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Topics: US News, Donald Trump, Politics
Anish Vij
People are a little concerned after Donald Trump described America's secretary of defence, Pete Hegseth, as the 'secretary of war'.
The US president, 79, praised the former TV presenter, 45, who unveiled the administration's new drone strategy on Friday (11 July).
Taking to Truth Social, Trump wrote: "Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was great on Fox News this morning. Talking about modern weapons and warfare."
He added: "Thank you also to Brett Velicovich, who really knows his ‘stuff.’ We are really on our way. MAGA!"
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But what Trump failed to realise is that Hegseth didn't actually appear on Fox News on Friday morning.
The network was instead sharing a clip of the defence secretary's drone announcement video, which featured Metallica’s 'Enter Sandman' in the background.
In the short clip, a quadcopter flies towards Hegseth to deliver a memo midair. He then snatches it from the hovering drone and signs it.
“This is the future,” he declared. “We’re in the fight. We’re here to win. And we will never back down.”
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Over on X, however, some were worried after Trump gave Hegseth the 'secretary of war' monicker.
One person wondered if this meant 'WW3 was incoming', while others thought it could be 'an uncomfortable truth about current times'.
"Some people whose minds are stuck in war and conflict mode just need to press the reset button," another person said.
"Thought he was the peace president?" someone else commented.
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Meanwhile, Velicovich praised the video over on Fox, saying: “This is exactly why Secretary Hegseth was the right choice for the job.”
The American drone expert and former operations soldier argued: “He’s the disrupter needed in our archaic military industrial base that has slowly been failing us by not adapting quick enough to meet the needs of modern warfare.
“And finally, someone at the top is listening to what is needed.”
Well, Trump did point out a couple of weeks ago that pre-World War II, the defence department was actually known as the war department.
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“You know it used to be called secretary of war,” Trump told reporters on 25 June at the end of a NATO meeting in the Netherlands. “Maybe for a couple of weeks we’ll call it that because we feel like warriors.”
It was followed by America's successful ceasefire intervention in the 12-day war between Iran and Israel.
Iran claims at least 627 of their people were killed during the attacks, while Israel claims at least 28 people were killed by Iranian strikes on their country.