Pete Hegseth to Troops Aboard the USS Iwo Jima: ‘Make No Mistake About It: What You’re Doing Right Now Is Not Training’

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HEGSETH: "How we doin', warriors? I think this might be the single most beautiful picture I have ever seen in my entire life. Looking out at these faces, looking out of this Caribbean, on a floating island of American power, on the front lines of defending the American homeland. Make no mistake about it, what you’re doing right now, it's not training. This is the real world exercise on behalf of the vital national interest of the United States of America to end the poisoning of the American people."