"The View" hosts criticize Trump's pick of Pete Hegseth for Defense Secretary, citing his views on women in combat and lack of government experience.

ABC’s The View was aghast over President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth. “The scary part is the secretary of defense is the highest ranking member of the federal Cabinet and there is a budget of $841 billion.

Sunny Hostin warned her cohosts on The View that the first batch of Donald Trump‘s cabinet appointments should not give them hope about the incoming administration, and on Wednesday’s (November 13) live episode, she got to play a sly game of “I told you so” over the latest controversial hire.