Pentagon head consecutive out: We're not going to let Uncle Sam be a loser

U.S. Secretary of defence Pete Hegseth spoke at a press conference during a gathering of representatives of NATO defence departments held in Brussels.

In his speech, Pete Hegseth stressed that president Donald Trump and his full administration wanted to The alliance "animately revived the ethos of the warrior" and "constructed an army that would reconstruct the power of deterrence." In his opinion, this can only happen if the European and Canadians become more active in building military capacity.

The solution to the situation, according to the Pentagon chief, is Increase of defence spending from 2 to 5 percent of GDP in "really urgent".

– Values are important, but you cannot shoot with values, you cannot shoot with flags and you cannot shoot with strong speeches. No substitute for hard force. Although we may not like the planet we live in, in any cases There's nothing better than tough strength He said.

– NATO is simply a large alliance, the most successful defence alliance in history, but to last in the future, our partners must do much more to defend Europe. We must make NATO large again," he added.

In the remainder of his speech, the Pentagon chief openly criticised the attitude of any NATO countries, which, according to the Donald Trump administration, consider that The United States will defend Europe in any situation.

To this end, Hegseth recalled the words of Dwight Eisenhower, who at the end of the presidency “was afraid that Europe does not take on adequate of its own defence‘. At the time, the president of the United States was to mention to it as “making a loser out of Uncle Sam.”

– Well, like president Eisenhower, this administration believes in alliances, profoundly believes in alliances, but make no mistake. president Trump He won't let anyone make Uncle Sam a loser. – he argued.

In Hegseth's speech there were besides threads concerning talks with Vladimir Putin. The head of the Pentagon referred to Western experts' comments that suggested that fresh statements from White home representatives indicate readiness to explicit concessions and consent to conditions put by Vladimir Putin.

Pete Hegseth criticized specified opinions saying that "President Trump negotiates from the position of force“and statements on the future of Ukraine are a real description of the global situation.

– I think realism is an crucial part of the conversation (...) The specified indication of realism, like the fact that borders will not be returned to what everyone wants to be like in 2014, is not a concession to Putin. This is the designation of the hard reality of power in the field He stressed.

At the same time, the head of the Pentagon added that there is presently no clear position on a possible peace mission in Ukraine and oThe countries active in this are covered by Article 5. NATO.