The headline is the final paragraph, here.
What the item omitted, there will be no GOP primary/pre-convention endorsement.
After that, this Koch brothers front will fall in line with their minders, and put on blinders, Hegseth then saying,
"GOP candidate [fill in the blank] is hunky dory; worthy of my love and endorsement."
Hegseth only works the one side of the street. His view of rectitude. Comparable to Karl Rove.