On the recordNovember 7, 2025
We are not building for peacetime. We are pivoting the Pentagon and our industrial base to a wartime footing. Building for victory should our adversaries FAFO [f*ck around and find out].
Said by
Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth: “We are not building for peacetime. We are pivoting the Pentagon and our industrial base to a wartime footing. Building…”
Editor's note · Context
Hegseth discusses changes to the Pentagon's acquisition strategy in response to global threats.
Share
More from Pete Hegseth
Jul 22, 2026
I mean the Biden administration ignored hypersonics. They just decided to pretend like that technology didn’t exist and we shouldn’t invest in it.
Jul 22, 2026
The amount of neglect, the amount of stale thinking and bureaucracy; it was staggering when we took over.
Aug 14, 2026
We make sure that every ship, every crew, every captain has everything we can provide them at every single moment.