Canada Mocks America as Hegseth Fat-Shames Youth Cadet Instructor
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Who published it, and when
How it spread - 8 original reports, 1 reprint
Tue, 1 September 2026
2 reports- newrepublic.com00:00first to report
Why is the defense secretary more worried about fat-shaming women than the war we’ve been waging for over six months?
- westerlynews.ca19:47
Premier David Eby calls out Pete Hegseth's social media post about Vernon cadets
1 reprint
- ladysmithchronicle.com1 Sept, 19:47their copy
Wed, 2 September 2026
5 reports- The Hill13:58
George Clooney is ripping Pete Hegseth and questioning his "sense of decency" after the Defense secretary appeared to poke fun at Canada's military in a social media post. "You see what the secretary of Defense just tweeted out a picture about women from the military in Canada, and you're going, 'What's wrong with you?'" Clooney...
- The Guardian World14:44
US defense secretary faces backlash for attempting to mock Canada’s armed forces amid trade war A social media post by Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of defense, body-shaming female members of a Canadian youth development program remained online on Wednesday despite a furious backlash on both sides of the border. On Monday night, Hegseth posted on X a photograph of two people in uniform with a Canadian flag and the caption “this is real”, an apparent attempt at mocking the country’s armed...
- BBC News World18:08
The US Defence Secretary is facing criticism for his apparent online mocking of members of Canada's cadet programme.
- radaronline.com19:20
George Clooney called out Pete Hegseth following his 'body-shaming' post, branding the Defense Sec. 'cruel.'
- stettlerindependent.com19:46
Scott Anderson didn't hold back after Pete Hegseth mocked Canadian youth in his riding
Fri, 4 September 2026
1 report- pqbnews.com18:50
Wilbur Turner says scandal started by Canadian influencer; George Clooney 'ashamed' by US post