Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson recently ignited a firestorm when he mocked President Joe Biden’s comments about the Pentagon’s newly developed flight suits for pregnant women. “So, we’ve got new hairstyles and maternity flight suits — pregnant women are going to fight our wars,” Carlson said. The mockery was directed at Biden for what appeared to be his usual pandering, prioritizing optics over warfare concerns.

But the Pentagon took it personally and fired back with a concerted attack on Carlson, accusing him of belittling servicewomen. “What we absolutely won’t do is take personnel advice from a talk show host or the Chinese military,” responded Pentagon press secretary John Kirby. “Now, maybe those folks feel like they have something to prove; that’s on them.”