www.toolszone.net/en/tools/youtube-shorts-link-converter
Three of the most violent moments in rock history. What a phenomenon they were.
https://youtu.be/tGc8jL4dzao
Look at this fucking gorgeous concept car. This is what the Tesla Roadster 2 was supposed to be.
https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-new-roadster/
Yeah, I am not a car expert in any way, but I do like the non-clunky Teslas. They have an elegant, sleek shape.
Is he dead yet?
I know that unless I'm stuck in a car on a country road (which I often am) I'll learn about it because all around me horns will start honking and people will be shouting and screaming.
It will be some combo of the "I'm mad as hell" scene from Network, and the closing segments of Lily Tomlin's dream sequence in 9 to 5.
I have never been as disappointed in the obituaries as I am these days.
gee whiz, just got an announcement about where the obama rally is tomorrow, and they're requiring people to show up (first come, first served) at 10:30 for a 2:00 rally. i'm a bit old to be hanging out that long, and trying to find a bathroom half a dozen times. :(
Oh to have the bladder of a twenty year old...
tell me about it...especially since I have to take Lasix...
I have a 20-proof bladder, does that count?
You have the gall to say that?
Well, to be fair, that's 𝘢𝘭𝘭 I have.
Weeeeellllllllll....
I'm gonna guess it makes things worse but I are not a drug and alcohol counselor
How much do I owe you?
Maybe he tripped and fell hard on Melania's open palm headline of the day : Via Daily Beast
"Trump, 80, Spotted With Mystery Face Bruise"
Or it could be a looksmaxxing accident. Shit happens.
Shartmaxxing.
LMAO!
Corey Lewandowski made a pass at him? John Husted got tired of his ass being felt up? He called Natalie Katie? Scott Bessent *isn't* just all bluster? Susie Wiles got sick of being blamed for Katie being incompetent? It's Strangers on a Fuckin' Train with this.
Love the reference.
maybe a reporter finally lost it and decked him.
From your lips to doG's ears.
Clavicle has been trying to get out of drugging teen charges.
He does know looksmaxxing is the Fountain of youth.
Having not had a Guinness in years, just last week I picked up that very can, $3 for a single.
I remember liking it in my yute. But on it's own? Hot garbage. Totally devoid of any flavor at all.
I mean, like flavorless. That combined with the pathetically low ABV made for a mistake.
YMMV, of course.
We still have three bottles of Guiness in the fridge from last March 17th. It just doesn't taste like much. It's very pretty, but that's about it. Skepti has Irish roots and insists on having it. She didn't seem to care much this year. I would rather have a good Mexican beer.
Yeah, I was surprised to find that I basically hate it. Lol.
I wold rather use it for cooking than drinking.
Apropos of nothing, I want to mention that if you haven't seen Lars and the Real Girl, it's one of the loveliest movies ever and I highly recommend.
Yes it is. It's very sweet.
I need a big bucket I can fill with hot water to soak my foot. As it is. I’m sitting here in the bathroom running the hottest water over my foot as I rest my leg on the side of the tub. It feels nice.
It’s been a rough day mentally. Sleep was weird, and that was after hours of not being able to get comfortable. Dreaming was equally weird: I met Michelle Obama, who started off gracious, and then… And I met some nice security people (routine patrol, nothing I did) and their German shepherd dogs. Dogs were super polite and good boys, but still trained security so no petting.
I swear this is the kind of thing I dream about sober. My brain is messed up.
I had neither the energy nor willpower to do anything today. I’ve been sipping Gatorade and nibbling wheat thins all day, but I couldn’t drag myself from bed save for rolling to the bathroom.
The good news is, if things feel better tomorrow I can get out and see the sun. Maybe. At least it’s an away game for LSU, so traffic won’t be horrifying on the bus.
I don’t say this enough, but thank you all for letting me come in here and bitch, whine, and moan. It means more to me than you may know. And it certainly helps me decompress.
And thank YOU for the updates.
It's inspiring to see you handling this, Shiloh.
I would be ded, or in a fetal position, crying like an 8 year old girl.
Keep on...
hang in there, kid.
Mayor Mamdani reminds everyone about what to do when ICE comes knockin'....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7EetCqIG4k