Hegseth Staffers Damaged Eisenhower-Associated Globe During Pentagon Move

Evan Vucci/Pool/Reuters Pete Hegseth’s attempt to bring a priceless piece of military history to his office has ended in disaster after his aides dropped the antique globe.

The defense secretary’s team wanted one of two enormous globes kept at the Pentagon, which are believed to have been used by Dwight D.

Eisenhower.

But when staffers tried to haul them across the building, it crashed onto its stand, puncturing the surface around Antarctica, the Washington Post revealed Thursday .

Photographs show a hole measuring several inches across in the globe, which is thought to date back to the 1930s.

The Army confirmed the disaster happened on Feb.

3, during an “attempted move.” Spokesperson Christopher Surridge explained that the accident also knocked the globe loose from the mechanism that allowed it to spin.

Hegseth, 46, never got to bring over the prized decoration because, in the end, the battered globe stayed put.

Ordinarily, the Pentagon enlists trained specialists to transport its valuable historical possessions, according to the Post.

But those experts were unavailable because they had been furloughed during a partial federal shutdown sparked by a congressional dispute over Donald Trump’s immigration agenda.

Hegseth’s aides decided not to postpone the makeover and allegedly took matters into their own hands, with one person familiar with the debacle blaming it on “an apparent lack of patience.” The incident quickly became a source of ridicule inside the building, where officials were already familiar with Hegseth’s enthusiasm for military nostalgia.

“Hegseth is no Ike,” retired Brig Gen.

Ty Seidule told the Post, referring to Eisenhower.

“The globe won’t give him Ike’s attributes of humility, intellect, and judgement.” The defense secretary has become a regular punchline at his department since taking office last year.