PANews reported on November 13 that according to Jinshi, Trump said he would nominate TV host Pete Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) as US Secretary of Defense. Pete graduated from Princeton University and has a graduate degree from Harvard University. He is a US Army veteran and has hosted a show on Fox News for 8 years.

It is reported that Pete Hegseth adheres to the decentralized value of Bitcoin and promises not to sell Bitcoin.