The Private Haikus of Pete HegsethTBR Sunday ReadAndy BorowitzDec 14, 2025∙ Paid31021736ShareAndrew Harnik/Getty ImagesYou may think you know Pete Hegseth: brash, swaggering macho man and sworn enemy of the Geneva Conventions.But there’s another Pete—a sensitive, vulnerable Pete—who emerges in his private haiku journal, obtained by TBR when he accidentally texted it to us.Read the following poems and discover a whole new Hegseth: a sensitive, vulnerable warrior at war with himself.This post is for paid subscribersSubscribeAlready a paid subscriber? Sign in
