Is Pete Hegseth’s Wife Wearing Temu?

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Amid the drama at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner (a gunman getting arrested mid-magic trick; RFK Jr. leaving his wife behind to fend for herself), we didn’t get much time to review the hard-core MAGA fashion on display during the first half of the evening. Thankfully, one look has cut through the noise: The wife of secretary of war Pete Hegseth arrived at the dinner in what appeared to be a Temu dress.

Jennifer Rauchet posed with Hegseth on the red carpet prior to the dinner, wearing a one-shoulder Champagne cocktail dress with a satin belt and rhinestone appliqué. While you might have assumed this is just what someone affiliated with the Republican party might consider appropriate for an upscale event, one user on X matched it to a Temu page. “pete hegeseth’s wife wore a dress from temu to the white house correspondents dinner (i’m not joking),” they posted, including a screenshot of what seems to be the original listing on Temu.

pete hegeseth’s wife wore a dress from temu to the white house correspondents dinner (i’m not joking) pic.twitter.com/oCDM2v8rvQ

— ella devi (@ellad3vi) April 27, 2026

While the dress now shows up as “discontinued” on the Temu website, there are identical versions on several of Temu’s fellow drop-shipping fashion sites, including Amazon and AliExpress (where it’s also sold in black).

To be fair, Rauchet could feasibly have been wearing a less fast-fashion-y dress that was ripped off by Temu. Still, it would be a bold choice for a woman whose husband has accused China of “building an army specifically designed to destroy the U.S.” I guess Dolce & Gabbana didn’t have any more samples to loan out?

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