ANTI-MIGRANT RHETORIC:
Hegseth’s comments echoed the argument of the Trump administration that mass migration represents a danger to European civilization
AFP, LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, France
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday urged Europe to counter what he termed an “invasion” of its coastline by migration, as he marked the 82nd anniversary of the World War II D-Day landings in France. Hegseth also called on European countries to do more to contribute to their own defense, in a speech at the US military cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer in Normandy. However, he conspicuously skipped the main international ceremony later in the afternoon marking the anniversary of the Allied landings, which heralded an end to World War II.
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivers a speech at the US cemetery to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day landings, in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on Saturday.
