Palmer Luckey

The Weirdo Was Already in the Room

Pete Hegseth’s ‘no weirdos’ speech didn’t just land with a thud—it got roasted live on TV. Jimmy Kimmel didn’t just mock the Pentagon chief’s edict against beardos and fatties. He weaponised it, cutting to footage of Hegseth cheerleading Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey—three men who, by any stretch, fit every category he’d just banned.