Hegseth’s team broke WWII-era globe from Eisenhower’s office
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- Wirtualna Polska (Poland)seen 23 Oct, 21:23headline rewritten
Ludzie Hegsetha zniszczyli historyczny globus. Należał do EisenhoweraHegseth zażyczył sobie w swoim gabinecie globusa Eisenhowera. Jego współpracownicy go uszkodzili
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Thu, 22 October 2026
5 reports- The Hill17:38
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s team dropped and damaged a historic World War II-era globe previously used by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, a source familiar with the incident told The Hill on Thursday. While moving the artifact to the secretary’s office, Hegseth's staff lost control of the 30-inch floor globe, causing it to crash on its...
- Google News - Top Stories19:15first to report
Pete Hegseth’s staff break priceless historic globe he requested for office The Guardian Hegseth wanted Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it. The Washington Post 'Accidents happen': Hegseth's staff damage historical Eisenhower globe USA Today Hegseth staff damaged historic WWII-era Eisenhower globe trying to move it to his office NBC News The historic significance of the WWII-era globe damaged by Pete Hegseth's staff NPR
- La Repubblica (Italy)20:05Il capo del Pentagono Hegseth voleva il mappamondo di Eisenhower in ufficio. Il suo staff l'ha rotto
Il reperto, risalente alla Seconda guerra mondiale, è stato danneggiato dopo uno spostamento maldestro
- Anadolu Agency (AA)21:20
Photographs obtained by Washington Post show gash several inches wide near Antarctica on globe, which reportedly fell onto its base during relocation attempt on Feb. 3.
- knau.org22:12
A WWII-era globe – one that once belonged to President Dwight Eisenhower – was damaged after an attempted relocation to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's office.
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- ksmu.org22 Oct, 22:12their copy
Fri, 23 October 2026
11 reports- Wirtualna Polska (Poland)00:35edited after publishing
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Ludzie Hegsetha zniszczyli historyczny globus. Należał do EisenhoweraPete Hegseth, szef Pentagonu, chciał przeniesienia do swojego gabinetu zabytkowy globus, z którego podczas II wojny światowej korzystał generał Dwight D. Eisenhower. Pracownicy Hegsetha postanowili przetransportować globus samodzielnie, zamiast poczekać na specjalistów. W efekcie upuścili cenny przedmiot, przebijając jego delikatną powłokę.
- Google News - Top Stories01:28
Hegseth staff damaged historic WWII-era Eisenhower globe trying to move it to his office NBC News Hegseth wanted Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it. The Washington Post Hegseth’s staff damages Eisenhower's WWII globe during move NPR Pete Hegseth’s staff break priceless historic globe he requested for office The Guardian Historic Globe Used by Dwight D. Eisenhower Broken by Pete Hegseth’s Staff ARTnews.com
- Telegram.hr (Croatia)07:53
Samostojeći globus datira iz tridesetih godina dvadesetog stoljeća
- Index.hr (Croatia)08:17
OSOBLJE američkog ministra rata Petea Hegsetha oštetilo je neprocjenjiv povijesni globus koji je navodno koristio Eisenhower. Do nezgode je došlo u Pentagonu pri pokušaju premještanja artefakta.
- Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy)08:39
Il segretario della Difesa (e della Guerra, così come è stato ribattezzato da Donald Trump) Pete Hegseth avrebbe voluto nel proprio nel suo studio al Pentagono uno storico mappamondo, che risale ai tempi di Eisenhower, generale a cinque stelle dell’esercito statunitense ai tempi della seconda guerra mondiale e poi presidente degli Stati Uniti dal 1953 […] L'articolo “Hanno perso il controllo e lo hanno lasciato cadere, si è rotto vicino all’Antartide”: danneggiato il mappamondo di Eisenhower...
- Telegram.hr (Croatia)09:14
Umjesto da pričekaju stručnjake za premještanje takvih predmeta, Hegsethovi suradnici odlučili su globus premjestiti sami
- Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)10:12
Mitarbeiter von Pete Hegseth haben ein historisches Artefakt beschädigt, Franzi van Almsick will im Radio Boris Becker „in einem anderen Licht“ zeigen, und Ski Aggu hat keinen Bock mehr auf Handys bei Konzerten.
- Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)10:12
Mitarbeiter von Pete Hegseth haben ein historisches Artefakt beschädigt, Franzi van Almsick will im Radio Boris Becker „in einem anderen Licht“ zeigen, und Ski Aggu hat keinen Bock mehr auf Handys bei Konzerten.
- iDNES (Czechia)11:06
Americký ministr války Pete Hegseth má slabost pro druhou světovou válku a historii vůbec. Možná proto si chtěl do kanceláře pořídit glóbus generála Eisenhowera, slavného vítěze nad nacisty. Nedopadlo to dobře.
- tportal (Croatia)21:00
Američki ministar obrane Pete Hegseth poželio je u svom uredu imati povijesni globus koji se povezuje s generalom Dwightom D. Eisenhowerom, jednim od najvažnijih američkih vojskovođa iz Drugog svjetskog rata. No pokušaj premještanja vrijednog predmeta završio je potpunim kaosom
- El País (Spain)22:06
El objeto, utilizado por el condecorado general estadounidense durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, se fracturó durante un intento de traslado a la oficina del secretario de Defensa