Leftists are so obsessed with the Trump collusion hoax that they are seeing ‘connections’ in the most ridiculous of places, including the choice of tie that War Secretary Pete Hegseth wore yesterday. Not surprisingly, the latest conspiracy theory regarding Trump-Russia backfired.
As The Gateway Pundit’s Jordan Conradson reported, a high-stakes meeting Friday involving President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took place in the Cabinet Room of the White House, a departure from the typical Oval Office meetings that the President holds with foreign leaders.
This meeting also came after Trump repeatedly suggested that he would provide Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine for offensive purposes by selling them to NATO.
However, liberals were particularly triggered by Hegseth’s choice of clothing. The War Secretary decided to wear a red, white, and blue tie to the meeting, the colors of the U.S. flag and a handful of other nations, including Russia.
Naturally, leftists promptly assumed Hegseth was honoring Russia and trolling Zelensky to his face.
Pete Hegseth showed up to the White House meeting today with President Zelensky wearing a Russian tricolor flag tie.
These people love Putin and Russia. pic.twitter.com/qECryLQclY
— Jake Broe (@RealJakeBroe) October 17, 2025
The disrespect of the American administration is apalling.
Hegseth wore THIS tie.
And tRUmp delayed the meeting with Zelenskyy to listen to music with Andrea Bocelli (who is a well-known Ukraine supporter)
Interesting music choice “Time to say Goodbye”. pic.twitter.com/meaIuktYwh— Sandra Norman (@MrsSNorman) October 17, 2025
Pete Hegseth decided to wear a Russian tricolor flag tie to the White House meeting with President Zelensky.
I don’t believe for a second this is accidental or that “he was actually wearing the colors of the US flag”.
For once, Hegseth knew very well what he was doing. pic.twitter.com/fpaUdRz5xv
— Daractenus (@Daractenus) October 17, 2025
Hegseth wore a tie with Russian flags to meet with Zelensky.
Is he trying to send a message or is he just an ignorant idiot?
Or did his actual boss Elbridge Colby ask him to do it? pic.twitter.com/RDcbgfywzy
— Joni Askola (@joni_askola) October 17, 2025
Putin is using Pete Hegseth’s tie as a weapon. pic.twitter.com/DBKM4NgzkS
— Olga Bazova (@OlgaBazova) October 17, 2025
But another user dug up Hegesth wearing this EXACT SAME TIE when President Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this year.
“People claiming Pete wore a Russian tie,” the user wrote. I despise hegseth just as much as anyone else. But the whole tie thing is nothing.
“I found him wearing that Same tie in other pics. The 2nd Pic here is of when bibi Netanyahu visited,” he added. “There’s plenty of reason to dislike Hegseth but this issue here is stupid.”
You can see the second Hegseth photo on the right.
People claiming Pete wore a Russian tie… I despise hegseth just as much as anyone else. But the whole tie thing is nothing. I found him wearing that Same tie in other pics. The 2nd Pic here is of when bibi Netanyahu visited. There’s plenty of reason to dislike Hegseth but this… pic.twitter.com/bMxIcNyW9w
— Boston Smalls (@smalls2672) October 18, 2025