Hegseth's Broker Tried to Make Defense Investments

[applegrove]

Hegseth’s Broker Tried to Make Defense Investments

March 30, 2026 at 10:05 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 3 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/03/30/hegseths-broker-tried-to-make-defense-investments/

A broker for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sought to make a large investment in major defense companies in the lead up to the Iran war, the Financial Times reports.

[Marie Marie]

1. What does "tried" mean? Tried but couldn't or didn't?

[applegrove]

2. I don't have a subscription to the Financial Times.

I tried to get in but there was a pay wall.

[Marie Marie]

3. Yeah, me too - couldn't read the entire article. That is why i asked.

Thanks anyway - I'm sure this story will come out sometime somewhere.

[applegrove]

6. "Tried"

https://archive.ph/auz8H

[Marie Marie]

8. Thank you for that applegrove.

[applegrove]

9. Someone else gave me the link.

[Cha]

4. Send our Soldiers to DIE For Heg to

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[CoopersDad]

5. LINK around the paywall here, read the story for free:

thanks to archive.ph for this service

https://archive.ph/auz8H

[applegrove]

7. Thanks Cooper's