Secretary Pete Hegseth Touts Trump’s Defense Agenda: ‘We’re Reviving Our Defense Industrial Base’

During Friday’s dialogue in Singapore, Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth discussed Trump's military investments.

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00:01Our second priority is rebuilding the military.

00:04We're equipping American war fighters with the most advanced capabilities so that we remain

00:09the strongest and most lethal fighting force in the world.

00:13President Trump is...

00:18...next year to do this, a 13% increase in American defense spending.

00:24The Golden Dome for America, our new 6th Generation 5 AF-47,

00:29our new stealth bomber, the...

00:33...hypersonics, drones...

00:37...the best military equipment in the world.

00:40We're reviving our defense industrial base and investing in our shipyards.

00:45We're rapidly fueling emerging technologies that will help us remain the world leader for generations to come.

00:51We are stronger, yet more agile than ever before.

00:57When our opponents know that our military is armed with the most capable weapons systems,

01:03wielded by skilled warriors with the will to prevail,

01:07they are less likely to challenge us on the battlefield, which is the point.

01:13This leads to the third objective, which is reestablishing deterrence.

01:17But this means that our network strike needs are 19% so not enough.

01:29We're doing their best of ensuring that our military needs are 100% lined up.

01:30We are Bears strong and inspected to democracy.

01:31Our unit weakens are 35% harder to achieve s DE planes.

01:33We are responsible for having this development酒.

01:36Our military equipment needs to have no power to save their own humanity.

01:38The Secretary of Defense said it was AWOL for a week.

01:59That ends now, not anymore.

02:03We are reestablishing deterrence around the world, but credible deterrence starts at home.

02:07Like our historic Golden Dome for America.

02:10And it starts at our borders.

02:12Border security for us and for all of you is national security.

02:16So we've served surge troops to our southern border, and we'll have 100% operational control

02:23of their pseudonym.

02:24We spent two decades patrolling other borders, it's time to prioritize the defense of our

02:30home.