It focused especially on the tattoo of a Jerusalem Cross on Hegseth’s upper chest. The reporting — immediately criticized as anti-Christian by Vice President-elect JD Vance and many others in ...

Hegseth has pushed back against the accusations, calling objections to his tattoos — a Jerusalem Cross and the Latin phrase ...

Hegseth has multiple tattoos, and two are of an image and a phrase often associated with extremist groups: a chest tattoo of the Jerusalem cross and an arm tattoo of the Latin phrase ...

The symbol is known as the Jerusalem Cross, or the Crusader’s Cross The cross is perhaps best known for its use during the 13th Century, when it was displayed for the Kingdom of Jerusalem ...