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Pentagon staff damaged Eisenhower’s planning globe after Pete Hegseth ordered its move

newsOct 22, 202680120

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth requested one of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s historic globes be moved from the Pentagon to his office. Hegseth’s aides attempted the relocation without support from Army curators or professional movers and dropped the nearly century-old globe, puncturing its shell near Antarctica, Army officials told reporters. The Guardian and other outlets reported Army historians had been unavailable because of a shutdown that day, and Pentagon spokespeople described the incident as an accident. The damaged globe is a World War II, era artifact linked to Eisenhower; Army officials have acknowledged the break but characterized it as unintentional rather than the result of malicious action. Coverage has noted the move bypassed the usual museum protocols for handling fragile historical objects.

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