MS NOW anchor Nicolle Wallace reacted with open exasperation Friday night to a series of health-related policies and pronouncements promoted by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and other figures aligned with President Donald Trump, per a report from Alternet.

Pentagon reporter Priya Sridhar and other journalists spent roughly 10 minutes walking Wallace through "medical announcements" advanced by Hegseth and other members of the Trump administration over the past two years. Those include a new high-testosterone, or "high T," policy and the removal of vaccine requirements — including shots for diseases known to strike U.S. soldiers on patrol in other countries. Because those announcements concern medical policy for the U.S. armed forces, the segment also offered a window into how Pentagon health decisions have intersected with wellness trends circulating in pro-Trump online spaces.

Among the measures being considered for the military, reporters noted, are nicotine infusions framed as a way to boost testosterone and mental clarity — an idea praised within the MAGA online community over doctors' objections.

"They're going to start handing out cigs? I want some of those. I'm going to need them to get through the next two years. Jesus Christ," Wallace said.

Wallace's sharpest reactions came near the end of the segment, particularly at the mention of a popular recommendation in MAGA circles to sunbathe body parts that rarely, if ever, see sunlight.

"Pete Hegseth is like the baby that RFK Jr and some mythical, buffoonish wannabe GI Joe would have," she said, referring to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., while citing reports of a four- or five-fold increase in discussion of testosterone within the "manosphere," the loose network of online communities organized around masculinity.

Wallace also took aim at claims by former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that testosterone levels have fallen across the board because of feminism.

"I'm going to need to see some blood work on this," she said, before pressing on Carlson's argument that women attending college somehow affect his testosterone. "So, they're saying Tucker's testosterone plunged because women went to college?"

Reporters noted that Carlson advocates nicotine pouches and now has his own company selling them, because "the ones you get on the market, he doesn't think are strong enough." Nicotine products thus surfaced in two settings on the segment: as a measure under consideration for the military and as a commercial venture promoted by a leading media figure.

ace then erupted in laughter at word that former FBI second-in-command Dan Bongino, who has returned to podcasting, has championed the idea that high testosterone "makes you a better man, makes you more masculine and makes you more lethal."

"Oh, my God! The country is run by men who nobody wanted to date. I cannot believe this is happening," Wallace said. She also expressed derision that legitimate companies are helping people gain access to testosterone, apparently for recreational use rather than medical need.

Which of the measures still under consideration ultimately advance beyond discussion remains to be seen. The segment can be viewed on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ahAYSD4L5iI