Former TV host said in 2018 there was no reason the 'miracle' of the construction couldn't take place on site of Al-Aqsa Mosque

Hegseth, who is also a former soldier without political experience, will lead the world's most powerful military.

Colbert then moves on to Trump's defence secretary pick: Fox News host Pete Hegseth, who said on TV back in 2019 that he hadn't washed his hands "for 10 years", adding about germs: "I can't see them, therefore they're not real."