Article continues below advertisementCritics of Pete Hegseth couldn't help but poke fun at him working out alongside U.S. troops. The U.S. Secretary of War was joined by Japanese Defense Minister Shinjirō Koizumi for an early morning training session at a Virginia army base ahead of their Pentagon meeting to discuss security and defense cooperation on Thursday, January 15. One social media user responded to Hegseth's X post about the workout, writing, "You're so beyond pathetic. Laughable.