Pete Hegseth hearings made me 'sick to my stomach': NYT columnist

New York Times columnist David Brooks has some sharp words for Trump secretary of defense nominee Pete Hegseth -- and also for both the Republicans and Democrats who questioned him at this week's Senate confirmation hearings.

In his latest piece, Brooks declares Hegseth to be the defense secretary America deserves on the grounds that the United States is no longer a "serious country."

"We live in a social media/cable TV country," he writes. "In our culture you don’t want to focus on...