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Pete Hegseth delivered a controversial speech at D-Day ceremonies in France, lecturing European allies on immigration and calling it an 'invasion.' British officials and French villagers have since criticized him for politicizing the WWII anniversary.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a D-Day ceremony in France to deliver a speech criticizing European immigration policy, calling migration an 'invasion.' He lectured allied governments on the issue during a memorial meant to honor WWII sacrifice. British officials and French villagers later criticized him for politicizing the anniversary.
Hegseth used an allied memorial service as a platform for a domestic political message. That's a significant diplomatic breach. D-Day ceremonies are meant to honor shared sacrifice, not for one ally to lecture others on their internal policies. The fact that he did it anyway signals either that he didn't care about the setting, or that he saw the setting as valuable precisely because it gave weight to his message. Either way, European allies are now watching whether the U.S. Defense Secretary views them as partners or as problem countries in need of correction.
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