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Pete Hegseth: “Venezuela is a great example of American power and pressure…”

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's extended 60 Minutes interview

Published | Video Starts at 13:58

We're not foolish enough to think that they look the same. The same dynamics. Again, these kind of comparisons are Thrown out there as if we don't understand that, we very much do. But Venezuela is a great example of American power and pressure on an adversary. who had a lot of capabilities in our own hemisphere, which previous presidents tolerated for far too long. The Trump corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, the Donroe Doctrine, is alive and well. (13:58–14:04)

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Asserts that Venezuela is an example of effective American pressure.

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