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Miles Archer

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Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:32 PM Tuesday

Bongino's foamy sweaty steamy snarling roid rage erupts when Manly Man Pete Hegseth's Manly Masculinity is questioned [View all]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bongino-loses-it-over-mockery-of-pentagon-petes-manhood/

Initially responding to criticism of FBI Director Kash Patel flying to Italy and partaking in a boozy locker room celebration after the U.S. men’s hockey team’s gold medal win, an irate Bongino, 51, suggested that those in the media simply do not like seeing men in the administration be men.

“It’s about attacking every single member of the Trump team that engages in any of this type of behavior that celebrates manhood, testosterone, bravery, courage, strength, any of these attributes you would associate with traditional masculinity; they’ve got to bash all the time,” he said.

“Sometimes guys just like sports, wants to drink a beer.”

Bongino said a Beast article from the weekend was another example of the media bashing the Trump administration’s masculinity. Its headline read, “Pentagon Pete Can’t Stop Posting Cringe Workout Videos.”

The former No. 2 at the FBI could not control his disgust, referring to the Beast as “The Daily Yeast” and asserting that the article’s author, unlike he and Hegseth, could not even bench press “3.1 pounds.”
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