Pete Hegseth is putting his stamp on the Department of Defense.
Business as usual has come to an end.
And Pete Hegseth made one decision that left Democrats with a sinking feeling.
The Department of Defense steps up to the plate to help with border security
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made a trip to Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, to visit the troops.
He followed that up by traveling with Border Czar Tom Homan and Fox & Friends co-host Lawrence Jones to visit the southern border in New Mexico.
1,600 troops were deployed to the southern border to assist with border security efforts.
Hegseth, Homan, and Jones visited Border Patrol agents and soldiers who were guarding the southern border.
“Border security is national security. That’s what it’s all about,” Hegseth told Jones. “And then also to see the troops. This is what we’re going to do everywhere we go, here at home, overseas, see the troops, make sure they’re locked in on their mission, make sure they know how much we appreciate what they do.”
The Defense Department is doing its part to help secure the border under Hegseth.
“That’s what the President wants, that’s what the American people voted for, and we’re going to deliver it,” Hegseth said.
Trump tries to regain control of the southern border
Former Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz admitted that the Biden administration lost operational control of the southern border.
Jones got a tour of the border from a military helicopter so he could see the state of things on the ground.
He asked if Trump could achieve his goal of regaining operational control of the southern border during his term.
“Lawrence, sooner than that. If it takes that long, we’re not doing our job right,” Hegseth said. “Tom is going to go find them internally. We’re going to prevent them from coming in the first place, and between that, we’re going to secure the country because that is national security.”
Homan agreed that it was going to happen sooner rather than later.
“We’re not waiting four years,” Homan stated. “We’re going to get this done.”
The New York Post reported that an internal Border Patrol memo warned agents that the Mexican drug cartels were preparing to load drones with explosives for attacks on them, based on social media reports.
“Obviously, [we’re] not going to stand for that, Lawrence,” Hegseth stated. “The most powerful military in the world will not be intimidated by anybody, let alone cartels.”
Homan predicted that it was only a matter of time before violence broke out at the southern border.
“It’s not a question of if. It’s when,” Homan explained. “It’s going to happen. There will be violence.”
Hegseth said that nothing would deter the administration from its goal of securing the border.
“We have no better negotiator at the helm than our commander in chief, Donald Trump,” Hegseth said. “The military here has the assets. The mission is clear. We will secure that border. Nothing is going to intimidate us or back us off that challenge, and if we have to be even more proactive, we will be.”
“This is national security,” Homan added. “When we secure the border, less people die from fentanyl, less women and children are sex trafficked, less people on the terror watchlist cross our border. This is a national security issue. President Trump is going to shut it down.”
The Trump administration is laser-focused on securing the southern border.
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