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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has declared a dramatic end to what he calls America's era of “utopian idealism,” announcing a sweeping new military strategy centered on hard-nosed realism, Western Hemisphere dominance, and reduced U.S. responsibility abroad. Speaking at the Reagan Defense Forum, Hegseth criticized decades of foreign policy, pushed allies to shoulder more of their own defense, and signaled a more conciliatory posture toward China.
The shift comes as the U.S. steps up military actions in the Caribbean — sinking boats and killing dozens in operations the administration claims target “narco-terrorists,” despite rising legal concerns. Hegseth also revealed plans for expanded military involvement along the southern U.S. border and reaffirmed major investments in drones, ships, and new defense systems. His message marks one of the starkest redefinitions of American defense priorities in decades.
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00:00The War Department will not be distracted by democracy building, interventionism, undefined wars, regime change, climate change, woke moralizing, and feckless nation building.
00:12We will instead put our nation's practical, concrete interests first.
00:19We will deter war. We will advance our interests. We will defend our people.
00:25Peace is our goal.
00:27And in service of that objective, we will always be ready to fight and win decisively if called upon.
00:33The War Department is the sword and the shield of peace through strength.
00:37We are the strength department.
00:39And we stand ready to wield that sword as President Trump directs.
00:45The opposite of peace through strength is war through weakness.
00:52Wokeness, weakness, and war.
00:54All specialties of Joe Biden and Lloyd Austin.
00:59The debacle in Afghanistan, a stain on our country, and a sin committed against the troops.
01:05The weakness that unleashed Islamist war against Israel on October 7th.
01:09And that same weakness invited war in Ukraine.
01:13And Vladimir Putin saw the open door and took it.
01:17Spy balloons flying over our country and sec defs going AWOL for a week.
01:23Wokeness, weakness, war.
01:27You know, I was recently tempted when the discussion went out about hitting drug boats to use the phrase, righteous strike.
01:38But then my team counseled me against it and said, sir, that's the phrase that was used by Mark Milley when the family, when a family of Afghans was struck as a response to what happened at Abbey Gate.
01:52They called it for two straight days a righteous strike.
01:56When they would have known within hours exactly what they struck.
02:00Weakness, wokeness, war.
02:05The War Department will not be distracted by democracy building, interventionism, undefined wars, regime change, climate change, woke moralizing, and feckless nation building.
02:17We will instead put our nation's practical, concrete interests first.
02:24We will deter war, we will advance our interests, we will defend our people.
02:29Peace is our goal.
02:33And in service of that objective, we will always be ready to fight and win decisively if called upon.
02:38The War Department is the sword and the shield of peace through strength.
02:42We are the strength department.
02:44And we stand ready to wield that sword as President Trump directs.
02:51The opposite of peace through strength is war through weakness, wokeness, weakness, and war.
03:01All specialties of Joe Biden and Lloyd Austin.
03:05The debacle in Afghanistan, a stain on our country, and a sin committed against the troops.
03:11The weakness that unleashed Islamist war against Israel on October 7th.
03:16And that same weakness invited war in Ukraine.
03:20And Vladimir Putin saw the open door and took it.
03:24Spy balloons flying over our country and sect F's going AWOL for a week.
03:29Wokeness, weakness, war.
03:33Now, I was recently tempted when the discussion went out about hitting drug boats to use the
03:41phrase righteous strike.
03:44But then my team counseled me against it and said, sir, that's the phrase that was used by
03:51Mark Milley.
03:52When the family, when a family of Afghans was struck as a response to what happened at Abbey Gate,
03:58they called it for two straight days a righteous strike.
04:01When they would have known within hours exactly what they struck.
04:05Weakness, wokeness, war.
04:10The first thing I made from China is that keeping the expert
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