United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore:
The era of the United States subsidizing the defense of wealthy nations is over. We need partners, not protectorates. We seek alliances built on shared responsibility, not shared dependency.
The U.S. War Department is advancing an America First, peace-through-strength, common-sense agenda. We are reviving the warrior ethos inside our ranks. We are rebuilding our great military, and we are reestablishing the deterrence that was so dangerously allowed to erode under the Biden Administration.
Under President Trump we have the most powerful and capable military in the history of the world.
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