You better steer clear of Pete Hegseth if you want to keep your hands clean — literally. For those wondering what Hegseth was like before he became secretary of defense , well, he was the guy you didn't want to shake hands with because there was a good chance of exposure to something ghastly. During a 2019 Fox News segment, Hegseth touted his strong immune system, and he credited it to one thing: Not washing his hands. "My 2019 resolution is to say things on-air that I say off-air. I don't think I've washed my hands for 10 years," the future Trump staffer confessed (via X , formerly known as Twitter). "I inoculate myself. Germs are not a real thing. I can't see them, therefore they're not real." His now-boss disagrees.
It's probably safe to say that the president stocks up on hand san