U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth took a page out of his boss’ playbook when he took to social media late Saturday to hurl insults at a sitting judge who granted an indefinite injunction against President Donald Trump’s attempted ban on transgender volunteers and service members in the military.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joined the mounting criticism of federal judges by President Donald Trump and others in his administration on Saturday, mocking the judge who blocked a ban on transgender troops in the U.