During his confirmation hearing, Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee couldn’t name a single member of the Southeast Asian bloc.

Hegseth responded at the heated Senate confirmation hearing that he couldn’t tell Duckworth the exact number of ASEAN nations, but that “I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan in AUKUS (a pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the U.S.) with Australia.”

Trump’s defence pick Pete Hegseth grilled about ASEAN “I couldn't tell you the exact amount of nations.” US President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was unable to name the number of countries in ASEAN or The Association of Southeast Asian Nations,