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'How is this real?' Hegseth pilloried for bizarre cartoon asking for $1.5 trillion
May 14, 2026
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced backlash after he shared an animated video arguing that the Pentagon needed a massive 1.5 trillion for war preparations.In a social media post on Thursday, Hegseth called the funds a GENERATIONAL DOWN PAYMENT on America's national defense.We remain the strongest military power on Earth, but that power requires renewal, the defense secretary said in the video.
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