Hegseth flags rising migration, warns Europe to take action in explosive D-Day speech from France

Hinzugefügt: 2026-06-07

[00:00:00]82 years ago today the survival of Western civilization hung in the balance.

[00:00:06]Dark forces had swept across Europe.

[00:00:09]Hitler boasted that his Atlantic wall was impenetrable.

[00:00:14]But our enemy made a fatal miscalculation.

[00:00:18]They underestimated the unbreakable will of the American fighting man.

[00:00:25]The task was daunting. A frontal assault across the churning English Channel.

[00:00:31]Directly into beaches and cliffs fortified with iron, concrete, and heavy artillery. An impossible mission?

[00:00:42]A suicidal mission?

[00:00:44]The mission of free men.

[00:00:48]Freedom's only hope.

[00:00:50]No turning back.

[00:00:54]Alongside the brave forces of Great Britain, Canada, France, Norway, Poland, and our other other capable and steadfast allies, the United States military spearheaded a great crusade to shatter the Nazi war machine and liberate a continent. Sadly, today different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies.

[00:01:23]Beaches in Spain, in Italy, in Greece, and Bulgaria. Boats and men arrive.

[00:01:32]When will European capitals do something about that invasion?

[00:01:37]Or is it too late?

[00:01:40]I pray not, and I believe not.

[00:01:43]The men who fought and died here restored freedom to Europe. That freedom must be maintained by this generation of leaders and warfighters.

[00:01:51]Or what they fought for was merely temporary.

[00:01:56]Today, as we face an increasingly complex threat environment, we apply the lessons from 82 years ago learned on these beaches.

[00:02:07]Strong allies, each fully committed to doing their part, win wars.

[00:02:15]The men buried here fought in a war-fighting alliance where every partner brought its full measure of industry, courage, and sacrifice. Not empty slogans, not lavish summits, not communiques.

[00:02:33]Real allies doing real things, taking real losses for a shared cause worth fighting and dying for. Each nation pulled its weight. Each nation bled.

[00:02:49]America will lead, and we must.

[00:02:53]But capable allies must be right there with us, shoulder to shoulder, in the breach when it matters.