Hegseth lectures European allies on immigration 'invasion' during D-Day anniversary speech in France
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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth marked the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day landings at the Normandy American Cemetery, honoring the approximately 160,000 Allied troops who invaded on June 6, 1944. In his address, Hegseth called for European NATO allies to strengthen their defense capabilities and warned against 'dangerous ideologies' and migration by sea, drawing parallels between the historical WWII invasion and contemporary immigration to Europe.
Progressive: Progressive-leaning outlets framed the speech as a problematic and perplexing conflation of WWII liberation with modern migration rhetoric, characterizing it as part of broader Trump administration messaging on immigration and border security rather than straightforward commemoration.
Hegseth told a reflective crowd of former veterans and current military leaders 'sadly, today, different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies'. ...