A defiant Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth booked himself on the television network where he used to work as a host Tuesday morning in a bid to address the fallout over revelations that he discussed military plans in a second Signal group chat,

Pete Hegseth hosted Fox News shows for years before becoming Donald Trump’s defence secretary. But on Tuesday morning, he took to the conservative US cable network to mount a defence against a torrent of criticism about his actions at the helm of the Pentagon and the turmoil that has embroiled what is arguably the world’s most powerful military agency under his leadership.