Pete Hegseth’s aides punched a hole in a globe used by General Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II after trying to lug the relic into the defense secretary’s office.
His moving crew lost control of the 30-inch floor globe in early February, sending it crashing onto its base and tearing a gash several inches wide near Antarctica, according to the Washington Post.
The Army confirmed the damage, saying the fall also knocked the sphere off the metal frame it spins on. The globe never made it to Hegseth’s office.
Hegseth’s staff had requested the artifact, which a plaque dates to the 1930s,
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