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Pete Hegseth: “What happens when you gut your military to pay for your…”

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Pete Hegseth on the Weakening of American Virtues The Daily Signal

Published | Video Starts at 03:05

History is not over. Trends decline, ascend and decline. And you know, Teddy Roosevelt gave that speech in France in 1910. You watch the French Republic and what it is today. What happens when you gut your military to pay for your welfare state. They're now riding the waves of history with a demographic surge. And Teddy talked a lot about demographic in his speech as well. (03:05–03:09)

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