Subject: Deus Vult
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/1...

"... Mr. Wilson has argued that slavery “produced in the South a genuine affection between the races,” that homosexuality should be a crime and that the 19th amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote was a mistake. He has written that women should not ordinarily hold political office because “the Bible does say that when feminine leadership is common, it should be reckoned not as a blessing but as a curse.”


“We’re in middle Phase 1 right now, which is effectively a tactical retreat where you regroup, consolidate and reorganize,” Mr. Hegseth said on a 2023 podcast affiliated with Mr. Wilson’s church. “And as you do so, you build your army underground with the opportunity later on of taking offensive operations in an overt way. And obviously all of this is metaphorical and all that good stuff,” he added before breaking into laughter.

In his book, Mr. Hegseth also offered a nod to the prospect of future violence: “Our American Crusade is not about literal swords, and our fight is not with guns. Yet.”