Speaking to troops stationed in Panama on Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth broke out his impression of President Trump.
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00:01That's what we signed up to do.
00:03That's my job from the view of the Pentagon.
00:05The president gave me a very direct charge.
00:09Well, he actually told me two things.
00:12He said, when he chose me for this job,
00:16the first was,
00:18Pete, you better be tough as shit.
00:23Okay?
00:25And he was right.
00:28This job, it's not tough like you're tough.
00:30You do the real thing.
00:32Out at sea, ready to go,
00:34vertical launch systems,
00:36capabilities, anywhere we need you to go.
00:39My job is just to stand up on behalf of the nation.
00:42Stand up with special interests or politicians
00:45or foreign adversaries in a tie.
00:48That's not difficult when I know what you do for all of us.
00:52So the other charge the president gave me
00:55was to restore the warrior ethos.
00:59To bring the war fighter mentality back to our military across the spectrum.
01:05And so from my perspective, that means getting back to basics.
01:09Basics.
01:10Readiness.
01:11Accountability.
01:13Standards.
01:14Leadership.
01:15War fighting.
01:16Lethality.
01:17Training.
01:18Distractions.
01:19Aside.
01:20Differences.
01:21Aside.
01:22Our unity in our shared mission.
01:25Good.
01:26Thank you,