Pete Hegseth: “President Trump rebuilt the military in his first term.”

“… what's been done, for what we may have to do in the future, ensure that our ammunition is. Everything's refilled. And not just refilled, but above and beyond. I mean, President Trump rebuilt the military in his first term. didn't think he'd use it as dynamically in his second, but he had, so thank goodness he did that. And an investment like this is meant to say, hey, we'll replace anything that was spent.” (41:10–41:19)

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