American Eagle Outfitters has a message to its critics, who took issue over its ad with 27-year-old actor Sydney Sweeney that sparked a debate over race and Western beauty standards.

The president called her much-debated jeans campaign the “HOTTEST” ad out there, which seemed to start a stock rally.

Pete Hegseth has not joined the "Great Jeans" trend post-Sydney Sweeney American eagle scandal. However, it's the Department of Defense which shared an image of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's image, where he can be seen wearing a blue blazer coupled with jeans. The caption tagged the Defense Secretary's X account and said: