The View ’s Sunny Hostin strongly criticized Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Tuesday after he unveiled new measures to tighten physical fitness requirements across the U.S. military, calling his remarks “bizarre” and “not an uplifting message.”

Speaking on The View , Hostin said she was “befuddled” by the tone and content of Hegseth’s address at Marine Corps Base Quantico, where he demanded tougher physical standards, routine PT testing, and condemned what he described as “fat troops” and “fat generals.”

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