22-10-2026 18:58 via ARTnews.com

Historic Globe Used by Dwight D. Eisenhower Broken by Pete Hegseth’s Staff

In a scene that could have been ripped out of Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, a historic floor globe used by General Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II was broken when Pentagon staff tried to move it, according to The Washington Post.As reported by the paper, the globe caught the eye of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who ordered for it to be moved into his office to ogle on his own. “Ordinarily, moving historical items within the
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