⛪️ 🤲 Hegseth Recites Pulp Fiction Monologue as Pentagon Prayer, Pope Appears to Respond
🔸War Secretary Pete Hegseth recited lines lifted near-verbatim from Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film Pulp Fiction during a Pentagon worship service Wednesday, presenting them as a military prayer to bless the U.S. war against Iran.
🔸Hegseth introduced the prayer as “CSAR 25:17” — Combat Search and Rescue — saying it had been recited by pilots ahead of missions, including the rescue of U.S. airmen shot down over Iran.
🔸The text closely mirrors the monologue delivered by Samuel L. Jackson’s character hitman Jules Winnfield in the film, in which he falsely attributes the words to Ezekiel 25:17 before shooting an unarmed man.
🔸Hegseth told attendees that what they hear in the worship service “should impact the policy and military decisions” they make. “May what we talk about, how we worship today inform the remainder of our day.”
🔸This morning, Pope Leo XIV appeared to respond on X, while on his Apostolic Journey in Cameroon: “Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.”
🔸The episode landed amid an ongoing public clash between the Trump administration and the Vatican, which escalated Sunday when Trump attacked Pope Leo XIV in a Truth Social post and later posted an image of himself as Jesus Christ the healer.
Pete Hegseth quoted a fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction during a Pentagon sermon.