U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth went toe-to-toe with Kentucky GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell during a tense Senate Appropriations hearing Tuesday. The back-and-forth heated up quickly after McConnell asked about the Trump administration’s plans to fund key parts of the Pentagon’s $1.5 billion budget request.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth went toe-to-toe with Kentucky GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell during a tense Senate Appropriations hearing Tuesday. The back-and-forth heated up quickly after McConnell asked about the Trump administration’s plans to fund key parts of the Pentagon’s $1.5 billion budget request.

McConnell snidely accused Trump of alienating U.S. allies amid several major world conflicts.

McConnell objected to putting crucial Pentagon programs – such as the Golden Dome missile defense system, munitions, the F-35 fighter jet, and drone production – in a reconciliation bill separate from the annual defense appropriations bill.