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Jonathan Wright

Pete Hegseth gave an entire anti-immigration speech and asked Europe to ‘do something about that invasion’ on D-Day anniversary

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attended the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day landings on Saturday, June 6, and delivered a controversial speech that drew a comparison between the 1944 Allied invasion and the arrival of migrants on Europe’s shores.

Per a report by the Associated Press, Hegseth spoke at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer in northwestern France, and told the audience that the continent now faces a different kind of threat.

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