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Pete Hegseth: “The Brits handed us the keys to the free world after World…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Pete Hegseth on the Weakening of American Virtues The Daily Signal

Published | Video Starts at 02:35

And if we're not going to do it, there's no one else left to do it. In fact, The Brits handed us the keys to the free world after World War II. Right? Their younger brother. If we were to take a knee and say, we're done, who do we hand those keys to? The Islamists? The communist Chinese who are expanding their spheres of influence? (02:35–02:38)

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Asserts that the United States took over global leadership from Britain post-World War II.

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