In the Cabinet appointment that no one saw coming, President-elect Donald Trump has selected Fox and Friends co-host Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense.

The announcement that Trump had tapped Hegseth, a decorated veteran of the Army National Guard who served multiple tours in the Middle East, was met with shock and skepticism by even some of Trump’s own supporters. The idea that the host of a TV morning show could lead the federal government’s most important agency and its $800 billion budget seemed absurd on its face, despite his previous military service.