Pete Hegseth, Trump's Secretary of Defense, has publicly stated that rights come from God rather than government — a claim he's made repeatedly in speeches to the NRA and other conservative audiences. This reflects Hegseth's Christian nationalist worldview, which multiple news outlets have documented as part of a broader pattern in his rhetoric. D'Souza frames this as inspirational ('Amen'), but omits that Hegseth has used similar language to justify opposition to gun regulations and to criticize media scrutiny — context that would reshape how readers interpret the endorsement.