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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sophie Clark

New military ad played at White House UFC match shows Trump pledging to stay out of new wars

The new Department of War advert - (Pete Hegseth/X)

Donald Trump’s secretary of war, Pete Hegseth, has unveiled an advert for the military during the “Freedom 250” UFC fight on the White House lawn, with a voiceover from president claiming that the most important thing for the military will be the wars the US “never get into”..

"We will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars we end, and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into – it's called peace through strength," the president says.

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