Pete Hegseth

service members.

And they are now recovering following this incident at sea.

And so just a remark.

Different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies.

Beaches in Spain and Italy and Greece and Bulgaria.

Boats and men arrive.

When will European capitals do something about that invasion?

Or is it too late?

I pray not, and I believe not.

The men who fought and died here restored freedom to Europe.

That freedom must be maintained by this generation of leaders and war fighters, or what they fought for was merely temporary.

As our great President Ronald Reagan once said, freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.

You don't pass it to the next generation in the bloodstream.

It must be defended by each and every generation.

We stand by our allies and we expect our allies capable and ready to stand alongside us.

We demand 3.5% from our allies and partners, and we are going well beyond that number.

Listen, I mean, if I'm being honest, 2% is not enough.

And so 2% is freeloading.

But I don't have anything against New Zealand.

I want partners to step up.