Donald Trump's decision to tap Pete Hegseth is linked to his birthday

picked as his Defense Secretary so he could get a to mark his birthday.

Unlike others, he knew back on the idea that was ridiculed when he proposed it during his first term, claim Defense Department staffers who spoke under condition of anonymity to DailyMail.com.

And now the president is set to he has always wanted on June 14 – co-incidentally the date of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the US Army, the 109th Flag Day and Trump's 79th birthday.

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