US defence secretary Pete Hegseth.A government minister has accused Pete Hegseth of “lacking in class” after he used a D-Day commemoration speech to attack European countries’ record on immigration.
The US defence secretary said “European beaches are [being] stormed by different, dangerous ideologies” in a speech at the Normandy American Cemetery in north-west France.
He was speaking on the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day landings, when nearly 4,500 Allied troops were killed attempting to liberate Nazi-occupied France on June 6, 1944.
He said: “Sadly, today, different European beaches are stormed by different, dangerous ideologies. Beaches in Spain, Italy, 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.”
Skills minister Jacqui S...
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