Back in the winter of 2024, Donald Trump announced he was selecting Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and military veteran largely unknown outside the US, to be his secretary of defence. A few years before, Hegseth said he was among a group of National Guard members removed from securing President Biden’s inauguration after concerns regarding potential links to extremism. On his right bicep, Hegseth has the words “Deus vult” tattooed in gothic script. Originally a rallying cry for the First Crusade and Pope Urban II in 1095, Latin motto, translated as “God wills it”, has since been reclaimed by...