Pete Hegseth: “America first does not mean America alone, but it does mean…”

“We've got our great rock partners here that you work with every single day, and I've had a chance to meet a lot of them over the course of the last day. America first does not mean America alone, but it does mean putting the American people, American citizens, and America's sovereignty first. We know what we're defending, not academic and vague ideas of interests. American sovereignty, the American people, American vital interests, close with and destroy the enemy if necessary, on behalf of the American people.” (05:02–05:10)

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