Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made an appearance at Fox Nation’s Patriot Awards on Thursday night, showboating for his former colleagues at the conservative news network and shouting out his fellow Trump administration official, U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz.

Spotting Waltz in the crowd, Hegseth pointed him out and said, “I see Mike Waltz, Mike I’ll hit you up on Signal later,” earning a mixture of shocked responses, laughter and applause. Waltz, who was not audible, could be seen mouthing, “I’m good,” in response to Hegseth.

“Too soon?” Hegseth responded with a smile on his face. “C’mon,” he added.

The joke was a reference to the disastrous Signalgate incident that took place earlier this year, when someone in Trump’s inner circle accidentally added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic to

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