Dressing down for the occaision

Hegseth showed up in Nike dunks to a NATO conference. Department of Defense/X

Yours truly is anything but a clothes horse. Frayed collars, cargo shorts and tees is the uniform worn in the summer. When doing the drill, being a designer, a suit was not part of the equation but neither were the threads worn by Pentagon Pete, seen when he exited the plane, as the look isn't even cool. It's like white guys wearing a baseball back backwards, very few can pull it off while black guys inherently look cool.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been called out for wearing a casual outfit to a NATO meeting.

Upon landing in Brussels, Hegseth was seen sporting a red and blue vest over a plaid flannel, athletic pants, Nike sneakers, and a trucker hat. Government officials, when conducting official business as Hegseth is doing, typically wear suits or more dressy attire, even upon landing.

“Dressed like a frat boy,” one user said.

“Any particular reason he’s dressed up like a teenager from the 90s,” another person quipped.

“Ask him why is he not wearing a suit?” another person said, apparently referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky getting accosted at the White House last year for not wearing a suit.

Other users said he looked like he was going to deliver a pizza for Domino’s. Another person said, “He looks like he is about to catch ’em all,” a reference to Ash Ketchum from Pokémon.

Ash Ketchum Journeys

Way cooler without exception.