Hegseth was in blue jeans and a checked shirt like he was in the chorus line of "Oklahoma!" All that was missing was a piece of straw in the corner of his mouth. He joked, of course, about the giant stack of pancakes served at Johnny V's that he couldn't come close to finishing. And then, he asked the denizens of this strange place called West Allis why they voted for Trump and how they thought the president-elect was doing.