Donald Trump outright called his Pentagon chief the “Secretary of War” Friday while also seemingly believing Pete Hegseth actually appeared on Fox News to talk “about modern weapons and warfare” after the network aired a clip of the defense secretary’s announcement on the administration’s new drone strategy.

The news comes after his humiliating involvement in the 'Signalgate' scandal in March, when a reporter was inadvertently added to a government group chat.

Under Hegseth's memo, DOD will approve hundreds of American products for purchase by the U.S. military to bolster the drone manufacturing base.

So while our adversaries have produced millions of cheap drones before us, we were mired in bureaucratic red tape, not anymore.”

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth launched America’s boldest military drone modernisation effort to date. On July 11, Hegseth signed a game-changing memo titled 'Unleashing US Military Drone Dominance',