Overview
- Fox & Friends Weekend host Griff Jenkins delivered an on-air correction, and a Fox News Media spokesperson apologized for using archival footage in place of the March 7 transfer.
- The clip shown was from December 17, 2025 and depicted a hatless president, while photos from March 7 show President Trump wearing a white “USA” cap at the transfer for six service members killed in Kuwait.
- Social media accounts and commentators accused Fox of intentionally substituting the older video to avoid showing the hat, allegations the network rejects as unfounded.
- Subsequent Fox segments reportedly used correct footage but omitted shots of Trump, intensifying criticism; Fox also noted the correct video aired at other times and called the mistake inadvertent, with Fox host Joey Jones saying he was embarrassed by the error.
- The Pentagon identified the fallen as Maj. Jeffrey R. O’Brien, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan, Capt. Cody A. Khork, Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor and Sgt. Declan J. Coady, and the White House defended Trump against criticism of his hat.