Overview
- Fox & Friends Weekend host Griff Jenkins acknowledged on air that an archival clip from December 17, 2025 was mistakenly used during Sunday coverage of the March 7 dignified transfer.
- The incorrect video showed President Trump hatless, while verified March 7 footage shows him in a white Trump-branded 'USA' cap at the transfer for six U.S. service members killed in Kuwait.
- AFP and other outlets matched the misused clip to the December 2025 Dover event, and Fox later said the file was pulled inadvertently during the video sourcing process.
- The segment aired multiple times across Fox programming before the correction, and subsequent updates were reported to minimize or exclude shots of Trump, drawing fresh criticism.
- 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, while public figures from both parties criticized the president’s choice to keep his hat on.