Pete Hegseth: “The declared intent is to stop lethal drugs, destroy narco-boats, and kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the…”

You feel comfortable inside the violence. … Lethality is your calling card and victory your only acceptable end-state.

And it’s gonna be soldiers with rifles executing the firing squad.

We'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public — because people need to understand that there's serious consequences for these types of things.

On hypersonics, they took a nap. On space, they took a nap. On weaponization of space, they took a nap. On drones, they took a nap.