Hegseth Blasts ‘Invasion’ of Migrants on Europe’s Beaches in D-Day Speech in France
Hegseth said Europe faces a migration-driven threat and urged stronger defense spending and political will, echoing Trump administration pressure on allies.
- On Saturday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth compared modern migration into Europe to an "invasion" while speaking at the 82nd anniversary of D-Day in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, urging European capitals to strengthen border security.
- This rhetoric reflects the Trump administration's broader agenda, which frequently criticizes European defense and immigration management, arguing that mass migration poses an existential threat to European civilization.
- "Sadly, today, different European beaches are stormed by different, dangerous ideologies," Hegseth said, citing arrivals in Spain, Italy, Greece, and Bulgaria while warning that nations had grown too "comfortable" since World War II.
- EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas rejected claims that Europe faces "civilizational erasure," dismissing U.S. warnings as exaggerated and criticizing what she termed "European-bashing" at international security discussions.
- These remarks deepen transatlantic tensions over migration and sovereignty, occurring alongside U.S. calls for allies to shoulder more security burdens as officials emphasize that "peace is secured only through strength.
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Hegseth hammered for his 'disrespectful' D-Day speech in Normandy: 'Shameless'
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used the 82nd anniversary of D-Day to compare migrants crossing the Mediterranean to the Nazi invasion of Europe — and the backlash was immediate and bipartisan.Speaking at the Normandy ceremony, Hegseth departed from solemn remembrance to deliver an anti-immigration p...
At D-Day event, Hegseth warns of new 'invasion'
PARIS — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Saturday that Europe faces what he called an invasion of dangerous ideologies arriving by sea, linking immigration to the legacy of the D-Day landings in remarks in Normandy.
The US Secretary of Defense spoke of a "invasion" of immigrants on Saturday, June 6, commemorating the Disembarkation of June 1944, while calling on European countries to increase their military capabilities.
Pete Hegseth Slams European Allies for Allowing Mass Migration ‘Invasion,’ Honors D-Day Fighters for ‘Restoring Freedom’ to Europe
In this The Post Millennial article, Hayden Cunningham reports on Pete Hegseth’s remarks at the Normandy American Cemetery marking the 82nd anniversary of D-Day, where he honored Allied troops while warning that Europe now faces a different kind of threat through mass migration and weakening Western resolve. Hegseth used the D-Day anniversary to frame the...
US Secretary of State Pete Hegsett criticized Europe on the 82nd anniversary of the Allied landings in World War II.
On the 82nd anniversary of D-Day, the US Secretary of War was invited to France to commemorate those who fought for freedom in Europe.
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