Hegseth Uses D-Day Speech to Attack Europe Migration

I doubt anyone in Europe cares less for what the likes of Hegseth or Vance say. They are irrelevant and don't represent anyone in Europe.

1 minute ago, brewsterbudgen said:

I doubt anyone in Europe cares less for what the likes of Hegseth or Vance say. They are irrelevant and don't represent anyone in Europe.

They don't represent most Americans either. Hegseth is a total clown.

An excellent example of why the world is turning against the USA.

Americans should be ashamed of these 2 ! spreading B/S Americans immigration and deportation is shameful !! America was built on immigration !! 90% of Americans are from immigrants, they are deporting veterans who gave there blood to help America, Afghans who can not go back as they would be killed by the Taliban

2 hours ago, webfact said:

D-Day, launched on 6 June 1944, was the largest seaborne military operation in history. Tens of thousands of troops from the United Kingdom, United States and Canada landed on five beaches in Normandy as part of the campaign to liberate Western Europe from Nazi occupation.

Truth is, America as it is now, with Hegseth and his ilk, would have sided with Germany.

Whisky Pete! He really is something isn't he!

5 hours ago, Stocky said:

Truth is, America as it is now, with Hegseth and his ilk, would have sided with Germany.

Correct !! he would have stood withe the rest of the war criminals as he should do !! as trump and him are resopnsible for bombing school kids !

Hegseth will have, at maximum, 2 more chances to make a D-Day Ceremony speech to assembled dignitaries, veterans and their families, and he blew it. He speech should have been about 1944 and those that sacrificed, and that's it.

This year, only 6 British veterans managed to attend in person. Next year, there won't be any. These guys will now go to their graves wondering who the <deleted> was that imbecile in the spiv suit stealing their thunder. Oh, a reservist prison guard.

On D-Day, a combined US-British-Canadian-French force hit the beaches at Normandy, in an incredible example of military planning.

In part, this was possible because of the war in Italy, when US, British, Australian, New Zealand, Polish and Indian forces (comprising the 4th, 8th, and 10th Indian Divisions, which included a large number of Gurkha, Sikh, Punjabi, Mahratta, and Rajput troops) pinned down 27 German divisions in Italy, and 25 in the Balkans, about 20% of the German Army. On June 4th 1944, Rome was liberated.

Yes, we know about the Russians, but the way they were going about things wasn't particularly clever.

Hegseth likely forgot, or didn't know, that in June 1944, Bulgaria was still a particularly enthusiastic member of the Axis powers.

Pot kettle black, Hegseth.

Invasion? You mean like the following countries the US has invaded?

Afghanistan

Iraq

Vietnam

Grenada

59 minutes ago, ronnie50 said:

Pot kettle black, Hegseth.

Invasion? You mean like the following countries the US has invaded?

Afghanistan

Iraq

Vietnam

Grenada

You forgot Panama.

Afghanistan and Vietnam were not invasions.

In Afghanistan, the US, and others, were lending support to the Islamic State of Afghanistan, ostensibly lead by President Rabbini. In 2001, the Taliban lead the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which was recognised by no one. The US worked to restore the internationally recognised legitimate government. Not an invasion.

The Vietnam War was more complicated. The US supported the internationally recognised Republic of South Vietnam. They did not invade South Vietnam. Where it gets grey is in Kampuchea, Laos, where the US had forces without the approval or knowledge of the recognised governments,. Notably, while there were air operations against North Vietnam, US troops did not cross into North Vietnam.

You also forgot Korea. The US, and the UN forces, defended South Korea, and were nearly overrun. It was MacArthur who conducted a sea landing in North Vietnam, rapidly advancing to Pyongyang, which forced the current ceasefire.

We can metaphorically bash a huxster like Hegseth, without demeaning the overall performance, since 1945, of the US, and how Pax Americana has been a benefit to both the world, and the US. Pax Americana was created by great men with tremendous vision, but is threatened by small men with no vision beyond the end of their nose. I'm not just talking about the current US "leadership".

Remarkably, James Mattis never gave a D-Day speech, as Secretary for Defense. I kind of wish he did. I sense he was driven by duty above everything else, which is why he accepted the appointment from President Trump; he performed the role out of a sense of duty, and his love of the common soldier/airman/sailor, and not as an opportunity.

When Hegseth related, crassly, the events of June 1944 with a current illegal immigration/refugee (choose your poison) crisis, he forgot the history of WW2 that should be seared into his Staff College brain. In the run up to WW2, Jews were fleeing Germany. In some countries, they were welcomed with open arms, in other countries with reluctance, and in still more countries, like Switzerland, with barely concealed hate. At the start of WW2, France was home to 300,000 Spanish who had fled Franco's repressions. 45 million people were internally displaced in China, resulting in Britain building refugee camps to house some of them; and not only Chinese. Russians fled China to Hong Kong, Russians who were opponents of the Soviets. Millions were displaced in Europe without a shot being fired. By the end of the war, there were 20 million European refugees, some going home, many without a home, some even stateless, or denied by their own countries.

Refugees, movements of peoples are a symptom of a world gone wrong, not a cause.

Hegseth complains of civilisational values under threat. If he refers to Christian values, that supposedly binds us, he forgets the Good Samaritan.

Europe has to have mass migration or it will die!

The village where he was supposed to speak told him to stay away. And he did. He is despised throughout the world and in the US. This creep could not get a job as the leader of a local County Boy Scout Troop, as he would be under qualified.

He is an abomination, a huge embarrassment to the US, and just about everything that comes out of his mouth is juvenile and ridiculous.

On this matter Hegseth is right.

Where he is wrong is asking when will european capitals do anything about this invasion.

It is by design, Pete.

All those veterans of WW2 have seen the better part after the war.

Luckily they are nearly all dead to not have see the upcoming worst part.

Even if he is right, he is a moron. EU has at least been smart enough to stay away from Trump's Iran fiasco.

He’s right those old European and British soldiers must be sick as a pig seeing how their politicians have betrayed them.

Thank the lord we have Donald. He knew how to deal with this . Another job well done.

On 6/7/2026 at 7:13 AM, webfact said:

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth used a speech marking the 82nd anniversary of D-Day in Normandy to criticise European migration policies, comparing migrant arrivals on the continent's shores to an "invasion".

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Speaking at commemorations in northern France, Hegseth said Europe now faced new threats to the freedoms secured by Allied forces during the Second World War.

Migration Compared to an 'Invasion'

Referring to migrant arrivals across southern Europe, Hegseth said beaches in Spain, Italy, Greece and Bulgaria were being "stormed" by people arriving by boat.

"Sadly, today, different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies," he said. "Boats and men arrive. When will European capitals do something about that invasion?"

Migration remains a major political issue across Europe, where support has grown for parties advocating stricter immigration controls and tighter border security.

Part of Wider Trump Administration Criticism

Hegseth's remarks are the latest criticism of European migration policies from senior members of the Trump administration.

Earlier on Friday, US Vice-President JD Vance linked the killing of British student Henry Nowak to what he called a "mass invasion of migrants" and said the "only response" should be "righteous anger".

The UK government rejected those comments. Downing Street criticised "people trying to interfere in our democracy" and noted that Nowak's family had said they did not want his death used to create further division.

The Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed that Vickrum Digwa, who was convicted over the killing, was born in Britain.

D-Day Legacy and European Security

During his address, Hegseth said some European nations had become too comfortable with freedoms won through sacrifice and conflict.

He argued that the lessons of D-Day remained relevant and that current leaders must continue to defend those freedoms.

"The men who fought and died here restored freedom to Europe," he said. "That freedom must be maintained by this generation of leaders and war fighters or what they fought for was merely temporary."

D-Day, launched on 6 June 1944, was the largest seaborne military operation in history. Tens of thousands of troops from the United Kingdom, United States and Canada landed on five beaches in Normandy as part of the campaign to liberate Western Europe from Nazi occupation.

Migration Remains a Key Political Issue

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticised European immigration policies. Speaking at the United Nations last year, he said European countries were "going to hell" because of what he described as uncontrolled migration.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer responded by saying those comments were "not right", while acknowledging the challenge posed by illegal migration, particularly crossings of the English Channel in small boats.

According to the United Nations, more than one million people crossed the Mediterranean into Europe during the migration crisis of 2015.

Between April 2025 and March 2026, the UK, Greece, Italy, Spain and Cyprus recorded a combined 169,341 sea arrivals, with the UK accounting for about 23% of the total.

Official figures show that 9,142 people crossed the English Channel from France to the UK by small boat between 1 January and 3 June 2026, a decline of 38% compared with the same period a year earlier.

Immigration Central to Trump's Agenda

Immigration enforcement has remained a cornerstone of the Trump administration's domestic agenda.

A National Security Strategy published in December warned that Europe could become "unrecognisable" within two decades if current migration trends continued.

Meanwhile, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have carried out thousands of arrests since January 2025 as part of the administration's broader crackdown on illegal immigration.

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Thank Heaven for Donald Trump. America was being invaded by criminals, many released from mental institutions and prisons in Central and So America.. Mind you not all of course, but the families of the children murdered, raped, or brutally beaten might not agree with you Europeans. Then you have the Cartel invasion with drugs.

Trump won the election by the largest Electorate and Popular Vote in American history. For you Europeans who hate him and Hegseth maybe you should look into a mirror and take a good look at yourselves.

Judge your character first!

And most of my friends living in Europe agree with this they feel betrayed by their governments. In closing arguing with one sided and narrow minded people is a waste of time good luck EU with your immigration issues.

Murders, rapes, stabbings, robberies, all sorts of crime are now rampant in the EU read the statistics. Sweden is as an example. Good luck!

Corrupt America lecturing the world! 😂😂😂.

They want to be America first and withdraw from the world but can’t help themselves criticizing others. What a joke the American government is!

1 hour ago, S Mart said:

Thank Heaven for Donald Trump. America was being invaded by criminals, many released from mental institutions and prisons in Central and So America.. Mind you not all of course, but the families of the children murdered, raped, or brutally beaten might not agree with you Europeans. Then you have the Cartel invasion with drugs.

Trump won the election by the largest Electorate and Popular Vote in American history. For you Europeans who hate him and Hegseth maybe you should look into a mirror and take a good look at yourselves.

Judge your character first!

And most of my friends living in Europe agree with this they feel betrayed by their governments. In closing arguing with one sided and narrow minded people is a waste of time good luck EU with your immigration issues.

Murders, rapes, stabbings, robberies, all sorts of crime are now rampant in the EU read the statistics. Sweden is as an example. Good luck!

Talking smack as usual from the ill informed. Violent crime per capita in Europe is significantly lower than USA. Europe is safer than US. By the way, comprehensive studies in Europe have confirmed that immigration inflow do not cause an increase in overall crime rates. Trump is all yours. Europe want nothing from him.

The louder the left howls and lies about Hegseth, the better I like him.

4 hours ago, JJ-Thailand said:

Even if he is right, he is a moron. EU has at least been smart enough to stay away from Trump's Iran fiasco.

Which has nothing to do with the invading hordes into europe.

On 6/7/2026 at 2:59 AM, Jingthing said:

They don't represent most Americans either. Hegseth is a total clown.

Sadly you have yet to prove that. On a permanent basis.

We know that Trump is but a symptom, and supported by 10s of millions even now. That's why the ex-Fox Saturday Morning anchor is in a position to insult, on America's behalf, a whole bunch of decent, democratic countries who are bone tired of the US, on a deeply solemn day of remembrance. Remembrance of the price our forbears paid to dismantle fascism.

Juvenile is the kindest thing that can be said of Hegseth and his deranged monologue. A high-school student would have been given a 'fail' for such a ridiculous and puerile essay. One totally lacking any understanding of the issues involved and definitely unfit for the venue and the event.

Sorry but it'll take more than a few mid-term elections and a new president to convince an incredulous world of that. It's a generational task you face now.

Let's hope you make a better job of post-Iron Curtain reform than the Russians did. The evidence so far doesn't bode well. Exhibit Nr. (lost count): Hegseth.

Pete Kegseth is a well known drunk, racist and sexual abuser. Check out his picture drinking out of a wine bottle on the job at Fox--he even gave alcohol to his underaged kids on set.

What great judgement and moral clarity

Jesus sure did like his Jesus Juice too.

Guess Pete is just like Jesus!

If Jesus was a mid-level religious leader, just like Pete in the military not a top commander "son of God".

Maybe Pete is the 42nd cousin of God twice removed. 😅

19 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Europe has to have mass migration or it will die!

I think you finally got it. Praise the Lord.

Immigrants are vital to Europe's economy, offsetting demographic decline by compensating for shrinking native working-age populations. Foreign-born workers account for a massive portion of recent employment growth and GDP expansion, filling crucial labor shortages across multiple industries and contributing heavily through taxes.

1 hour ago, Yellowtail said:

The louder the left howls and lies about Hegseth, the better I like him.

He just unrecognised Mormons as Christians in the military.

5 hours ago, S Mart said:

Thank Heaven for Donald Trump. America was being invaded by criminals, many released from mental institutions and prisons in Central and So America.. Mind you not all of course, but the families of the children murdered, raped, or brutally beaten might not agree with you Europeans. Then you have the Cartel invasion with drugs.

Trump won the election by the largest Electorate and Popular Vote in American history. For you Europeans who hate him and Hegseth maybe you should look into a mirror and take a good look at yourselves.

Judge your character first!

And most of my friends living in Europe agree with this they feel betrayed by their governments. In closing arguing with one sided and narrow minded people is a waste of time good luck EU with your immigration issues.

Murders, rapes, stabbings, robberies, all sorts of crime are now rampant in the EU read the statistics. Sweden is as an example. Good luck!

Our House of Commons and Parliment here in the UK have never had a mob invading it and taking it over looking for our speaker to Lynch him, unlike the Yanks that stormed there own capital building in jan 6, and you try to tell us how our country should be run. If we hane Demonstations on our streets our Police try to stop it unarmed. How do the Yanks sort them out ? they call out the National guard armed to the teeth threatening to shoot them.

19 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Europe has to have mass migration or it will die!

Even those not interested in work or assimilation?

1 hour ago, BusyB said:

Sadly you have yet to prove that. On a permanent basis.

We know that Trump is but a symptom, and supported by 10s of millions even now. That's why the ex-Fox Saturday Morning anchor is in a position to insult, on America's behalf, a whole bunch of decent, democratic countries who are bone tired of the US, on a deeply solemn day of remembrance. Remembrance of the price our forbears paid to dismantle fascism.

Juvenile is the kindest thing that can be said of Hegseth and his deranged monologue. A high-school student would have been given a 'fail' for such a ridiculous and puerile essay. One totally lacking any understanding of the issues involved and definitely unfit for the venue and the event.

Sorry but it'll take more than a few mid-term elections and a new president to convince an incredulous world of that. It's a generational task you face now.

Let's hope you make a better job of post-Iron Curtain reform than the Russians did. The evidence so far doesn't bode well. Exhibit Nr. (lost count): Hegseth.

33 percent support.

On 6/7/2026 at 7:58 AM, brewsterbudgen said:

I doubt anyone in Europe cares less for what the likes of Hegseth or Vance say. They are irrelevant and don't represent anyone in Europe.

Thats complete nonsense.

I've seen several European Youtubers with similar complaints about their countries.

Just because you hate Trump, doesn't mean its ok to make sh*t up.

5 hours ago, S Mart said:

Thank Heaven for Donald Trump. America was being invaded by criminals, many released from mental institutions and prisons in Central and So America.. Mind you not all of course, but the families of the children murdered, raped, or brutally beaten might not agree with you Europeans. Then you have the Cartel invasion with drugs.

Trump won the election by the largest Electorate and Popular Vote in American history. For you Europeans who hate him and Hegseth maybe you should look into a mirror and take a good look at yourselves.

Judge your character first!

And most of my friends living in Europe agree with this they feel betrayed by their governments. In closing arguing with one sided and narrow minded people is a waste of time good luck EU with your immigration issues.

Murders, rapes, stabbings, robberies, all sorts of crime are now rampant in the EU read the statistics. Sweden is as an example. Good luck!

Some of Europe’s policies are a mess, including how it deals with illegal immigration. Americans are welcome to point that out. I just don’t understand how they can side with that muppet and his mob. They must have a screw loose.