Katie Miller and Pete Hegseth discussed recent U.S. military actions and the contrast between the current administration’s national security posture and that of its predecessor during an interview focused on American strength abroad and at home.
Miller began by praising recent actions taken to protect Americans.
She said, “You and the President have been doing amazing things to protect US citizens, both domestically and abroad. It was incredible to watch our b2 bombers and our F 35 right take out Iran’s nuclear capabilities. How much safer are we as a result of that?”
Hegseth responded by contrasting recent operations with earlier periods of national security concern.
He said, “I actually think it’s kind of hard to fully calculate the difference between an administration that where a balloon flew over the country and Afghanistan collapsed, and the Secretary of Defense was AWOL for a week, like I can’t go AWOL for 30 minutes, like someone knows where I am at all times. And you can attest to the idea that Lloyd Austin was gone for a week and nobody knew, shows you how asleep at the wheel. The previous administration was across the board, and the world knew it, and they were taking advantage of it.”
He tied that lack of leadership to global instability. Hegseth said, “And so you got the chaos. You got what happened in Ukraine. You got what happened on October 7, like that’s the way the world was turning.”
He then pointed to recent actions by the United States as evidence of renewed deterrence.
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“And now you’ve got Europe paying up at 5% and you’ve got Iran on notice, and President said they wouldn’t get a bomb, and they won’t. And then you have a mission like that, which was so locked tight that the President was able to announce it on his truth that night without any information in the information space at all. 52 refuelers, 37 hours b2 is right on target. The world took notice,” Hegseth said.
He went on to describe other ongoing operations.
“And I think that, plus the Houthi campaign, where we can sail our ships wherever we want, between the southern border and now strikes on drug boats, where we know exactly who these guys are and trying to poison the American people, the world realizes that American leadership and strength is back,” he said.
Hegseth added that this shift has given the United States room to shape events abroad.
He said the change “gives the President United States more options to be able to expand peace around the world, which is exactly what he’s doing, and that’s cool to watch and support that.”
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PETE HEGSETH: “I can’t go AWOL for 30 minutes … The idea that Lloyd Austin was gone for a week and nobody knew shows you how asleep at the wheel the previous administration was across the board, and the world knew it and they were taking advantage of it.” pic.twitter.com/Vy3gmLQzv2
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