Newsmax's Greg Kelly defends Trump wearing a baseball hat during a dignified transfer: “It's beautiful, it's respectful, and it's presidential”
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From the March 9, 2026, edition of Newsmax's Greg Kelly Reports
GREG KELLY (HOST): The precision and the respect. It's very solemn. It's very powerful. There were some criticism of the event. I'll address it later. But right now -- all right. We'll stay with this, actually. Yeah, I couldn't believe it. I watched this thing and I thought it was solemn and powerful. Online trolls. What? I watched it again.
I didn't see anything that President Trump did wrong. And then I looked a little bit closer. Oh, he has a hat on. Well, the hat says USA. It doesn't say Bud Light on it or something like that. I think that's a unique hat that he can wear as commander in chief. And, not for nothing, but you're not really ever supposed to return a salute without wearing a cover. You'll notice that the soldiers have a cover on. Saluting without a hat, to me as a former military man, seems strange. It is more appropriate to be covered when you return a salute or offer a salute, as President Trump is doing right there. It's beautiful, it's respectful, and it's presidential.