“Try to see the tree if you can, ’cause in a month it’ll be tossed to the curb along with Pete Hegseth,” the “Tonight Show” host cracked.
Realizing that his zinger caused a stir in the audience, Fallon said, “Just being topical, guys, just being topical.”
Hegseth finds himself in hot water over legally murky airstrikes on suspected drug smugglers at sea. A follow-up attack on survivors of one such attack is now generating accusations of a possible war crime. Hegseth said an admiral ordered the second launch.
