Steve Bannon wants Pete Hegseth to tone down the religion talk: ‘Let’s have a military briefing’

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsSteve Bannon wants Pete Hegseth to tone down the religion talk: ‘Let’s have a military briefing’Bannon offered his ‘two cents’ to the Defense Secretary about how he should hold a military briefing Isabel Keane in New York Thursday 16 April 2026 21:30 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2959382","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/steve-bannon-pete-hegseth-religion-b2959382.html","title":"Steve Bannon wants Pete Hegseth to tone down the religion talk"}}CloseHegseth compares media to Pharisees in the Bible for 'negative' press on Iran warSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_INSIDE_WASHINGTON","regTitle":"Inside Washington","subscriptionGroup":"inside_washington","subscriptionGroupId":"af764e04-87eb-45e6-a84b-a7455ba70a1e","type":"inside_washington","pathPrefix":"/news/world/americas/us-politics","associatedAuthors":["Eric Garcia","John Bowden"],"title":"Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Washington email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/insideWashington1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideWashingtonNews","regSourceSection":"US politics","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"},"isClimate":false}...