Hegseth attacks Europe over migration with beach 'invasion' D-Day speech
The US defence secretary was speaking in Normandy, 82 years after allied forces launched their operation to liberate Nazi-occupied north-western Europe.
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"different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies."
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The US defence secretary was speaking in Normandy, 82 years after allied forces launched their operation to liberate Nazi-occupied north-western Europe.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed Europe is being invaded by 'dangerous ideologies' as he made a speech in Normandy to mark the 82nd anniversary of D-Day.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a D-Day anniversary speech to appear to link immigration by sea to the wart ... .
US defence chief Pete Hegseth has used a D-Day anniversary speech to warn against Europe being 'stormed' by immigration.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegset ... on Saturday urged Europe to counter what he termed an 'invasion' of its coastline by migration, as he marked the 82nd anniversary of ... World War II D-Day landings in France.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth linked the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II to modern immigration challenges facing Europe in a speech Saturday marking the 82nd anniversary of D-Day.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete H ... warned on Saturday that Europe faced what he called an invasion of dangerous ideologies arriving by sea, linking immigration to the legacy of the D-Day landings in remarks in Normandy.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth linked modern-day immigration to the D-Day landings, warning that European freedoms could be threatened if leaders fail to act.
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