“The US State Department published an image of President Donald Trump with a warning about America’s exclusive interests in the Western Hemisphere, and Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth announced the transition to a strategy of total dominance over China and readiness for forceful confrontation.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Pete Hegseth. Photo: Getty Images Source: official page of the State Department in X social networks, Hegset’s performance as part of the “Arsenal of Freedom” tour in Virginia
Details: The US State Department has published an image of President Donald Trump with a caption outlining a zone of US exclusive interests.
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Verbatim State Department: “This is OUR hemisphere, and President Trump will not allow our security to be threatened.”
Details: At the same time, the US Defense Minister spoke of a serious threat from China in his speech.
While America was “building states in deserts and debating pronouns,” the Chinese Communist Party was studying the mistakes of the United States and building up its navy at a pace not seen since World War II, he said.
Hegset’s direct speech: “We realize that we are in a new era of great power competition… That is why we are proud to call ourselves the Department of War, not the Department of Defense. Not because we seek war, but because we truly understand that to ensure peace, one must be prepared to deter war and, if necessary, decisively win it.
Our goal is not to react, but to dominate, so that no enemy … ever tries to challenge the United States of America.”
What preceded:
- Trump consistently promotes the idea of American dominance in the Western Hemisphere, actually reviving the “Monroe Doctrine”, which declares this region to be a zone of exclusive US interests.
- The main irritant for Washington was Beijing’s economic expansion in Latin America, in particular construction of the Chankai deep-sea megaport in Peru The White House views it as a national security threat and a potential base for the Chinese navy near US borders.
- In addition, Trump constantly expresses his desire to take over Greenland, calling control of the island an “absolute necessity” for the strategic security of the United States in the Arctic from the Russian and Chinese fleets.